Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
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
257
182
175
135
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
270
243
168
91
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
317
236
175
87
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
194
173
160
97
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
181
154
122
69
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
247
234
192
136
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
165
141
129
80
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
213
189
135
62
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
302
273
213
114
Avg FPS
1080p High189238
1080p Ultra162203
1440p Ultra126163
4K Ultra7597
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Time Spy2261333057
Solar Bay103768154908
Port Royal1431223163
Fire Strike5779374994
Night Raid172986200409
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Background Blur254.4 frames/s319.6 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s225 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec13.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec19.5 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec20.4 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec2.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec1750 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps43676.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
G2D Mark12971396
DirectX 11277 fps322 fps
DirectX 12108 fps148 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s21623 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1955.9 fps
APIn/aVulkan
OSn/aWindows
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Image Classification (SP)1227015441
Image Segmentation (HP)3023747173
Horizon Detection3558543223
Face Detection (HP)6266292863
Pose Estimation (Q)145190202202
Text Classification (SP)41983701
Machine Translation (HP)62337905
Object Detection (SP)1670920955
Depth Estimation (Q)5830069068
Style Transfer (SP)246598349205
FrameworkONNXONNX
BackendDirectMLDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GB205-300 GB203-400

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 2617 MHz
Shader Units 6144 10752
TMUs 192 336
ROPs 80 112
Execution Units 48 84
Ray Tracing Cores 48 84
Tensor Cores 192 336
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 293 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 879 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 250 W 360 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 378 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 45.6 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 120.63 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1875 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 30000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 12.0
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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