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Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 10GB GDDR6X
The triple-fan MAX-COVERED cooling and 1845MHz boost clock on the GA102 chip keep this 10GB GDDR6X card running cool under load. Its LCD Edge View display and RGB Fusion 2.0 offer customization that purely performance-focused cards lack, backed by a 4-year warranty. This card is best for 1440p gamers and ray-tracing enthusiasts who prioritize thermal headroom and visual flair over 4K or AI workload performance.
GPU GeForce RTX 3080
VRAM 10GB GDDR6X
Boost Clock 1845 MHz
TDP 165 W
Memory Bus 320 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
60 Overall Score
Price $1,189
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong efficiency (87th percentile) 87th
- Strong compute (79th percentile) 79th
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile) 73rd
- Strong rt (69th percentile) 69th
Cons
- Below average social proof (10th percentile)
- Below average connectivity (22nd percentile)
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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 | 6144 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 |
| RT Cores | 48 |
| Base Clock | 1845 |
| Boost Clock | 1845 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 30.64 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 30.64 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 25040 |
| GPU Compute | 15059 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 165 |
| Recommended PSU | 750 |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express |
| DisplayPort | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Resolution | 3840x2160 |
Physical
| Length | 319 |
| Slot Width | 3 |
| Weight | 3.2 kg / 7.1 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS |
| AV1 Encode | No |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | Yes |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 | ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity ZT-B50800B-10P | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 10GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1845 | 2730 | 2482 | 2670 | 2620 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 165 | 150 | 300 | 360 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 320 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 | 53.9 | 69 | 55.8 | 66.7 | 78.9 | 60.9 | 72.8 | 86.9 | 21.6 | 10.2 |
| ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 Compare | 86.6 | 95.8 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 95.5 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94 | 88.9 |
| ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity ZT-B50800B-10P Compare | 86.6 | 97.6 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.5 | 94 | 99.1 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 86.6 | 97.6 | 88.2 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.5 | 94 | 82.7 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 83.4 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 42.4 | 98.7 | 78.5 |
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