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

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High155179
1080p Ultra130153
1440p Ultra98119
4K Ultra5870
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy1588319630
Solar Bay7567996489
Port Royal1018713261
Fire Strike4267047892
Night Raid147785143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blurn/a239.8 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a26054.6 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark12001088
DirectX 11217 fps223 fps
DirectX 1286 fps111 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1039 fps
Car Chasen/a860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a743.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3834.2 fps
ALU 2n/a6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8

Blender

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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 3, 2021
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 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 4608 10240
TMUs 144 320
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 36 80
Ray Tracing Cores 36 80
Tensor Cores 144 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 350 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

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1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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