Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
49 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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 3070 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 3070 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
156
102
93
68
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
177
148
105
59
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
261
198
140
81
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
134
124
102
64
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
104
85
65
36
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
133
120
93
60
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
94
79
63
36
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
115
102
63
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
178
165
125
68
Avg FPS
1080p High238150
1080p Ultra203125
1440p Ultra16394
4K Ultra9756
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
15403
Time Spy3305714873
Solar Bay15490869827
Port Royal231638880
Fire Strike7499437227
Night Raid200409133622
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
136096
Background Blur319.6 frames/s197 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s128.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec8.81 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec6.47 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.26 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec609.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps18205 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
23425
G2D Mark13961051
DirectX 11322 fps192 fps
DirectX 12148 fps91 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s11708 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
194.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps865.5 fps
Car Chasen/a699.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a610.7 fps
T-Rexn/a3191.9 fps
ALU 2n/a4526.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a288.3 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a4520.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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 3070 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 10, 2021
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 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1575 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1770 MHz
Shader Units 10752 6144
TMUs 336 192
ROPs 112 96
Execution Units 84 48
Ray Tracing Cores 84 48
Tensor Cores 336 192
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 170 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 340 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 21.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 290 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 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
608.3 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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