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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
45 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. 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 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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 3070

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High238141
1080p Ultra203119
1440p Ultra16388
4K Ultra9751
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy3305713641
Solar Bay15490864184
Port Royal231638309
Fire Strike7499434034
Night Raid200409120956
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur319.6 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark1396998
DirectX 11322 fps181 fps
DirectX 12148 fps85 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps856 fps
Car Chasen/a668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a592.9 fps
T-Rexn/a3078.4 fps
ALU 2n/a4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a4563.3
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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 3070
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 October, 22, 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 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 10752 5888
TMUs 336 184
ROPs 112 96
Execution Units 84 46
Ray Tracing Cores 84 46
Tensor Cores 336 184
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 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 220 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 3070
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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