Detailed gaming tests of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card with the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 processor in 4K 2160p, 2K 1440p, FullHD 1080p screen resolutions and also with multiple graphics quality settings: Ultra, High, Medium and Low. To understand the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 is bad or good for gaming by looking at testing results. To find out how good a video card is for games, let's take a look at the primary characteristic. The ordinary FPS in games is 108 FPS with 4K resolution and Ultra settings. Considering 12Gb of memory, we can state that the GeForce RTX 3080 is good even for today's most demanding games with high-end graphics.
Main specifications
Name
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Release date
January 09, 2022
Price
1149 USD
Frequency
1260 MHz
Shaders
8960
TMUs
304
ROPs
98
Graphics Card Power (TDP)
350 W
Memory Size
12 Gb
Memory Bus
384 Bit
GeForce RTX 3080 power supply requirements
If you take a closer look at the power consumption of the graphics card, you can already draw certain decision. With this data, you can already easily select the required power supply that can meet the demands of the graphics card. You also need to remember about the AMD Ryzen 5 4500 . The CPU also affects the number of watts that the required power supply should output.A highly powerful power supply is required for the GeForce RTX 3080, because it has a fairly high power consumption under loads - 350W. Here is a list of certain popular games in which the GPU has been tested. Next is the table with a large number of almost all modern games that were run on a computer with the GeForce RTX 3080 and AMD Ryzen 5 4500 configuration:
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
Dota 2
League of Legends
Apex Legends
Valorant
Fortnite Battle Royale
Hitman 3
Minecraft
Far Cry 6
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Roblox
Hogwarts Legacy
Atomic Heart
Genshin Impact
The best alternative to NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
After looking at the data from the table below, you can simply understand how the GeForce RTX 3080 is better or worse than competitors in some 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 7900 XTX
302
GeForce RTX 4080
301.3
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
280.881
GeForce RTX 4070
278
Radeon RX 6950 XT
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
The closest competitors of the GeForce RTX 3080 are GeForce RTX 3090 and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. We compared GeForce RTX 3080 (241 FPS) and their average FPS in famous games at Full HD resolution and with High Quality graphics. As a result, is GeForce RTX 3090 244 FPS, which 1.2% faster and GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 239.4 FPS, which is 0.7% slower. These numbers will also help you make the right choice.
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 AMD Ryzen 5 4500. The numbers next to the names of the games mean the medium 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
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl
2022
65.2
84.7
110.8
136.8
A Plague Tale: Requiem
2022
71.8
93.4
122.1
150.9
Overwatch 2
2022
160.4
208.5
272.7
336.8
Stray
2022
178.8
232.4
303.9
375.4
Dying light 2 Stay Human
2022
103.6
134.7
176.1
217.5
God of War: Ragnarok
2022
106.9
139.0
181.8
224.5
Saints Row
2022
118.6
154.2
201.7
249.1
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum
2022
86.9
112.9
147.7
182.4
Atomic Heart
2023
40.1
52.1
68.2
84.2
Elden ring
2022
63.5
82.5
107.9
133.3
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
2023
61.8
80.4
105.1
129.8
The Cycle: Frontier
2022
111.9
145.5
190.3
235.1
Homeworld 3
2022
81.9
106.4
139.2
171.9
Spider-Man Remastered
2022
96.9
126.0
164.7
203.5
Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League
2023
70.2
91.2
119.3
147.4
Starfield
2022
58.5
76.0
99.4
122.8
Rainbow Six Extraction
2022
90.2
117.3
153.4
189.5
Scorn
2022
65.2
84.7
110.8
136.8
To find out how good the graphics card is for demanding games, you need to look at the numbers from this table.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
F1 22
2020
145.4
189.0
247.1
305.2
Assassin's Creed Origins
2017
120.8
157.0
205.3
253.7
Metal: Hellsinger
2021
122.0
158.6
207.3
256.1
Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
2016
108.9
141.6
185.2
228.8
Death Stranding
2020
151.9
197.4
258.2
318.9
Horizon Zero Dawn
2020
163.7
212.9
278.3
343.8
Final Fantasy 7 Remake
2021
105.3
136.8
178.9
221.0
Crysis 3
2013
164.1
213.3
278.9
344.5
DOOM Eternal
2020
155.4
202.0
264.1
326.3
World of Warcraft: Shadowlands
2020
105.3
136.8
178.9
221.0
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
2018
83.5
108.6
142.0
175.4
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
2018
131.5
170.9
223.5
276.1
World War Z
2019
165.2
214.8
280.9
347.0
Project CARS 3
2020
76.9
99.9
130.7
161.4
Far Cry 6
2021
125.3
162.9
213.0
263.1
Need For Speed: Heat
2019
123.3
160.3
209.6
258.9
F1 2021
2020
162.1
210.7
275.5
340.3
Total War: Warhammer
2016
164.9
214.4
280.3
346.3
Godfall
2020
147.9
192.2
251.4
310.5
Cyberpunk 2077
2020
75.5
98.2
128.4
158.6
Forza Horizon 5
2021
120.3
156.4
204.5
252.6
Final Fantasy XV
2018
140.3
182.4
238.6
294.7
Halo Infinite
2021
95.2
123.8
161.9
200.0
Borderlands 3
2019
105.9
137.7
180.1
222.4
Anthem
2019
113.4
147.5
192.9
238.2
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
2017
142.2
184.8
241.7
298.6
Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
2016
131.2
170.5
223.0
275.4
Call of Duty Modern Warfare
2019
162.1
210.7
275.5
340.3
Genshin Impact
2020
145.4
189.0
247.1
305.2
Just Cause 4
2018
132.5
172.2
225.2
278.2
Ghost Recon Wildlands
2017
134.7
175.1
228.9
282.8
Hitman 2
2018
163.7
212.9
278.3
343.8
Assassin's Creed Valhalla
2020
76.4
99.3
129.8
160.3
The Witcher 3
2015
148.0
192.4
251.6
310.9
Dishonored 2
2016
126.3
164.2
214.7
265.2
Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War
2020
131.5
170.9
223.5
276.1
Grand Theft Auto V
2015
164.7
214.2
280.0
345.9
GreedFall
2019
150.9
196.1
256.5
316.8
Gears of War 5
2019
133.5
173.5
226.9
280.3
The Division
2016
147.7
192.0
251.1
310.2
Resident Evil Village
2021
113.6
147.7
193.1
238.6
Hitman 3
2021
113.6
147.7
193.1
238.6
Monster Hunter: World
2018
142.7
185.5
242.6
299.6
Red Dead Redemption 2
2019
78.5
102.1
133.5
164.9
Metro Exodus
2019
91.7
119.2
155.9
192.6
Microsoft Flight Simulator
2020
50.0
64.9
84.9
104.9
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
166.1
215.9
282.3
348.7
Mass Effect: Andromeda
2017
163.7
212.9
278.3
343.8
Devil May Cry 5
2019
148.7
193.3
252.8
312.3
Marvel's Avengers
2020
98.7
128.4
167.9
207.4
GeForce RTX 3080 12Gb with Ryzen 5 4500 gaming benchmark The performance results of the GeForce RTX 3080 from the following table are just for reference, since it mainly presents old games and FPS is significantly more than 100.
Game
Year
Ultra
High
Middle
Low
Project CARS 2
2017
173.3
225.2
294.5
363.8
Need For Speed
2015
197.8
257.2
336.3
415.4
Battlefield 4
2013
232.4
302.1
395.1
488.0
Fortnite Battle Royale
2017
171.6
223.1
291.7
360.3
Rocket League
2015
513.6
601.0
742.2
809.0
Battlefield 1
2016
208.7
271.3
354.7
438.2
Dawn of War III
2017
179.8
233.7
305.6
377.5
Fallout 76
2018
214.5
278.9
364.7
450.5
For Honor
2017
244.6
318.0
415.8
513.6
Destiny 2
2017
231.1
300.4
392.8
485.2
F1 2019
2019
172.1
223.7
292.5
361.4
Valorant
2020
335.3
435.9
570.0
704.2
Hitman
2016
167.1
217.2
284.0
350.9
Rise of the Tomb Raider
2016
204.0
265.2
346.8
428.4
Minecraft
2011
391.0
457.4
664.6
821.0
Far Cry New Dawn
2019
166.1
215.9
282.3
348.7
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
2012
489.2
572.4
706.9
770.5
League of Legends
2009
495.3
579.5
715.7
780.1
Forza Motorsport 7
2017
209.8
272.8
356.7
440.7
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4
2018
197.3
256.5
335.4
414.4
Apex Legends
2019
175.9
228.7
299.1
369.4
Resident Evil 2
2019
190.5
247.6
323.8
400.0
Rainbow Six Siege
2015
346.5
450.5
589.1
727.7
Dota 2
2013
238.9
310.6
406.2
501.7
Battlefield V
2018
175.9
228.7
299.1
369.4
Titanfall 2
2016
180.4
234.6
306.7
378.9
Doom
2016
262.6
341.4
446.5
551.5
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2017
213.9
278.0
363.6
449.1
DiRT Rally
2015
263.5
342.5
447.9
553.3
Strange Brigade
2018
215.0
279.5
365.5
451.5
Need For Speed: Payback
2017
183.4
238.5
311.9
385.2
Roblox
2006
518.8
607.0
749.6
817.1
Though you can't argue with the numbers from this table, however, you need to know that in reality some processors and video cards will not be able to work with each other. In such cases, FPS is evaluated according to a theoretical formula based on the results of tests of the GPU and the CPU.
