GeForce RTX 3080 vs 3070 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
GA102
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 3080 10 GB with 68 pipelines and 8704 shaders against the 10 months newer RTX 3070 Ti 8 GB that utilizes 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3080
- Performs better (up to 24%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 37% higher maximum theoretical performance (29.8 vs 21.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 14% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 108 vs 95 FPS
- Includes 2 GB more video memory
- Features 80 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 25% higher memory bandwidth: 760.3 vs 608.3 GB/s
- Has 42% more shading units (8704 vs 6144)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 170 114 104 80 |
157 101 93 66 |
| The Witcher 3 | 189 165 116 63 |
177 149 104 57 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 274 206 149 82 |
255 203 142 83 |
| Far Cry 6 | 145 138 114 72 |
136 127 106 61 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 119 98 78 43 |
104 85 69 38 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 152 145 110 73 |
129 121 92 58 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 109 89 74 44 |
96 78 62 34 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 135 117 79 36 |
113 100 65 32 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 210 195 151 82 |
176 167 124 67 |
| 1080p High | 167 | 149 |
| 1080p Ultra | 141 | 126 |
| 1440p Ultra | 108 | 95 |
| 4K Ultra | 64 | 55 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 17664 | 14881 |
| Solar Bay | 85898 | 69901 |
| Port Royal | 11597 | 8884 |
| Fire Strike | 42472 | 37242 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 37900 | 31912 |
| Night Raid | 133004 | 134068 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 217.3 img/sec | 197 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 141.9 img/sec | 128.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 8.19 Gpixels/sec | 6.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 11 Gpixels/sec | 8.81 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 8.43 Gpixels/sec | 6.47 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.29 Gpixels/sec | 1.26 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 780.7 Gpixels/sec | 609.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22538.5 FPS | 18205 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1062 | 1057 |
| DirectX 11 | 207 FPS | 192 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 99 FPS | 90 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14058 Ops/s | 11384 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 3080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-06 (Henry) | Cinebench 2024 | 50695 |
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 9439 | 8615 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25471 | 24659 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 19892 | 20631 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 46956 | 43834 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 104704 | 98347 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2712 | 3162 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4828 | 4911 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 12153 | 11498 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36822 | 34719 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 246005 | 196833 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 3080 and 3070 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | September 1, 2020 | June 10, 2021 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $699 | $599 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GA102 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 6800 XT | - Radeon RX 7800 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5080 | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (29th and 36th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1440 MHz | 1575 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 1770 MHz |
| Shading Units | 8704 | 6144 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 272 | 192 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 96 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 68 | 48 |
| Tensor Cores | 272 | 192 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 68 | 48 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 5MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 164 GPixel/s | 170 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 465 GTexel/s | 340 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 320 W | 290 W |
| Manufacturing | Samsung | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 8 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 28 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 44.59 MTr/mm² | 43.37 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 10 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 19000 Mbps | 19000 Mbps |
| Bus | 320-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.6 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 2 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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