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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (WSL) for AI

Device pages: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Β· NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (WSL)

On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 scores 1.01x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (WSL) overall (Training 1.04x, Inference 1.04x, Compute 0.89x). It leads on Training and Inference and trails on Compute. The two runs used different platforms (native Linux and WSL).

Scores on the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index

Ratio = the RTX 3080's score divided by the RTX 3080 (WSL)'s
ScoreRatioRTX 3080RTX 3080 (WSL)
Overall (GT)1.01x160.52158.79
Training1.04x163.70157.40
Inference1.04x240.49231.75
Compute0.89x64.7772.52

Per Model and Precision

Sustained throughput per model and precision; ratio = RTX 3080 / RTX 3080 (WSL)
ModelPrecisionRatioRTX 3080RTX 3080 (WSL)
compute
Dense MatMulBF160.69x73.72106.98
Dense MatMulFP160.67x71.21106.25
Dense MatMulFP320.98x109.63112.19
Dense MatMulFP641.02x3.343.26
Sparse MatMulFP321.07x76.7271.59
Sparse MatMulFP640.95x53.4356.22
inference
DistilBERTFP160.91x398.20438.39
DistilBERTFP8n/anot runnot run
DistilBERTINT81.02x278.09272.63
DistilGPT2FP161.02x404.76396.87
DistilGPT2FP8n/anot runnot run
DistilGPT2INT81.24x235.15190.13
Flan-T5 SmallFP160.97x515.98529.33
Flan-T5 SmallFP8n/anot runnot run
Flan-T5 SmallINT81.08x338.76313.93
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP160.98x220.48225.29
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP8n/anot runnot run
GraphGPS (Peptides)INT81.54x115.3775.09
MobileNetV3FP160.98x775.12793.50
MobileNetV3INT81.31x213.32162.39
training
DistilBERTBF161.03x213.29207.70
DistilBERTFP321.02x252.88247.61
DistilGPT2BF161.08x139.11128.46
DistilGPT2FP321.05x216.26205.99
Flan-T5 SmallBF161.17x122.02104.31
Flan-T5 SmallFP321.10x201.41183.87
GraphGPS (Peptides)BF161.04x93.7290.33
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP320.93x77.5583.83
MobileNetV3BF160.99x155.13157.00
MobileNetV3FP321.03x242.26236.34

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Each figure is the first device's overall score divided by the second's.

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How to Read These Results

A LynxBenchAI score is sustained throughput on a fixed catalogue of PyTorch models, measured after a warm-up at a batch size raised until throughput stops improving, so it is what the machine holds under load, not its best instant. Training, Inference and Compute are three separate scores; GT combines them (Training and Inference weigh 0.4 each, Compute 0.2).

Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

Scores compare only within one Index: the 26Q3 Index fixes the models, precisions, correctness thresholds and scoring, and a later Index may change them. Each test is one timed window, the scores have no 0-100 scale, and a precision a device cannot run scores zero rather than being skipped.

LynxBenchAI is built by TechnoLynx, which the European Commission engaged as an independent expert advisor on AI performance and benchmarking for AI Gigafactories under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (case study).

Questions

Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 for AI?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 scores 1.26x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 overall (Training 1.27x, Inference 1.22x, Compute 1.35x).
Where is the difference between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 largest?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the ratio is highest on Dense MatMul at FP16 (Compute), where the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 scores 1.81x the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, and lowest on Dense MatMul at FP64 (Compute), at 1.14x.
What does this result tell me about my own PyTorch model?
Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

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