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RTX 3080 10GB
The current RTX 3080 10GB price from retailers, its key specifications, and how it performs for each job.
Works well for: 1080p Gaming
Historical observation — not today's price
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- VRAM
- 10 GB
- Memory bandwidth
- 760 GB/s
- Board power
- 320 W
- Architecture
- Ampere
- Interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
What it is good for
| Scenario | this productCapability grade |
|---|---|
| 1080p GamingRaster performance · 1080p | GradeS |
| 1440p GamingRaster performance · 1440p | GradeB |
| 4K / VRRaster performance · 4K / VR | GradeC |
| Ray Tracing @ 1080pRay tracing capability · 1080p | GradeB |
| Ray Tracing @ 1440pRay tracing capability · 1440p | GradeC |
| Ray Tracing @ 4KRay tracing capability · 4K | GradeF |
| AI / Local LLMAI compute · memory and ecosystem fit | GradeC |
| 3D Rendering3D rendering · creator workloads | GradeB |
| Light Use & EfficiencyEfficiency · lighter workloads | GradeD |
A grade answers “how well does this handle that job?” — price is never part of it. We are not tracking a verified offer right now, so there is no Relative Value to show against it.
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Performance and where it ranks
Two different questions, side by side. Performance compares what the hardware can do; Value compares what that capability costs at today’s price. A product can rank high on one and low on the other — that gap is the point.
Performance Balanced
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#16 of 39 graded graphics cards
- #13 NVIDIARTX 4070 Ti 51
- #14 AMDRX 9070 50
- #15 NVIDIARTX 4070 Super 49
- #16 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 46
- #17 AMDRX 7900 GRE 45
- #18 AMDRX 9070 GRE 43
- #19 AMDRX 7800 XT 43
Performance 1080p
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#16 of 39 graded graphics cards
- #13 NVIDIARTX 4070 Ti 51
- #14 AMDRX 9070 50
- #15 NVIDIARTX 4070 Super 49
- #16 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 46
- #17 AMDRX 7900 GRE 45
- #18 AMDRX 9070 GRE 43
- #19 AMDRX 7800 XT 43
Performance 1440p
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#16 of 39 graded graphics cards
- #13 NVIDIARTX 4070 Ti 51
- #14 AMDRX 9070 50
- #15 NVIDIARTX 4070 Super 49
- #16 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 46
- #17 AMDRX 7900 GRE 45
- #18 AMDRX 9070 GRE 43
- #19 AMDRX 7800 XT 43
Performance 4K
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#16 of 39 graded graphics cards
- #13 NVIDIARTX 4070 Ti 51
- #14 AMDRX 9070 50
- #15 NVIDIARTX 4070 Super 49
- #16 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 46
- #17 AMDRX 7900 GRE 45
- #18 AMDRX 9070 GRE 43
- #19 AMDRX 7800 XT 43
Performance Ray Tracing @ 1080p
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#12 of 23 graded graphics cards
- #9 AMDRX 7900 XT 49
- #10 AMDRX 9070 GRE 46
- #11 NVIDIARTX 5060 Ti 16GB 45
- #12 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 41
- #13 AMDRX 7800 XT 39
- #14 NVIDIARTX 5060 Ti 8GB 37
- #15 AMDRX 9060 XT 16GB 36
Performance Ray Tracing @ 1440p
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#12 of 23 graded graphics cards
- #9 AMDRX 7900 XT 43
- #10 NVIDIARTX 5060 Ti 16GB 39
- #11 AMDRX 9070 GRE 37
- #12 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 34
- #13 AMDRX 7800 XT 33
- #14 AMDRX 9060 XT 16GB 31
- #15 NVIDIARTX 3070 Ti 27
Performance Ray Tracing @ 4K
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#14 of 23 graded graphics cards
- #11 AMDRX 9070 GRE 24
- #12 AMDRX 7800 XT 24
- #13 AMDRX 9060 XT 16GB 23
- #14 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 22
- #15 AMDRX 7700 XT 15
- #16 NVIDIARTX 3070 Ti 14
- #17 NVIDIARTX 4060 Ti 8GB 13
Performance AI
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#12 of 39 graded graphics cards
- #9 NVIDIARTX 4070 Ti 38
- #10 NVIDIARTX 4070 Super 34
- #11 NVIDIARTX 5070 29
- #12 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 28
- #13 NVIDIARTX 4070 28
- #14 AMDRX 9070 XT 23
- #15 NVIDIARTX 4060 Ti 8GB 21
Performance 3D Rendering
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#12 of 32 graded graphics cards
- #9 NVIDIARTX 5070 41
- #10 NVIDIARTX 4070 41
- #11 NVIDIARTX 4070 Super 40
- #12 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 31
- #13 NVIDIARTX 4060 Ti 8GB 28
- #14 NVIDIARTX 5060 Ti 8GB 28
- #15 NVIDIARTX 5060 Ti 16GB 28
Performance Light Use
How much it can do. Price plays no part in this ranking.
#34 of 38 graded graphics cards
- #31 AMDRX 9070 XT 43
- #32 NVIDIARTX 4080 Super 39
- #33 NVIDIARTX 4080 39
- #34 NVIDIARTX 3080 10GB 39
- #35 AMDRX 7900 XT 36
- #36 AMDRX 7900 XTX 30
- #37 NVIDIARTX 5080 29
These ladders follow the preset scenario shown above. Your own weights re-score this product, not the whole field.
RTX 3080 10GB in today's market
We are not tracking a current offer for RTX 3080 10GB in Canada right now. The last offers we observed are listed below as history; capability, ranks and specifications do not depend on them.
Last observed offers
| Retailer | Condition | Price then | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newegg | New | CAD 740 | last observed 2026-10-17 |
These are historical snapshots from tracked retailers. They are not presented as currently available, and they never count toward Value, rankings or our offer data.
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What replaces the RTX 3080 10GB today
Chosen for Balanced
Chosen for 1080p
Chosen for 1440p
Chosen for 4K
Chosen for Ray Tracing @ 1080p
Chosen for Ray Tracing @ 1440p
Chosen for Ray Tracing @ 4K
Chosen for AI
This scenario carries a requirement candidates are checked against first: CUDA — Many local-LLM and diffusion toolchains are CUDA-only. ROCm and Vulkan builds exist and work, but they are not drop-in — check your toolchain before treating a non-NVIDIA card as an equivalent swap.
Chosen for 3D Rendering
This scenario carries a requirement candidates are checked against first: OptiX — Blender Cycles reaches its fastest path on NVIDIA OptiX. HIP (AMD) and oneAPI (Intel) render the same scenes, so this is a workflow question, not a capability wall — but render times and add-on support differ.
Chosen for Light Use
Chosen by capability in the same scenario against today's market: the closest current product that is not a downgrade, the cheapest current product within 10% of its capability, and the best Value among products at least 30% more capable.
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Specifications and compatibility
What this product is, and what to check before it goes into your build.
Core / Performance
- Architecture
- Ampere
- GPU chip
- GA102
- GPU variant
- GA102-200-KD-A1
- Process node
- 8 nm
- Transistors
- 28,300 million
- Shading units
- 8704
Memory
- Capacity
- 10 GB
- Type
- GDDR6X
- Bus width
- 320 bit
- Effective speed
- 19 Gbps
- Bandwidth
- 760 GB/s
Power / Interface
- Board power (TBP)
- 320 W
- Suggested PSU
- 700 W
- Power connectors
- 2x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 4.0 x16
Physical / Outputs
- Length
- 300 mm
- Height
- 127 mm
- Slot width
- 2 slots
- Cooling
- Air
- Fans
- 3
- Backplate
- Yes
- DisplayPort
- 3×
- HDMI
- 2×
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Core / Performance
- Texture units
- 272
- ROPs
- 96
- Ray tracing cores
- 68
- Tensor cores
- 272
- Base clock
- 1440 MHz
- Boost clock
- 1710 MHz
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS 4.5
- Ray tracing
- Supported
- RGB lighting
- No
Warranty & release
- Warranty
- 3 years
- Release year
- 2020
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Compare RTX 3080 10GB with current hardware
- RTX 3080 10GB vs RTX 4070 Super · Closest current replacement
- RTX 3080 10GB vs RTX 5080 · Meaningful upgrade
- RTX 3080 10GB vs RX 9060 XT 16GB · Lower-cost current alternative
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FAQ
Why is there no current price for the RTX 3080 10GB?
None of the retailers we track lists a new RTX 3080 10GB today. We keep the last offers we observed as dated history, but we do not present them as today's price and they never enter Value or rankings. Capability grades and specifications do not depend on an offer and stay current.
What is a fair used price for the RTX 3080 10GB?
It depends on what today's market offers for the same money, not on a percentage of an old price. Enter the asking price in the price check on this page: it scores the RTX 3080 10GB at that price against current products under your priorities and shows the prices at which its Value would be strong.
What should I upgrade to from the RTX 3080 10GB?
For the same capability today, the closest current product is RTX 4070 Super; for a meaningful step up, RTX 5080 is the best Value among products at least 30% more capable. The upgrade planner on this page ranks options by what they add for the money you actually spend after selling your RTX 3080 10GB.
Useful links & sources
offer frame 2026-10-11–2026-10-17 · formula gpu-value-v1.4 · facts facts-2026-10-17 · Relative Value is an estimate from our current dataset, the selected weights and dated market prices — not an official product rating and not a price forecast. Target prices are calculation thresholds, not predictions. Methodology We are not a shop. Affiliate links may earn us a commission; they never change the calculations or the ranking.