ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition
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ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition has 9728 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.63 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 51.07 TFLOPS.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB has 8960 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.82 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 32.52 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ada Lovelace architecture, which has 76 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB is based on the Ampere architecture and is equipped with 70 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition GPU ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
AD103-300-A1 GPU Chip GA102
Ada Lovelace Architecture Ampere
76 Streaming Multiprocessors 70
9728 Shader 8960
112 Render Output Units 112
304 Texture Units 280
76 Raytracing Cores 70

Memory

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.400 GHz clocks.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.188GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 12 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.400 GHz Memory Clock 1.188 GHz
22.4 Gbps Memory Speed 19.0 Gbps
717 GB/s Memory bandwidth 912 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition has a turbo clock of 2.625 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB is 1.815 GHz.

2.205 GHz Base Clock 1.260 GHz
2.625 GHz Boost Clock 1.815 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 1.79 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition has 1 x 16-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB is equipped with a 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 93 °C.

320 W TDP 350 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 110 mm Fan 1 3 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
33 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1a HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition is 73 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB is 73 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

348 mm Length 300 mm
160 mm Height 127 mm
73 mm Width 52 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 4080 16GB OC Edition was released in Q4/2022.

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 OC Edition 12GB published in Q1/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 8 nanometers.

-- Part-no TUF-RTX3080-O12G-GAMING
Q4/2022 Release date Q1/2022
1,199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 699 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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