MSI GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X
The 1830 MHz boost clock and triple-fan cooler on this Ampere-based card push frame rates high while keeping thermals in check. Its 10GB of GDDR6X memory on a 320-bit bus handles 4K textures well, and the LHR revision places it as a capable gaming-only option on the used market. This GPU is best for 1440p to 4K gamers who want strong ray tracing performance and have no need for cryptocurrency mining.
GPU GeForce RTX 3080
VRAM 10GB GDDR6X
Boost Clock 1830 MHz
TDP 320 W
Memory Bus 320 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
59 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong compute (77th percentile) 77th
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong rt (69th percentile) 69th
- Strong raster (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average efficiency (35th percentile)
- Below average social proof (35th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3080 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 8 |
Memory
| VRAM | 10 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | 320 |
| Bandwidth | 912.4 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 8704 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 |
| RT Cores | 48 |
| Base Clock | 1830 |
| Boost Clock | 1830 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 30.64 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 30.64 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 25003 |
| GPU Compute | 15059 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 320 |
| Recommended PSU | 750 |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
Physical
| Form Factor | ATX |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | No |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI GeForce RTX 3080 | ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING | Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 5090 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 10GB GDDR6X | 32GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1830 | 2407 | 2805 | 2730 | 2680 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 320 | 575 | 360 | 360 | 339 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 320 | 512 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof | Affordability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI GeForce RTX 3080 | 53.5 | 69.1 | 56.3 | 66.7 | 76.8 | 61 | 72.8 | 34.5 | 43 | 34.6 | 38.1 |
| ASUS TUF Gaming TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING Compare | 96.8 | 90 | 97.5 | 98.6 | 97.5 | 96.4 | 72.8 | 26.8 | 99.2 | 99.1 | 3.4 |
| Gigabyte AORUS GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD Compare | 85.1 | 95.2 | 88.5 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 58.8 | 94.1 | 88.9 | 15.6 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 85.1 | 97.5 | 88.5 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 58.8 | 94.1 | 99.1 | 19.6 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.7 | 96.1 | 91.5 | 83.6 | 95.5 | 84.4 | 91.5 | 54.4 | 98.7 | 78.4 | 15.9 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 85.1 | 97.5 | 88.5 | 94.1 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 58.8 | 94.1 | 82.6 | 17.8 |
Usage Scores
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