Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
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
161
104
94
72
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High155168
1080p Ultra130141
1440p Ultra98108
4K Ultra5863
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy1588317662
Solar Bay7567985932
Port Royal1018711595
Fire Strike4267042429
Night Raid147785132288
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blurn/a217.3 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a22538.5 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark12001052
DirectX 11217 fps207 fps
DirectX 1286 fps100 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a950.5 fps
Car Chasen/a809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a705.4 fps
T-Rexn/a3525.4 fps
ALU 2n/a6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6034.6

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 September, 1, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA102
Price n/a 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 4608 8704
TMUs 144 272
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 36 68
Ray Tracing Cores 36 68
Tensor Cores 144 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 128 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
6 (85.71%)
1 (14.29%)
Total Votes: 7

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