FPS Winner

The GeForce RTX 3060 is at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 5080, however, it's a much better value for money, as it's $1650.50 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 3060

Up to 83% cheaper – $349.50 vs $2000.00
A much better value for money for gaming
Consumes up to 53% less energy – 170 vs 360 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 5080

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
Up to 33% more VRAM memory – 16 vs 12 GB

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 5080 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Average FPS

46%

Min 1% FPS

40%

Price, $

$349.5

100%

Value, $/FPS

$3.53/FPS

100%

GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3060 Gaming OC 12G (REV2.0) Graphics Card, 3X WINDFORCE Fans, 12GB 192-bit GDDR6, GV-N3060GAMING OC-12GD Video Card

MSI GeForce RTX 3060 Ventus 2X 12G OC, Gaming Graphics Card - NVIDIA RTX 3060, 12GB GDDR6 Memory, 192-bit, 15 Gbps

ASUS Gaming Graphics Card - GeForce Dual RTX 3060, 12GB GDDR6, RGB, LHR, Ray Tracing, DLSS

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

Average FPS

214

100%

Min 1% FPS

139

100%

Price, $

$2000

17%

Value, $/FPS

$9.34/FPS

38%

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX ™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.6-Slot, Military-Grade Components, Protective PCB Coating, axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber)

ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX™ 5080 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, 16GB GDDR7, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.8-Slot, 4-Fan Design, Axial-tech Fans, Patented Vapor Chamber, Phase-Change GPU Thermal pad)

ASUS The SFF-Ready Prime GeForce RTX™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 2.5-Slot, Axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber, Dual BIOS)

ASUS The SFF-Ready Prime GeForce RTX™ 5080 OC Edition 16GB GDDR7 Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, 16GB GDDR7, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 2.5-Slot, Axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber, Dual BIOS)

MSI VGA GEFORCE RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3X OC Plus RTX5080 16GB GDRR7 256 B DX12 PCIE 5.0 X16 (3XDP 1XHDMI)

GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 5080 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 5080 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

8747

26%

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

33109

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce RTX 3060 vs GeForce RTX 5080 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce RTX 3060

Jan 12th, 2021

Memory

12 GB

75%

Memory Bandwidth

360 GB/s

38%

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

25%

Texture Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

23%

FP32

12.74 TFLOPS

23%

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

Memory

16 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

960 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

335 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

879.3 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

56.28 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce RTX 3060	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 5080
General
Jan 12th, 2021	Release Date	Jan 30th, 2025
$329.00	MSRP	$999.00
GeForce 30	Generation	GeForce 50
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
170 W	Power Consumption	360 W
Memory
12 GB	Memory Size	16 GB
GDDR6	Memory Type	GDDR7
192-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
360 GB/s	Bandwidth	960 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
85.3 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	335 GPixel/s
199 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	879.3 GTexel/s
12.74 TFLOPS	FP32	56.28 TFLOPS