Full gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card with the Intel Core i7-8700K processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with various graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. You can understand the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is good or bad for gaming by looking at results of all tests. As for the key parameter, how good is the GPU for games, let's look further. The medium FPS in games is 104 FPS with Ultra settings and 4K resolution. Considering 10Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce RTX 3080 is good even for new most demanding 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 conclusions. With this data, you can already easily select the necessary power supply that can meet the needs of the graphics card. We should also not forget about the Intel Core i7-8700K . The CPU also affects the parameters of power supply.A highly powerful power supply is required for the GeForce RTX 3080, because it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 320W. Here is a list of certain popular games in which the GPU has been tested. Below is the table with a large number of practically all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3080 and Intel Core i7-8700K configuration:
Roblox
Hogwarts Legacy
Dota 2
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Valorant
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Fortnite Battle Royale
Minecraft
Far Cry 6
League of Legends
Hitman 3
Atomic Heart
Apex Legends
Genshin Impact
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
After viewing the data from the game tests below, you can simply understand how the GeForce RTX 3080 is better or worse than competitors in several famous games and choose for yourself the best cheap alternative and AMD Radeon equivalent to the GeForce RTX 3080.
The closest GeForce RTX 3080 opponents
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 competitors 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 average 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 figures will also help you make the true choice.
How good is GeForce RTX 3080 for games?
From the tables below, you can see how comfortable you can play popular games on a computer with a GeForce RTX 3080 and Intel Core i7-8700K. The numbers beside to the names of the games represent the average FPS obtained with Ultra graphics quality settings and different screen resolutions: Full HD, 2K WQHD and 4K UHD. In the following table, testing the GeForce RTX 3080 in the newest and upcoming games.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
107.0
139.1
181.9
224.7
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
99.0
128.7
168.3
207.9
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
59.1
76.8
100.4
124.1
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
102.2
132.9
173.7
214.6
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
83.0
108.0
141.2
174.4
Atomic Heart
2023
38.3
49.8
65.2
80.5
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
86.2
112.1
146.6
181.1
Starfield
2022
55.9
72.7
95.0
117.4
Scorn
2022
62.3
81.0
105.9
130.8
Stray
2022
170.9
222.1
290.5
358.8
Overwatch 2
2022
153.3
199.3
260.6
321.9
Homeworld 3
2022
78.2
101.7
133.0
164.3
Saints Row
2022
113.4
147.4
192.7
238.1
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
92.6
120.4
157.5
194.5
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
62.3
81.0
105.9
130.8
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
67.1
87.2
114.0
140.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
68.7
89.3
116.7
144.2
Elden ring
2022
60.7
78.9
103.2
127.4
To understand how the GeForce RTX 3080 behaves in demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
100.6
130.8
171.0
211.3
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
47.7
62.1
81.2
100.3
Dishonored 2
2016
120.7
156.9
205.2
253.5
Halo Infinite
2021
91.0
118.3
154.7
191.1
Genshin Impact
2020
138.9
180.6
236.2
291.8
GreedFall
2019
144.2
187.5
245.1
302.8
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
157.5
204.7
267.7
330.7
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
117.9
153.2
200.3
247.5
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
73.0
94.9
124.1
153.3
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
156.5
203.4
266.0
328.6
Forza Horizon 5
2021
115.0
149.5
195.5
241.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
125.7
163.4
213.6
263.9
Borderlands 3
2019
101.2
131.6
172.1
212.6
World War Z
2019
157.9
205.3
268.5
331.7
F1 2021
2020
154.9
201.4
263.3
325.3
F1 22
2020
138.9
180.6
236.2
291.8
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
125.4
163.0
213.1
263.2
Final Fantasy XV
2018
134.1
174.4
228.0
281.7
Marvel's Avengers
2020
94.4
122.7
160.4
198.2
Crysis 3
2013
156.8
203.9
266.6
329.3
Hitman 3
2021
108.6
141.2
184.6
228.0
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
72.2
93.8
122.7
151.6
Total War: Warhammer
2016
157.6
204.9
267.9
331.0
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
125.7
163.4
213.6
263.9
Far Cry 6
2021
119.8
155.7
203.6
251.5
Resident Evil Village
2021
108.6
141.2
184.6
228.0
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
75.1
97.6
127.6
157.6
Metro Exodus
2019
87.7
114.0
149.0
184.1
Godfall
2020
141.3
183.7
240.3
296.8
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
100.6
130.8
171.0
211.3
Monster Hunter: World
2018
136.4
177.3
231.8
286.4
Hitman 2
2018
156.5
203.4
266.0
328.6
Death Stranding
2020
145.2
188.7
246.8
304.8
Project CARS 3
2020
73.5
95.5
124.9
154.3
The Witcher 3
2015
141.5
183.9
240.5
297.1
Gears of War 5
2019
127.6
165.9
216.9
267.9
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
115.5
150.1
196.3
242.5
Devil May Cry 5
2019
142.1
184.8
241.6
298.5
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
104.1
135.4
177.0
218.6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
135.9
176.7
231.0
285.4
DOOM Eternal
2020
148.5
193.1
252.5
311.9
Anthem
2019
108.4
141.0
184.3
227.7
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
116.6
151.5
198.2
244.8
The Division
2016
141.2
183.5
240.0
296.4
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
128.7
167.3
218.8
270.3
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
79.8
103.8
135.7
167.7
Just Cause 4
2018
126.6
164.6
215.3
265.9
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
154.9
201.4
263.3
325.3
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
158.7
206.4
269.8
333.3
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
156.5
203.4
266.0
328.6
GeForce RTX 3080 10Gb with Core i7-8700K gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3080 from the following table are just for information, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Project CARS 2
2017
165.6
215.3
281.5
347.8
Strange Brigade
2018
205.5
267.2
349.4
431.6
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
467.6
547.1
675.6
736.4
Destiny 2
2017
220.9
287.1
375.4
463.8
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
175.3
227.9
298.1
368.2
For Honor
2017
233.8
303.9
397.4
491.0
Resident Evil 2
2019
182.0
236.7
309.5
382.3
Rocket League
2015
613.7
718.0
886.8
966.6
Dawn of War III
2017
171.8
223.4
292.1
360.8
DiRT Rally
2015
251.8
327.4
428.1
528.8
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
204.4
265.7
347.5
429.2
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
158.7
206.4
269.8
333.3
Battlefield 1
2016
199.5
259.3
339.1
418.9
F1 2019
2019
164.5
213.8
279.6
345.4
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
164.0
213.2
278.8
344.4
Minecraft
2011
373.7
485.8
635.2
784.7
Roblox
2006
495.8
580.1
716.5
780.9
Battlefield 4
2013
222.1
288.8
377.6
466.5
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
188.6
245.2
320.6
396.0
Fallout 76
2018
205.0
266.6
348.6
430.6
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
200.6
260.7
341.0
421.2
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
195.0
253.5
331.5
409.5
Battlefield V
2018
168.2
218.6
285.9
353.1
League of Legends
2009
631.2
738.5
912.1
994.2
Dota 2
2013
228.4
296.9
388.2
479.5
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
331.2
430.6
563.0
695.5
Hitman
2016
159.7
207.6
271.5
335.3
Need For Speed
2015
189.1
245.8
321.4
397.1
Valorant
2020
320.5
416.6
544.8
673.0
Titanfall 2
2016
172.5
224.2
293.2
362.2
Doom
2016
251.0
326.3
426.8
527.2
Apex Legends
2019
168.2
218.6
285.9
353.1
Although you can't dispute with the numbers from this table, but you need to know that in fact some processors and video cards will not be able to work in pairs. In such cases, FPS is calculated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
