NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell vs RTX 3080
Short answer: which is best?
NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell is 20.2 % stronger than RTX 3080. NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell ranks #12 of 74 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (10,870 GPU score in its best run — 1 rig, 1 verified run). RTX 3080 ranks #17 of 74 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (9,043 GPU score in its best run — best of 2 rigs, 2 verified runs). Each part is shown at its best run, picked from 3 verified WhatFPS runs — measured, not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell | RTX 3080 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score, best run (the card's own performance) | 10,870 | 9,043 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 11,994 | 10,171 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 44.3 FPS | 38.2 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 56.2 FPS | 48.2 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 53.9 FPS | 43 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 99.8 FPS | 109.2 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 189 GB/s | 225 GB/s |
| VRAM | 24 GB | 10 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Yes |
What the numbers mean
The headline score is the part's best measured run, and the measurements under it come from that same run. It shows what the part has been proven to do — not what an average rig gets out of it. The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for NVIDIA RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell · All measurements for RTX 3080