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Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2023–2024 [Updated]

Resnet50 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
1022
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1071
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
1809
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2922
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Resnet50 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
464
NVIDIA RTX 3090
596
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
822
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1625
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Resnet152 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
256.9
NVIDIA RTX 3090
491
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
454.7
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1029
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Resnet152 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
223
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
434
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Inception V3 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
359
NVIDIA RTX 3090
715
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
635.5
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1720
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Inception V3 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
280.6
NVIDIA RTX 3090
399
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
496.7
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1267
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Inception V4 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
192.7
NVIDIA RTX 3090
383
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
341
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1022
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Inception V4 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
156
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
319
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

VGG16 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
351.9
NVIDIA RTX 3090
577
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
622.9
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1004
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

VGG16 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

VGG16 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
247.6
NVIDIA RTX 3090
341
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
438.3
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1077
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

VGG16 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Googlenet (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Googlenet (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2023–2024 [Updated]

V-Ray

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
1821
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2185
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
2071
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Octane

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
635
NVIDIA RTX 3090
769
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
690
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Redshift

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
3.12
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2.3
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
2.44
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Blender

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
4931.88
NVIDIA RTX 3090
6010.36
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
5625.31
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Luxmark

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
72914
NVIDIA RTX 3090
95123
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
85190
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Unreal Engine

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
39.7
NVIDIA RTX 3090
47.6
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
46.1
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2023-2024 [Updated]

Total run time

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
165.9
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
198.1
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
57.1
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
107.6
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2023-2024 [Updated]

Training Time (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Performance (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Training Time (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Performance (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Technical Specifications

Board Design

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
Length 285 mm 336 mm 285 mm
Outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Power Connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Slot width Dual-slot Triple-slot Triple-slot
TDP 320 W 350 W 350 W

Clock Speeds

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
Boost Clock 1710 MHz 1695 MHz 1665 MHz
GPU Clock 1440 MHz 1395 MHz 1365 MHz
Memory Clock 19000 MHz 19500 MHz 19000 MHz

Graphics Card

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
Bus Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Generation GeForce 30 GeForce 30 GeForce 30

Graphics Features

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.6 6.6 6.6
CUDA 8.6 8.6 8.6

Graphics Processor

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
Architecture Ampere Ampere Ampere
Die Size 627 mm2 628 mm2 628 mm2
GPU Name GA102-200-K1-A1 GA102-300-A1 GA102-225-A1
Process Size 8 nm 8 nm 8 nm
Transistors 28000 million 28300 million 28300 million

Memory

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
Bandwidth 760 GB/s 936.2 GB/s 912.4 GB/s
Memory Bus 320 bit 384 bit 384 bit
Memory Size 10 GB 24 GB 12 GB
Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR6X GDDR6X

Render Config

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
ROPs 88 112 112
RT Cores 68 82 80
Shading Units/ CUDA Cores 8704 10496 10240
TMUs 272 328 320
Tensor Cores 272 328 320

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
FP16 (half) performance 59.54 TFLOPS 35.58 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS
FP32 (float) performance 29.77 TFLOPS 35.58 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 930.2 GFLOPS 556 GFLOPS 532.8 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 150.5 GPixel/s 189.8 GPixel/s 186.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 465.1 GTexel/s 556 GTexel/s 532.8 GTexel/s

Price

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
MSRP 699 $ 1499 $ 999 $
Release Date Sep 1st, 2020 Sep 1st, 2020 May 31st, 2021

Test bench configuration

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX 3080 Ti
Hardware BIZON X5000 More details BIZON X5000 More details BIZON X5000 More details
Software 3D Rendering:
Nvidia Driver: 456.38
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1
3D Rendering:
Nvidia Driver: 456.38
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1
3D Rendering:
Nvidia Driver: 460.89
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1

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