Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

74 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
VS
59 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
vs
GeForce RTX 3080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
223
170
153
119
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
235
215
152
83
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
302
224
170
85
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
179
161
143
89
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
157
130
107
60
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
219
207
163
111
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
144
123
110
66
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
192
176
117
57
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
280
268
198
107
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High215168
1080p Ultra186141
1440p Ultra146108
4K Ultra8663
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
29778
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy2768517662
Solar Bay13326385932
Port Royal1932111595
Fire Strike6655042429
Night Raid187880132288
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
240508
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur297.9 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection218.6 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.1 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection13.9 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.8 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.03 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1290 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics35438.3 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
32819
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark13351052
DirectX 11300 fps207 fps
DirectX 12127 fps100 fps
GPU Compute20169 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
296.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1021.4 fps950.5 fps
Car Chase973.1 fps809.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)885.2 fps705.4 fps
T-Rex3379.4 fps3525.4 fps
ALU 2n/a6005.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a6034.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
36504
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
64459
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
27312
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
Image Classification (SP)14913n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)45199n/a
Horizon Detection39360n/a
Face Detection (HP)84188n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)161400n/a
Text Classification (SP)4010n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7973n/a
Object Detection (SP)18934n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)67761n/a
Style Transfer (SP)335879n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
7461.05
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 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 GB203-200 GA102
Price n/a 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2452 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 8960 8704
TMUs 280 272
ROPs 96 96
Execution Units 70 68
Ray Tracing Cores 70 68
Tensor Cores 280 272
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 5000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 235 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 687 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 43.9 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 300 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
896 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 5070 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

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