GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce GTX 980
Summary
GeForce RTX 3080
375%
GeForce GTX 980
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3080 |
| 275% 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 |
| 155 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3080 . |
| 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| Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications |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
The GeForce RTX 3080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3080 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | GA102 (GA102-200-K1-A1) | vs | GM204 (GM204-400-A1) |
| Fab Process | 8 nm | vs | 28 nm |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | vs | 398 mm² |
| Transistors | 28,000 million | vs | 5,200 million |
| Shaders | 8704 | vs | 2048 |
| Compute Units | 68 | vs | 16 |
| Core clock | 1440 MHz | vs | 1127 MHz |
| ROPs | 96 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 272 | vs | 128 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 3080 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | vs | GDDR5 |
| Bus Width | 320 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective | vs | 1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 10240 Mb | vs | 4096 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 3080 | | GeForce GTX 980 | |
|---|
| TDP | 320 watts | vs | 165 watts |
| Release Date | 1 Sep 2020 | vs | 19 Sep 2014 |
GeForce RTX 3080
164.20 GP/s
GeForce GTX 980
72.10 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3080
465.10 GT/s
GeForce GTX 980
144.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3080
760.30 GB/s
GeForce GTX 980
224.40 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 3080
29770.00 GFLOPs
GeForce GTX 980
4616.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3080
120
GeForce GTX 980
72
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3080
208
GeForce GTX 980
52
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3080
285
GeForce GTX 980
76
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3080
256
GeForce GTX 980
60
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3080
119
GeForce GTX 980
53
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3080
159
GeForce GTX 980
34
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3080
224
GeForce GTX 980
54
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3080
181
GeForce GTX 980
48
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX11, Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3080
96
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 3080
87
GeForce GTX 980
17
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra Quality, DirectX12, Async Compute ,Windows 10x64
GeForce RTX 3080
135
GeForce GTX 980
31
FPS (higher is better)
DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA
GeForce RTX 3080
103
GeForce GTX 980
28
FPS (higher is better)