[FPS Benchmarks] CS:GO on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (165W) and RTX 3080 (130W) – the 165W GPU is 31% faster on average

If you are a gamer probably you have heard of CS:GO, maybe you have played a couple of rounds with friends, or maybe you like the game and you play it regularly. All Counter-Strike games are popular and even the old CS 1.6 is alive and kicking even today.

The main reason that CS:GO is so successful is the core gameplay formula that isn’t too much changed compared to the first game and yes, CS:GO went free-to-play. The good news is the game is light and you don’t need a powerful device to play it. A not-so-expensive 2GB GPU like the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 (35W) is fast enough for around 140 FPS on MAX quality. For today’s article, we’ll compare two fast NVIDIA Ampere video cards – the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (165W) and RTX 3080 (130W).

Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for CS:GO list.

Contents


GeForce RTX 3080 variants

  GeForce RTX 3080 [165W] GeForce RTX 3080 [130W]
Architecture Ampere Ampere
GPU chip GA104 GA104
Shader units 6144 6144
ROPs 96 96
Base Clock (MHz) 1350 (+14%) 1185
Boost clock (MHz) up to 1710 (+7%) 1605
Memory clock (MHz) 1750 1750
Memory size (MB) 8192 8192
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory bus width (bit) 256 256
TGP (Total Graphics Power) 165W (+27%) 130W
DirectX version 12.2 12.2
Technology 8nm 8nm
RTX capabilities Yes  Yes
Release date 01.2021 01.2021
Detailed specs Link Link

 

Synthetic benchmarks

Results are from the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (higher the score, the better)

Results are from the Unigine Superposition benchmark (higher the score, the better)


Gaming tests and gameplay videos (ext. monitor)

cs-go-benchmarks

CS:GO Full HD, Low (Check settings) Full HD, Medium (Check settings) Full HD, MAX (Check settings)
GeForce RTX 3080 [165W] 624 fps (+34%) 590 fps (+35%) 519 fps (+25%)
GeForce RTX 3080 [130W] 467 fps 438 fps 414 fps






Verdict

Alright, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (165W) is 31% faster compared to the GeForce RTX 3080 (130W) and that is a big performance gap. This is one of the most popular online shooters so higher FPS values are always welcomed but the 130W graphics card costs less and it can still deliver more than 400 FPS on MAX quality.

Don’t forget to take a look at our Top 100 Best Laptops for CS:GO list.

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 [165W]

All laptops equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 [130W]

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