GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compare the GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

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The short answer

The GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the better value, though the GeForce RTX 5080 is the faster card at 1440p.

  • GeForce RTX 5080 is about 62% faster at 1440p (gaming index 78 vs 48).
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 87%.
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti delivers about 16% more frames per dollar at 1440p.
  • GeForce RTX 5080 carries more VRAM (16GB vs 12GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1440p gaming
GeForce RTX 508078
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti48

GeForce RTX 5080 is about 62% faster at 1440p.

Performance per dollar

1440p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 5080

4.8

per $100 spent

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

5.5

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Price (from)
$1,638.00
$875.99
1440p gaming index
78
48
VRAM
16GB GDDR7
12GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
912 GB/s
Boost clock
2617 MHz
1665 MHz
Shader cores
10,752
10,240
Ray tracing cores
84
80
Tensor / AI cores
336
320
TDP
360W
350W
Recommended PSU
850W
750W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation, DLSS 5 Neural Rendering
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
Architecture
Blackwell GB203
Ampere GA102
Process node
TSMC 4N
Samsung 8N
MSRP
$999.00
$1,199.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
64,194
47,113
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
8,858
5,094
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
234,579
166,393
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
35,648
26,750
Render-Blender (samples/min)
9,126
5,592

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 3080 Tifrom $875.99
From$875.99
10 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 5080from $1,638.00
From$1,638.00
34 versions in stock

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