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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is a graphics card released on January 11, 2022, built on the Ampere architecture. It has 8,960 shading units, 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus, 912.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 1.71 GHz and a 350 W board power rating. It scores 26,559 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.

AmpereGA102-220-A1

10/10 key specs recorded · 39 facts

Depth: 44 recorded fields, 3 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified October 1, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09). Coverage: 10 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

PassMark Videocard Benchmark PassMark Videocard Benchmark Wikipedia GPU list tables (wikigrid-2026-09)

Shading units

8,960cores

70 SMs

Memory

12 GB

GDDR6X · 384-bit

Boost clock

1.71 GHz

1.26 GHz base

Board power

350 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB scores 26,559 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 98.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #43), measured across 2,933 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 1,095.

PassMark G3D Mark

26,559

Rank #43
Faster than 98.5% of 2,658 GPUs
2,933 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 271 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 96.2% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 181 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 98.6% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 218 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 95.5% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 109 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 97% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 15,044 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 97.7% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB averages DirectX 9 271 fps, DirectX 10 181 fps, DirectX 11 218 fps, DirectX 12 109 fps and GPU Compute 15,044 ops/s, across 2,933 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Desktop

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16

Max memory 12 GB

Core clock 1260 MHz

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 350 W

First benchmarked 2022-01-09

Samples 2,933

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB states the PCIe 4.0 x16 interface, up to 12 GB of memory, a core clock of 1260 MHz, DirectX 12 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2022-01-09. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Graphics processor

Architecture Ampere

Codename GA102-220-A1

Chip Not recorded

Process node Not recorded

Transistors 28,300 M

Die size 628 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is based on the Ampere architecture, uses the GA102-220-A1 graphics processor, contains 28,300 million transistors and has a die size of 628 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 8,960

Compute units Not recorded

Streaming multiprocessors 70

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 280

Render output units (ROPs) 96

Ray tracing cores 70

Tensor / AI cores 280

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 8,960 shading units, 70 streaming multiprocessors, 280 texture mapping units, 96 render output units, 70 ray tracing cores and 280 tensor cores.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.26 GHz

Boost clock 1.71 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock Not recorded

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB runs at a base clock of 1.26 GHz and boosts to 1.71 GHz.

Memory

Size 12 GB

Type GDDR6X

Bus width 384-bit

Bandwidth 912.4 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is equipped with 12 GB of GDDR6X memory, uses a 384-bit memory bus and delivers 912.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has a board power rating of 350 W and it connects over PCIe 4.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 350 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16

Market

Launched January 11, 2022

Launch price $799

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Desktop

Series GeForce RTX 30 Series

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB was released on January 11, 2022 and launched at a price of $799.

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 26,559

PassMark G2D 1,095

Rank #43

Samples 2,933

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports DirectX 12, OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 8.6.

DirectX 12

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 8.6

Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB.

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 3 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Rendering

Supported: Hardware ray tracing 2nd Generation

Dedicated GPU hardware that speeds up ray-traced lighting, reflections and shadows in supported games and apps.

Ray tracing units: 70

Not listed (3)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, NVIDIA DLSS and Vulkan ray tracing. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports Hardware ray tracing (2nd Generation) under Rendering.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 8.6

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Supported: Tensor cores 3rd Generation

NVIDIA's dedicated matrix-math units used for AI workloads such as DLSS and machine-learning inference.

Tensor cores: 280

Not listed (1)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports CUDA (Compute capability 8.6) and Tensor cores (3rd Generation) under Compute and AI.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080.

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB have?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 12 GB of GDDR6X memory on a 384-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 912.4 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has a board power rating of 350 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB scores 26,559 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 98.5% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #43. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 109 fps.