Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
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
257
182
175
135
113
67
58
41
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
125
97
72
40
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
181
136
95
47
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
92
85
67
36
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
67
54
41
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
79
71
49
33
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
63
47
38
21
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
69
63
35
16
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
106
100
69
37
Avg FPS
1080p High23899
1080p Ultra20380
1440p Ultra16358
4K Ultra9732
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
8493
Time Spy330579086
Solar Bay15490839825
Port Royal231635193
Fire Strike7499423209
Night Raid20040992188
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
97923
Background Blur319.6 frames/s200 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s106.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec3.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec4.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec4.84 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.07 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec452 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps11141.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
16119
G2D Mark1396819
DirectX 11322 fps129 fps
DirectX 12148 fps60 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s6446 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
100.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps538.5 fps
Car Chasen/a455.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a405.2 fps
T-Rexn/a1996.1 fps
ALU 2n/a2485.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a258.9 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2579.1
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 17, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB203-400 TU106
Price n/a 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1620 MHz
Shader Units 10752 2304
TMUs 336 144
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 84 36
Ray Tracing Cores 84 36
Tensor Cores 336 288
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 233 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 7.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 360 W 175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

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

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