NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition Reviews

 
Reviews and benchmarks of the brand new GeForce RTX 3080 are available.But only for NVIDIA’s Founders Edition.

GeForce RTX 3080 specs:

• GPU: almost full GA102 Ampere, base clock: 1440 MHz, boost clock: 1710 MHz, 28-billion transistors
• CUDA cores: 8704
• Streaming Multiprocessors: 68 (128 cores/SM)
• RT cores: 68
• Tensor cores: 272
• ROPs: 96
• TMUs: 272
• FP32 performance: 29.7 TFLOPS
• Memory: 10GB GDDR6X @ 1188 MHz real speed, 320-bit
• TPG: 320 W
• Price: USD $700

Here is the GPU-Z screenshot of the RTX 3080 Founders Edition:

 
Performance: RTX 3080 vs RTX 2080
– techPowerUp:

• RTX 3080 is 26% faster on average @ 1080p
• RTX 3080 is 34% faster on average @ 1440p
• RTX 3080 is 40% faster on average @ 2160p

– Hardware Unboxed:

• RTX 3080 is 47% faster on average @ 1440p
• RTX 3080 is 68% (wow!) faster on average @ 2160p

 

Update 2020.09.17
– An nice recap by 3dcenter.org of 4k performance:

 

Reviews

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition Review – Must have for 4K Gamers @ TechPowerUp
• Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 review @ rockpapershotgun.com
• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB Ampere Graphics Card Review @ wccftech
• Nvidia RTX 3080 Founders Edition Review @ kitguru
• Nvidia RTX 3080 review: 4K greatness at $699—and good news for cheaper GPUs @ arstechnica
• Nvidia RTX 3080 Review @ techspot
• Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition Review: A Huge Generational Leap in Performance @ tomshardware
• TEST NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3080 @ comptoir-hardware
• Test carte graphique Geforce RTX 3080 Founders Edition, et NVIDIA réinventa le GPU ! @ cowcotland
• Geforce RTX 3080 Founders Edition @ gdm.or.jp

 

Video Reviews

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Founders Edition Review: Gaming, Thermals, Noise, & Power Benchmarks

FurMark power cosumption test:

 
HYPE JUSTIFIED? RTX 3080 Benchmarks and Review!