NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Specifications, where the GeForce RTX 3080 sits for gaming, the processor worth pairing with it, and the frame rate the pair returns at every resolution.
Ryzen 5 5600
The GeForce RTX 3080 and the Ryzen 5 5600 return about 72 fps on High at 1440p with neither part wasting the other. A processor slower than the Ryzen 5 5600 leaves the GeForce RTX 3080 idling, and a faster one adds no frames to a GeForce RTX 3080 at this resolution.
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| Manufacturer | NVIDIA |
| Released | 2020 |
| Video memory | 10 GB |
| Board power | 320 W |
| Gaming performance index | 53.0 (RTX 4090 = 100) |
What these numbers mean for the GeForce RTX 3080
On our index the GeForce RTX 3080 scores 53.0, which places it 24th of the 89 graphics cards we track and puts it faster than roughly 74% of them.
The nearest part above the GeForce RTX 3080 is the Radeon RX 6900 XT at 54.0, just 1.9% faster, and a gap of 1.9% is not visible while you are playing, so choosing between them is a price question rather than a performance one.
10 GB of memory is comfortable at 1440p and adequate at 4K in most titles, which puts the GeForce RTX 3080 on the right side of the memory question for every resolution its 53.0 index score lets it drive.
At 320 W the GeForce RTX 3080 deserves real attention on power: a card in this bracket draws brief spikes well above its 320 W rating, and an older ATX 2.x supply can trip its own protection at a total wattage that looks safe on paper. Budget roughly 700 W for a machine built around a GeForce RTX 3080, and treat the ATX 3.0 or 3.1 label as mattering more than that number.
Released in 2020, the GeForce RTX 3080 is 6 years old and well past the point of being a sensible new purchase, and it is here because plenty of people still run a GeForce RTX 3080 and want to know what to pair with it or whether to replace it.
GeForce RTX 3080 frame rate at each resolution
The GeForce RTX 3080 paired with the Ryzen 5 5600 on the High preset with 16 GB of system memory. The card is the limit throughout, so the GeForce RTX 3080 falls the full 64% from 96 fps to 35 fps as the pixel count rises.
| Resolution | Estimated fps | Limited by |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p (1920 x 1080) | 96 fps | Balanced |
| 1440p (2560 x 1440) | 72 fps | Balanced |
| 4K (3840 x 2160) | 35 fps | GPU |
How the GeForce RTX 3080 compares
6 cards sit within 30% of the GeForce RTX 3080 on our gaming index, running from the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti at +25% to the Radeon RX 7900 GRE at +17%, a window narrow enough that price, memory and power decide it rather than raw speed.
What to pair with the GeForce RTX 3080, and when to upgrade
Best CPU for the GeForce RTX 3080
When the GeForce RTX 3080 becomes the limit, the GeForce RTX 5080 is the next step worth paying for: 85.0 on our index against 53.0, a jump of 60%, which is roughly where an upgrade stops being something you have to look at a counter to notice. See its specs.
Check the GeForce RTX 3080 against your own parts
GeForce RTX 3080 specifications on this page are from NVIDIA, while its performance index of 53.0 is modelled from published benchmark data for the GeForce RTX 3080 rather than measured on a test bench, and every frame rate above follows from that figure. How we calculate this