EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC)


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING has 8960 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 30.64 TFLOPS.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) has 9728 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.52 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 49.03 TFLOPS.

GPU

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 70 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 76 execution units.
EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GA102 GPU Chip AD103-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Ada Lovelace
70 Streaming Multiprocessors 76
8960 Shader 9728
112 Render Output Units 112
280 Texture Units 304
70 Raytracing Cores 76

Memory

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) has a 16 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.400GHz.

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

Clock Speeds

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING has a turbo clock of 1.710 GHz. The turbo frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) is 2.520 GHz.

1.260 GHz Base Clock 2.205 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 2.520 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING has 2 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

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

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING are cooled with a Air cooling.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 3 x 102 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

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

Featureset

The EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) 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
Addressable LED LED Addressable LED

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 EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) is -- and thus requires the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

285 mm Length 352 mm
111 mm Height 153 mm
-- Width 66 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, EVGA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB XC3 BLACK GAMING was released in Q1/2022.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 4080 16GB ST (1-Click OC) published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

12G-P5-4861-KL Part-no --
Q1/2022 Release date Q4/2022
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,199 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 5 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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