Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
41 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti. 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 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p High238126
1080p Ultra203103
1440p Ultra16377
4K Ultra9744
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spy3305711708
Solar Bay15490854344
Port Royal231636969
Fire Strike7499429561
Night Raid200409109366
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur319.6 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark1396988
DirectX 11322 fps163 fps
DirectX 12148 fps79 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps733.4 fps
Car Chasen/a614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a523.6 fps
T-Rexn/a2676.1 fps
ALU 2n/a3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.8 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3670
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA104
Price n/a 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 10752 4864
TMUs 336 152
ROPs 112 80
Execution Units 84 38
Ray Tracing Cores 84 38
Tensor Cores 336 152
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 43.37 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 3060 Ti
448 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

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

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