--- title: "Nvidia accidentally made the RTX 3080 too good, and it spent the next five years fixing that \"mistake\"" url: https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-accidentally-made-the-rtx-3080-too-good-and-it-spent-the-next-five-years-fixing-that-mistak-jzahey9y6 source_url: https://www.xda-developers.com/nvidia-made-rtx-3080-too-good-spent-years-fixing-that-mistake type: article source: "XDA Developers" published: 2026-06-30T18:03:27.790Z updated: 2026-06-30T18:07:13.741Z tags: ["gaming", "hardware", "nvidia", "gpu"] reading_time: 8 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Nvidia accidentally made the RTX 3080 too good, and it spent the next five years fixing that "mistake" **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A data-driven analysis arguing that the RTX 3080 was an anomaly in Nvidia's GPU lineup — offering 83% of the flagship's CUDA cores and 81% of its memory bandwidth at $699, with a 65% performance uplift over its predecessor. Since then, Nvidia has systematically reduced the relative core counts and memory bandwidth on its 80-class and 70-class GPUs: the RTX 4080 dropped to 59% of flagship cores, and the RTX 5080 to just 49%. Memory bandwidth followed the same trend. Meanwhile, prices climbed ($699 → $1,199 → $999) while generational performance gains shrank. The piece concludes that Nvidia recognized the RTX 3080 disrupted its tiered pricing model and has been course-correcting ever since, making a repeat unlikely given Nvidia's dominance and focus on AI revenue. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The RTX 3060 is back at its 2021 price, and somehow it's a better deal than Nvidia's newest budget GPU](https://daily.dev/posts/the-rtx-3060-is-back-at-its-2021-price-and-somehow-it-s-a-better-deal-than-nvidia-s-newest-budget-g-kdw5ukvm8) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Nvidia's RTX 50-series launch shows why the 'always wait for the next generation' rule is dead](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-s-rtx-50-series-launch-shows-why-the-always-wait-for-the-next-generation-rule-is-dead-jvd0tkrg4) · XDA Developers · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [The GTX 1080 Ti was legendary, but this 4-year-old Nvidia GPU may age even better](https://daily.dev/posts/the-gtx-1080-ti-was-legendary-but-this-4-year-old-nvidia-gpu-may-age-even-better-yka3rkmyy) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#gaming](https://daily.dev/tags/gaming), [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware), [#nvidia](https://daily.dev/tags/nvidia), [#gpu](https://daily.dev/tags/gpu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/nvidia-accidentally-made-the-rtx-3080-too-good-and-it-spent-the-next-five-years-fixing-that-mistak-jzahey9y6)