NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
vs
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB 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 ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition has 9728 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.63 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 51.07 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 76 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB GPU ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks.

The ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has a turbo clock of 1.710 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition is 2.625 GHz.

1.260 GHz Base Clock 2.205 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 2.625 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock 2.60 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 1 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 ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition 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 (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 30 dB

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition 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
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 5 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition is -- and thus requires the space of 5 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

285 mm Length 310 mm
112 mm Height 145 mm
-- Width 88 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 5 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB was released in Q1/2022.

The ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition published in Q1/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no RTX4080-O16G-NOCTUA
Q1/2022 Release date Q1/2023
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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
60 fps (avg)
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
16 GB GDDR6X
75 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
70 fps (avg)
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
16 GB GDDR6X
126 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
16 GB GDDR6X
189 fps (avg)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
38 fps (avg)
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
16 GB GDDR6X
57 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
76 fps (avg)
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
16 GB GDDR6X
113 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
126 fps (avg)
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
16 GB GDDR6X
155 fps (avg)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
107 fps (avg)
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
16 GB GDDR6X
147 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
185 fps (avg)
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
16 GB GDDR6X
210 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)
ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB Noctua OC Edition
16 GB GDDR6X
210 fps (avg)

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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