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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
27 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
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
vs
GeForce GTX 1080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
103
60
52
31
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
106
85
61
34
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
158
114
83
41
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
86
72
58
27
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
56
49
32
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
67
61
41
27
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
52
40
29
15
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
58
52
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
91
85
59
29
Avg FPS
1080p High18986
1080p Ultra16269
1440p Ultra12650
4K Ultra7526
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Time Spy226137592
Solar Bay10376819668
Port Royal143121668
Fire Strike5779322755
Night Raid17298682119
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur254.4 frames/s152.4 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s71.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec2.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec4.15 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec0.32 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec238.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps6716.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
G2D Mark1297887
DirectX 11277 fps124 fps
DirectX 12108 fps54 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s7632 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a492.8 fps
Car Chasen/a442.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a409.2 fps
T-Rexn/a2270.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2401.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a275.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2884.4
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 May, 27, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB205-300 GP104
Price n/a 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1733 MHz
Shader Units 6144 2560
TMUs 192 160
ROPs 80 64
Execution Units 48 20
Ray Tracing Cores 48 No
Tensor Cores 192 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 111 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 277 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 250 W 180 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1251 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 10000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
320.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 6.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 the clear winner in this comparison.

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