GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Summary
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
384%
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB |
| 284% higher gaming performance. |
| This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support. |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 980 Ti |
| 100 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB . |
| Supports PhysX |
| Supports G-Sync |
| Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty) |
| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |
HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
The GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA102 (GA102-220-A1) | vs | GM200 (GM200-310-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | vs | 601 mm² |
| Transistors | 28,300 million | vs | 8,000 million |
| Shaders | 8960 | vs | 2816 |
| Tensor Cores | 280 | vs | none |
| Raytracing Cores | 70 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 70 | vs | 22 |
| Core clock | 1260 MHz | vs | 1000 MHz |
| ROPs | 96 | vs | 96 |
| TMUs | 280 | vs | 176 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 384 bit | vs | 384 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 12288 Mb | vs | 6144 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | | GeForce GTX 980 Ti | |
|---|
| TDP | 350 watts | vs | 250 watts |
| Release Date | 11 Jan 2022 | vs | 2 Jun 2015 |
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
164.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
96.00 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
478.80 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
176.00 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
912.40 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
337.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
30640.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
5632.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
232
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
66
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
175
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
45
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
95
GeForce GTX 980 Ti
23
FPS (higher is better)