Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High189179
1080p Ultra162153
1440p Ultra126119
4K Ultra7570
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy2261319630
Solar Bay10376896489
Port Royal1431213261
Fire Strike5779347892
Night Raid172986143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur254.4 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark12971088
DirectX 11277 fps223 fps
DirectX 12108 fps111 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
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
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 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 GB205-300 GA102
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 6144 10240
TMUs 192 320
ROPs 80 112
Execution Units 48 80
Ray Tracing Cores 48 80
Tensor Cores 192 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 350 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 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 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

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

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
8 (47.06%)
9 (52.94%)
Total Votes: 17

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