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GeForce RTX 3070 vs GTX 1080 Ti

GeForce RTX 3070
VS
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
GA104
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GP102

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB with 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders against the 3 years and 9 months older GTX 1080 Ti 11 GB that utilizes 28 pipelines and 3584 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
8 GB GDDR6
VS
11 GB GDDR5X
96.5
(Very good)
Value Index
51.3
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1080 Ti over RTX 3070
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070
  • Performs significantly better (up to 47%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 8 nm process technology
  • 80% higher maximum theoretical performance (20.3 vs 11.3 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 35% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 88 vs 65 FPS
  • Ray-tracing support with 46 dedicated RT cores
Reasons to consider the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
  • Includes 3 GB more video memory

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RTX 3070
vs
GTX 1080 Ti

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
147
99
86
61
119
76
65
42
The Witcher 3
168
143
100
54
134
110
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
244
194
137
77
199
146
106
51
Far Cry 6
132
121
96
54
102
90
72
38
Hogwarts Legacy
97
80
62
35
75
59
46
23
CoD: Modern Warfare III
121
113
85
52
91
79
56
39
Ghost of Tsushima
89
74
56
31
69
54
42
25
Cyberpunk 2077
106
94
59
28
77
70
42
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
165
153
113
60
118
109
78
40
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 141 109
1080p Ultra 119 88
1440p Ultra 88 65
4K Ultra 50 35
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 3070 +47%
14152
GTX 1080 Ti
9636
Time Spy 13644 9981
Solar Bay 64452 26263
Port Royal 8312 2266
Fire Strike 34056 29329
Wild Life Extreme 28488 20170
Night Raid 122159 95847
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 3070 +68%
126195
GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur 161.6 img/sec 200.9 img/sec
Face Detection 117.2 img/sec 88.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 5.89 Gpixels/sec 3.55 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 8.05 Gpixels/sec 5.57 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 6.65 Gpixels/sec 5.79 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.25 Gpixels/sec 0.33 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 550.6 Gpixels/sec 265.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 17613.1 FPS 6315.6 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RTX 3070 +79%
9652
GTX 1080 Ti
5393

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 3070 +19%
22079
GTX 1080 Ti
18596
G2D Mark 1005 941
DirectX 11 183 FPS 151 FPS
DirectX 12 84 FPS 66 FPS
GPU Compute 11007 Ops/s 9585 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 38662 & 32953 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 3070 +290%
3356.03
GTX 1080 Ti
859.44
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 4796 & 1200 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 3070
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-15 (mit)Cinebench 20249652
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GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
No benchmark results yet
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 3070 +56%
19789
GTX 1080 Ti
12690
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 3070 +174%
33013
GTX 1080 Ti
12039
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 3070 +44%
12443
GTX 1080 Ti
8644
Image Classification (SP) 7624 3882
Image Segmentation (HP) 23420 7960
Image Super Resolution (Q) 17898 14401
Face Detection (HP) 40535 13001
Pose Estimation (Q) 83624 72329
Text Classification (SP) 2724 1910
Machine Translation (HP) 4481 3577
Object Detection (SP) 10304 4757
Depth Estimation (Q) 30418 20303
Style Transfer (SP) 180089 164740
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3070 and GTX 1080 Ti

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released October 22, 2020 March 10, 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $699
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ampere Pascal
GPU Codename GA104 GP102
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 7800 XT - Radeon RX 5700 XT
Successor - GeForce RTX 5070 - GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 12700K or above - Intel Core i7 7700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (44th and 61st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1500 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost Clock 1725 MHz 1582 MHz
Shading Units 5888 3584
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 184 224
Render Output Units (ROPs) 96 88
Compute Units (Pipelines) 46 28
Tensor Cores 184 No
Ray-tracing Cores 46 No
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 4MB shared 2816KB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 166 GPixel/s 139 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 317 GTexel/s 354 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 3070 +80%
20.3 TFLOPS
GTX 1080 Ti
11.3 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 220 W 250 W
Manufacturing Samsung TSMC
Fabrication Process 8 nm 16 nm
Die Size 392 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor Count 17 billion 11 billion
Transistor Density 43.37 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory Size 8 GB 11 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1376 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 14000 Mbps 11000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 352-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 3070
448 GB/s
GTX 1080 Ti +8%
484.4 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.6 6.1
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 2 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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Total votes: 45

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