The RTX 3080 is widely praised as one of the best gaming GPU’s to the date. Not only it’s more powerful than the RTX 2080, it’s also cheaper, making it undeniable a better bang for the buck.
Since the card is only a few months old, little is known about its mining performance. Luckily for me, one of my friends happened to assemble a monster gaming rig with an Gigabyte RTX™ 3080 VISION OC 10G, and a new gen Ryzen 5 5600x. That beast of a PC can run Call of Duty Warzone at 240 fps average.
The man was nice enough to let me test his GPU on several mining algos.
Note: I will be getting my hands on the RTX 3090 soon to benchmark it and test it in my rigs.
Gigabyte RTX 3080 VISION OC 10G Specs
| Core Clock | 1?800 MHz (Reference Card: 1710 MHz) |
| CUDA® Cores | 8?704 |
| RT Cores | 2nd Generation |
| Tensor Cores | 3rd Generation |
| Memory Clock | 1?9000 MHz |
| Memory Size | 1?0 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | 3?20 bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 7?60 GB/s |
| Card Bus | PCI-E 4.0 x 16 |
| Card size | L=320 W=126 H=55 mm |
| Recommended PSU | 7?50W |
Gigabyte RTX 3080 VISION OC 10G Unboxed
Gigabyte RTX 3080 VISION OC 10G Mining Hashrate
As you will be able to see below, my first tests with the 3080 did not give the most breathtaking results. There are two reasons for that:
- There is still no software support that would let us enjoy the full potential of the 3080 for mining. We need both better mining software and better drivers. This is pretty common for cards that are new to the mining community. Note: I was not able to test it with Bminer due to a library error.
- The Gigabyte version apparently has issues with memory cooling, which causes hashrate drops over time. This issue is present on the Eagle OC, Vision OC, and the Gaming OC cards.
The Asus RTX™ 3080 10G, on the other hand, is reported to hash up to 97 Mh/s, though it’s not a card I had the chance to test yet. I have also not experienced any cooling issues with the 2080 and 2080Ti Gigabyte cards, so that’s a new. I will be looking further into this issue these days, and I will keep you updated.
The power consumption on the GeForce RTX™ 3080 Vision OC is quite high, with up to 350W on standard clocks, and around 250W at 70% power limit. I obviously run it on the lower power consumption settings, which give me 85 Mh/s on average for Ethash. Here’s a full list of algos and their respective hashrates:
Best Hardware for 6x RTX 3080 Mining Rig
Gigabyte RTX 3080 Vision 3Dmark Benchmark
Gigabyte RTX 3080 Mining Hashrate Performance
Ethereum Hashrate Stock Clocks (Micron)
RTX 3080 Ethereum Hashrate (ethash)
Hashrate 87.5 MH/s
- Clocks +1/+1000
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 230w
Hashrate 82.5
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 60
- Power Draw 222w
I found later on that best settings for highest hashrate were to set power limit to 70% with +150/+1500 clocks.
RTX 3080 Ethereum Classic Hashrate (etchash)
Hashrate 83.5 MH/s
- Clocks +150/+1000
- Power Limit 60
- Power Draw 222w
RTX 3080 Ravencoin Hashrate (kawpow)
Hashrate 44.3 MH/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 270w
Hashrate 41.2
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Grin Hashrate (cuckatoo29)
Hashrate 9.4 G/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 340w
Hashrate 9.3 G/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Grin Hashrate (cuckatoo32)
Hashrate 0.94 G/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 360w
Hashrate 0.91 G/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Nexus Hashrate (nexushash)
Hashrate 370 MH/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 350w
Hashrate 372.5 MH/s
- Clocks +150/+0
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Lux Hashrate (phi2)
Hashrate 19 MH/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 350w
Hashrate 19.5 MH/s
- Clocks +150/+0
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Veil Hashrate (progpow-veil)
Hashrate 42.5 MH/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 290w
Hashrate 42.6 MH/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Beam Hashrate (beam hash III)
Hashrate 50 Sol/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 355w
Hashrate 48 Sol/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 AE Hashrate (aeternity)
Hashrate 15.6 G/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 350w
Hashrate 14.7 G/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Aion (equihash 210_9)
Hashrate 516 Sol/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 350w
Hashrate 506 Sol/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Bitcoin Gold (Equihash 144,5 BgoldPoW)
Hashrate 155 Sol/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 350w
Hashrate 150 Sol/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Conflux (octopus)
Hashrate 80.8 Mh/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 270w
Hashrate 81.2 MH/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Cortex (cortex)
Hashrate 5.25 G/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 350w
Hashrate 5.8 G/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 MoneroV (cuckarood29v)
Hashrate 16.2 G/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 350w
Hashrate 15.8 G/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 MimbleWimbleCoin (cuckarood29v)
Hashrate 16.2 G/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 350w
Hashrate 16 G/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Sero (sero)
Hashrate 43 Mh/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 270w
Hashrate 40 Mh/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Swap (cuckaroo29s)
Hashrate 15.5 G/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 350w
Hashrate 15 G/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Veriblock (VProgPoW)
Hashrate 21.2 Mh/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 270w
Hashrate 21 Mh/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 YCash (Equihash 192,7 ZcashPoW)
Hashrate 71 Sol/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 355w
Hashrate 68 Sol/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Zano (ProgPowZ)
Hashrate 41 Mh/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 260w
Hashrate 41 Mh/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 ZCoin (mtp)
Hashrate 6500 Kh/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 355w
Hashrate 5,800 Kh/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 Zelcash (equihash 125,4 zelproof)
Hashrate 87 Sol/s
- Clocks +0/+0
- Power Limit 100
- Power Draw 355w
Hashrate 83 Sol/s
- Clocks +150/+1500
- Power Limit 70
- Power Draw 260w
RTX 3080 vs. RTX 2080 vs. GTX 1080Ti Mining Hashrate
| Ethash hashrate | Power draw | Power Efficiency | Efficiency* | |
| Gigabyte RTX 3080 | 85/ Mh/s | 225w | 0.37 /mh/s per watt | 0.077 Mh/s per invested dollar* |
| Gigabyte RTX 2080 | 41.1 Mh/s | 105w | 0.391 mh/s per watt | 0.034 Mh/s per invested dollar* |
| Gigabyte GTX 1080 Ti | 40 Mh/s (pill) | 165w | 0.242 mh/s per watt | 0.04 Mh/s per invested dollar* |
(*) Values based on the best prices I was able to find at the moment. The GPU market is known for being volatile, so these numbers should be taken as reference only.
So far, the Gigabyte 3080 is not offering the best power efficiency even with its power consumption reduced by 30%. Another thing to keep in mind is that powerful PSUs cost a lot, at the point it might be more profitable to assemble a rig that produces less but also consumes less, and thus doesn’t require a huge PSU to operate.
Now, if power efficiency isn’t as much of a concern for you, then the 3080 does offer way better hashrate per dollar invested.
RTX 3080 vs. RTX 2080 vs. GTX 1080Ti Specs
| RTX 3080 | RTX 2080 | GTX 1080Ti | |
| Memory | 1?0 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6 | 11 GB GDDR5X |
| Memory Interface Width | 3?20-bit | 256-bit | 352-bit |
| Memory Bandwidth | 7?60 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 484 GB/s |
| CUDA Cores | 8?704 | 2944 | 3584 |
| Core Clock | 1?800 MHz | 1830 MHz | 1582 MHz |
| Price | 1100 | 1230 | $ 1000 |
In Conclusion
As for now, it’s hard to have a conclusive opinion on the RTX 3080. It’s a new card, so it’s very probable that we haven’t unlocked its full mining potential yet. It does look like a better investment than the previous models but only because of how overpriced 1080’s and 2080’s currently are.
I will keep you updated on this, and I am also getting the RTX 3090 soon to benchmark it. Have a good one!
Thank you for reading. As always, your comments, suggestions and questions are welcome.
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