GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce GTX TITAN X

GeForce RTX 3080
Memory: 10240Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: 1 Sep 2020
GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce GTX TITAN X
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 17 Mar 2015
GeForce GTX TITAN X

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    286%
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3080

186% 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 TITAN X

70 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Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Maxwell), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce RTX 3080

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3080

The GeForce RTX 3080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3080GeForce GTX TITAN X
GPU NameGA102 (GA102-200-K1-A1)vsGM200 (GM200-400-A1)
Fab Process8 nmvs28 nm
Die Size628 mm²vs601 mm²
Transistors28,000 millionvs8,000 million
Shaders8704vs3072
Compute Units68vs24
Core clock1440 MHzvs1000 MHz
ROPs96vs96
TMUs272vs192

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3080GeForce GTX TITAN X
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR5
Bus Width320 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size10240 Mbvs12288 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3080GeForce GTX TITAN X
TDP320 wattsvs250 watts
Release Date1 Sep 2020vs17 Mar 2015

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    164.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    96.00 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    465.10 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    192.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    760.30 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    337.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    29770.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    6144.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    256
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    82

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    181
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    64

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    103
  • GeForce GTX TITAN X
    39

FPS (higher is better)