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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, 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 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
vs
GeForce RTX 3080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
168
118
106
78
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
195
162
116
61
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
275
206
150
83
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
150
136
114
71
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
119
96
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
153
147
108
72
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
109
90
72
43
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
133
121
80
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
207
196
151
81
Avg FPS
1080p High189168
1080p Ultra162141
1440p Ultra126108
4K Ultra7563
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Time Spy2261317662
Solar Bay10376885932
Port Royal1431211595
Fire Strike5779342429
Night Raid172986132288
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Background Blur254.4 frames/s217.3 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s141.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec8.19 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec8.43 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.29 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec780.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps22538.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
G2D Mark12971052
DirectX 11277 fps207 fps
DirectX 12108 fps100 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s14559 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
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
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
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 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 GB205-300 GA102
Price n/a 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1440 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 6144 8704
TMUs 192 272
ROPs 80 96
Execution Units 48 68
Ray Tracing Cores 48 68
Tensor Cores 192 272
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 201 Gpix/sec 164 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 465 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 320 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 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 192 bit 320 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 10 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 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

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

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

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