Comparative Performance, Energy Efficiency and Value
That's a lot of numbers. We can distill the relative performance of the GeForce RTX 3080 FE card by looking at how much faster it is than the competition by evaluating its percentage lead at 4K. The following graph averages its leads across seven applications - six games and 3DMark Time Spy Extreme - to give you an at-a-glance feel for the extra horsepower.
The numbers speak for themselves; the RTX 3080 puts over 50 percent into the RTX 2080 Super, 85 percent into the finest Radeon (for now), and is over twice as fast as a Radeon RX 5700,
We can also tease out rudimentary comparative value and energy efficiency by looking at performance and evaluating it against power consumption and price.
To get these figures we divide the Gears 5 4K average framerate - a well-coded game that scales well - by the peak graphics power consumption seen in GPU-Z, which tallies closely to each card's declared TDP.
Notwithstanding the 319.2W observed for the RTX 3080 its superb performance remains enough for it to top this chart. Ought one expect a better ratio for an 8nm GeForce? We leave that to you.
This graph divides the same average 4K framerate by the dollar SRP for each card. The $699 pricing clearly works well in conjunction with the performance. GeForce RTX 3080 is eminently fast and offers value for money: a rarity for a genuinely high-performance GPU.