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Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]

Resnet50 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
1022
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1071
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1061
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
1809
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2922
NVIDIA RTX A5000
4127
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
7965

Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Resnet50 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
464
NVIDIA RTX 3090
596
NVIDIA RTX A5000
372
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
822
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1625
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1388
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3299

Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Resnet152 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
256.9
NVIDIA RTX 3090
491
NVIDIA RTX A5000
430
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
454.7
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1029
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1673
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3391

Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Resnet152 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
223
NVIDIA RTX A5000
143
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
434
NVIDIA RTX A5000
533
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1387

Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V3 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
359
NVIDIA RTX 3090
715
NVIDIA RTX A5000
640
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
635.5
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1720
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2490
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
5525

Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V3 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
280.6
NVIDIA RTX 3090
399
NVIDIA RTX A5000
235
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
496.7
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1267
NVIDIA RTX A5000
877
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2343

Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V4 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
192.7
NVIDIA RTX 3090
383
NVIDIA RTX A5000
296
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
341
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1022
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1151
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V4 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
156
NVIDIA RTX A5000
105
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
319
NVIDIA RTX A5000
392
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

VGG16 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
351.9
NVIDIA RTX 3090
577
NVIDIA RTX A5000
378
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
622.9
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1004
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1470
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

VGG16 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

VGG16 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
247.6
NVIDIA RTX 3090
341
NVIDIA RTX A5000
214
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
438.3
NVIDIA RTX 3090
1077
NVIDIA RTX A5000
798
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

VGG16 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Googlenet (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2138
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
7751
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
15728

Googlenet (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1080
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3866
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
7225

3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]

V-Ray

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
1821
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2185
NVIDIA RTX A5000
2265
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Octane

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
635
NVIDIA RTX 3090
769
NVIDIA RTX A5000
699
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Redshift

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
3.12
NVIDIA RTX 3090
2.3
NVIDIA RTX A5000
3.06
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Blender

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
4931.88
NVIDIA RTX 3090
6010.36
NVIDIA RTX A5000
4739.82
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Luxmark

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
72914
NVIDIA RTX 3090
95123
NVIDIA RTX A5000
73789
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Unreal Engine

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
39.7
NVIDIA RTX 3090
47.6
NVIDIA RTX A5000
36.7
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2024-2025 [Updated]

Total run time

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
165.9
NVIDIA RTX A5000
167.7
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
57.1
NVIDIA RTX A5000
53.6
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
43.2

BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2024-2025 [Updated]

Training Time (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1.11
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
0.6
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Performance (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
51.17
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
106.77
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Training Time (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
1.36
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
0.57
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Performance (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
40.44
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
118.1
8 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Llama3 70B Inference Benchmark 2024–2025 [Updated]

Eval rate

1 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
2 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA RTX 3080
n/a
NVIDIA RTX 3090
n/a
NVIDIA RTX A5000
n/a

Technical Specifications

Board Design

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Length 285 mm 336 mm 267 mm
Outputs 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort 4x DisplayPort
Power Connectors 2x 8-pin 1x 12-pin 1x 8-pin
Slot width Dual-slot Triple-slot Dual-slot
TDP 320 W 350 W 230 W

Clock Speeds

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Boost Clock 1710 MHz 1695 MHz 1695 MHz
GPU Clock 1440 MHz 1395 MHz 1170 MHz
Memory Clock 19000 MHz 19500 MHz 16000 MHz

Graphics Card

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Bus Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Generation GeForce 30 GeForce 30 Quadro (Ax000)

Graphics Features

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A5000
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 A5000
Architecture Ampere Ampere Ampere
Die Size 627 mm2 628 mm2 628 mm2
GPU Name GA102-200-K1-A1 GA102-300-A1 GA102
Process Size 8 nm 8 nm 8 nm
Transistors 28000 million 28300 million 28300 million

Memory

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A5000
Bandwidth 760 GB/s 936.2 GB/s 768 GB/s
Memory Bus 320 bit 384 bit 384 bit
Memory Size 10 GB 24 GB 24 GB
Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR6X GDDR6

Render Config

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A5000
ROPs 88 112 96
RT Cores 68 82 64
Shading Units/ CUDA Cores 8704 10496 8192
TMUs 272 328 256
Tensor Cores 272 328 256

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A5000
FP16 (half) performance 59.54 TFLOPS 35.58 TFLOPS 27.77 TFLOPS
FP32 (float) performance 29.77 TFLOPS 35.58 TFLOPS 27.77 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 930.2 GFLOPS 556 GFLOPS 867.8 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 150.5 GPixel/s 189.8 GPixel/s 162.7 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 465.1 GTexel/s 556 GTexel/s 433.9 GTexel/s

Price

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A5000
MSRP 699 $ 1499 $ 2299 $
Release Date Sep 1st, 2020 Sep 1st, 2020 Apr 12th, 2021

Test bench configuration

NVIDIA RTX 3080 NVIDIA RTX 3090 NVIDIA RTX A5000
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: 461.40
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1

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