Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
151
98
85
64
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
171
141
104
55
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
241
195
134
78
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
131
119
95
56
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
97
81
60
33
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
120
116
81
53
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
88
74
57
31
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
105
93
60
26
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
164
151
112
59
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High141109
1080p Ultra11988
1440p Ultra8864
4K Ultra5136
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy136419983
Solar Bay6418425927
Port Royal83092255
Fire Strike3403429332
Night Raid12095695126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur161.6 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection117.2 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.89 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.05 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.65 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.25 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching550.6 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17613.1 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark998937
DirectX 11181 fps151 fps
DirectX 1285 fps65 fps
GPU Compute11282 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)856 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase668 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)592.9 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex3078.4 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 24531.5 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2283 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation4563.33894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 22, 2020 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Codename GA104 GP102
Price 499 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1500 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1725 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 5888 3584
TMUs 184 224
ROPs 96 88
Execution Units 46 28
Ray Tracing Cores 46 No
Tensor Cores 184 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 317 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 220 W 250 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 43.37 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 256 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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