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GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3080

GeForce GTX 480 vs GeForce RTX 3080: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Prices and Stock

MSRP $499

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock

MSRP $699

All items are out of stock

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 3080 outperforms GeForce GTX 480 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both GPUs to compare value. The better performing GeForce RTX 3080 is 3812 days newer than GeForce GTX 480.

Advantages of GeForce GTX 480

  • Consumes up to 22% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 250 vs 320 Watts

Advantages of GeForce RTX 3080

  • Performs up to 642% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than GeForce GTX 480 - 89 vs 12 FPS
  • Up to 567% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 - 10 vs 2 GB
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Red Dead Redemption 2

Red Dead Redemption 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Logo
GeForce GTX 480

Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010


FPS

12

13%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


FPS

89

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

Price, CA$

FPS Winner

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Highest

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Logo
GeForce GTX 480

Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Logo
GeForce GTX 480

Desktop • Mar 26th, 2010


Pixel Fillrate

21.03 GPixel/s

13%

Texel Fillrate

42.06 GTexel/s

9%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo
GeForce RTX 3080

Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020


Pixel Fillrate

164.2 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

465.1 GTexel/s

100%

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480 Logo

GeForce GTX 480

vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Logo

GeForce RTX 3080

Mar 26th, 2010Release Date
Sep 1st, 2020
GeForce 400GenerationGeForce 30
$499
MSRP$699
2x DVI, 1x mini-HDMI 1.3aOutputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pinPower Connectors1x 12-pin
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
1.5 GBMemory
10 GB
GDDR5TypeGDDR6X
384-bitBus320-bit
177.4 GB/sBandwidth
760.3 GB/s
701 MHzBase Clock Speed
1440 MHz
Not AvailableBoost Clock Speed1710 MHz
924 MHzMemory Clock Speed
1188 MHz

PCs Using GeForce GTX 480 or GeForce RTX 3080

With selected game settings

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