Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card with the Intel Core i5-12490F processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is good or bad for gaming from results of all tests. As for the primary characteristic, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. The ordinary FPS in games is 104 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 10Gb of memory, we can tell that the GeForce RTX 3080 is good even for today's most exacting games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Release date
September 17, 2020
Price
1049 USD
Frequency
1440 MHz
Shaders
8704
TMUs
272
ROPs
88
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
320 W
Memory Size
10 Gb
Memory Bus
320 Bit
GeForce RTX 3080 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the GPU, you can already draw some decision. With this data, you can already easily buy the required power supply that will fully match the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i5-12490F . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A rather powerful power supply is necessary for the GeForce RTX 3080, because it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 320W. Here is a list of several popular games in which the GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all current games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3080 and Intel Core i5-12490F configuration:
Hitman 3
Apex Legends
Valorant
Genshin Impact
Fortnite Battle Royale
Minecraft
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Far Cry 6
Hogwarts Legacy
Roblox
League of Legends
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Dota 2
Atomic Heart
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
After viewing the data from the table below, you can easily understand how the GeForce RTX 3080 is better or worse than competitors in several famous games and select for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 3080.
The closest opponents of the GeForce RTX 3080
Video Card
FPS
Radeon RX 6950 XT
278
GeForce RTX 4070
278
Radeon RX 7900 XT
274.7
GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
268
GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile
264
Radeon RX 6900 XT
247.6
GeForce RTX 3090
244
GeForce RTX 3080
241
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
239.4
Radeon RX 6800 XT
233.7
GeForce RTX 3080
230.1
GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
230
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti
211.5
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
211
Radeon RX 6800
195.4
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
185.3
GeForce RTX 4060
183.4
GeForce RTX 3070
177
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
173
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
163.8
Radeon RX 6700 XT
161.6
The closest opponents of the GeForce RTX 3080 are Radeon RX 6800 XT and GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile. We compared GeForce RTX 3080 (230.1 FPS) and their ordinary FPS in popular games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is Radeon RX 6800 XT 233.7 FPS, which 1.6% faster and GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile 230 FPS, which is 0.0% slower. These numbers will also help you make the true decision.
How good is GeForce RTX 3080 for games?
From the tables below, you can understand how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3080 and Intel Core i5-12490F. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the average FPS received with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. The following table shows the GeForce RTX 3080 testing in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
102.9
133.7
174.9
216.0
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
99.6
129.5
169.4
209.2
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
59.5
77.3
101.1
124.9
Homeworld 3
2022
78.7
102.4
133.9
165.4
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
62.7
81.5
106.5
131.6
Starfield
2022
56.2
73.1
95.6
118.1
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
67.5
87.7
114.7
141.7
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
107.7
140.0
183.0
226.1
Stray
2022
172.0
223.5
292.3
361.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
83.6
108.6
142.1
175.5
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
93.2
121.2
158.5
195.7
Scorn
2022
62.7
81.5
106.5
131.6
Elden ring
2022
61.1
79.4
103.8
128.2
Atomic Heart
2023
38.6
50.1
65.6
81.0
Overwatch 2
2022
154.3
200.6
262.3
324.0
Saints Row
2022
114.1
148.3
194.0
239.6
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
69.1
89.8
117.5
145.1
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
86.8
112.8
147.5
182.2
And this table shows the performance of the GeForce RTX 3080 in the most demanding graphics games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
126.5
164.4
215.0
265.6
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
158.5
206.0
269.4
332.8
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
104.8
136.2
178.1
220.0
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
118.6
154.2
201.6
249.1
Godfall
2020
142.2
184.9
241.8
298.7
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
116.2
151.0
197.5
244.0
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
101.2
131.6
172.1
212.6
Marvel's Avengers
2020
95.0
123.5
161.5
199.5
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
159.7
207.7
271.6
335.5
Just Cause 4
2018
127.4
165.7
216.7
267.6
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
157.5
204.7
267.7
330.7
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
157.5
204.7
267.7
330.7
Resident Evil Village
2021
109.3
142.1
185.8
229.5
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
75.5
98.2
128.4
158.6
Total War: Warhammer
2016
158.6
206.2
269.7
333.1
Borderlands 3
2019
101.9
132.5
173.2
214.0
Metro Exodus
2019
88.2
114.7
150.0
185.3
The Witcher 3
2015
142.4
185.1
242.1
299.0
F1 22
2020
139.8
181.8
237.7
293.6
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
129.5
168.4
220.2
272.0
Halo Infinite
2021
91.6
119.1
155.7
192.4
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
155.9
202.7
265.0
327.4
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
80.4
104.5
136.6
168.7
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
126.2
164.0
214.5
264.9
Death Stranding
2020
146.1
189.9
248.3
306.8
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
48.1
62.5
81.7
100.9
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
73.4
95.5
124.9
154.2
World War Z
2019
158.9
206.6
270.2
333.8
GreedFall
2019
145.1
188.7
246.7
304.8
Anthem
2019
109.1
141.9
185.5
229.2
Gears of War 5
2019
128.4
166.9
218.3
269.7
Far Cry 6
2021
120.5
156.7
204.9
253.1
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
136.8
177.8
232.5
287.2
Dishonored 2
2016
121.5
157.9
206.5
255.1
Project CARS 3
2020
73.9
96.1
125.7
155.2
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
117.3
152.5
199.4
246.4
F1 2021
2020
155.9
202.7
265.0
327.4
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
101.2
131.6
172.1
212.6
Devil May Cry 5
2019
143.0
185.9
243.2
300.4
Forza Horizon 5
2021
115.7
150.4
196.7
243.0
Genshin Impact
2020
139.8
181.8
237.7
293.6
Crysis 3
2013
157.8
205.2
268.3
331.4
Hitman 3
2021
109.3
142.1
185.8
229.5
DOOM Eternal
2020
149.5
194.3
254.1
313.9
The Division
2016
142.1
184.7
241.5
298.3
Hitman 2
2018
157.5
204.7
267.7
330.7
Monster Hunter: World
2018
137.2
178.4
233.3
288.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
126.5
164.4
215.0
265.6
Final Fantasy XV
2018
135.0
175.5
229.5
283.5
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
72.6
94.4
123.5
152.5
GeForce RTX 3080 10Gb with Core i5-12490F gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3080 from the following table are just for reference, because it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Resident Evil 2
2019
183.2
238.2
311.5
384.7
Destiny 2
2017
222.3
288.9
377.8
466.7
Battlefield 4
2013
223.5
290.6
380.0
469.4
Minecraft
2011
376.1
488.9
639.3
789.7
League of Legends
2009
635.2
743.2
917.9
1,000.5
Dota 2
2013
229.8
298.8
390.7
482.6
Dawn of War III
2017
172.9
224.8
294.0
363.1
Project CARS 2
2017
166.7
216.7
283.3
350.0
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
333.3
433.3
566.6
699.9
Hitman
2016
160.7
208.9
273.2
337.5
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
176.5
229.4
300.0
370.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
470.6
550.5
679.9
741.1
Rocket League
2015
617.6
722.6
892.4
972.7
Fallout 76
2018
206.3
268.3
350.8
433.3
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
196.2
255.1
333.6
412.1
Apex Legends
2019
169.2
220.0
287.7
355.4
F1 2019
2019
165.5
215.2
281.4
347.6
Valorant
2020
322.5
419.3
548.3
677.3
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
189.8
246.7
322.7
398.6
Roblox
2006
499.0
583.8
721.1
785.9
Battlefield 1
2016
200.7
260.9
341.2
421.5
Battlefield V
2018
169.2
220.0
287.7
355.4
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
205.7
267.4
349.7
432.0
DiRT Rally
2015
253.4
329.5
430.8
532.2
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
165.0
214.6
280.6
346.6
Doom
2016
252.6
328.4
429.5
530.5
Strange Brigade
2018
206.8
268.9
351.6
434.3
Need For Speed
2015
190.3
247.4
323.5
399.6
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
159.7
207.7
271.6
335.5
For Honor
2017
235.3
305.9
400.0
494.1
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
201.8
262.4
343.1
423.9
Titanfall 2
2016
173.6
225.6
295.1
364.5
Though you can't argue with the numbers from this table, however, you need to understand that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work together. For such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
