nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR5

Memory

1920

Cores

256.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

$379 Jun 2016 View Details

nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

$699 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

8GB GDDR5 150W $379 Jun 2016

GeForce GTX 1070

$379 • Jun 2016

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Memory Size	8 GB	10 GB
Memory Type	GDDR5	GDDR6X
TDP	150 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1683 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	256.3 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Process Size	16nm	8nm
Architecture	Pascal	Ampere
Shading Units	1920	8704
RT Cores	N/A	68
TMUs	120	272
ROPs	64	96
Memory Bus	256-bit	320-bit
Memory Clock	2002 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	107.7 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	256.3 GTexel/s	760.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	6.463 GFLOPS	29.77 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	2.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	314 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	7200 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	450 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.1	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

5844

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

19022 (+225%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

53429

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

161903 (+203%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

75.4 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

211.5 FPS (+181%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

13504

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070

25153 (+86%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (129 benchmarks)

Sniper Elite 5

7 2022 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+171%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+184%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+182%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

Arma Reforger

7.5 2023 • Action, Simulation, Strategy • Bohemia Interactive

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+174%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+212%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+221%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

MONSTER HUNTER RISE

7.4 2022 • Action • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+72%)

AVG 319 FPS

MIN 283 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 160 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+136%)

AVG 319 FPS

MIN 283 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+158%)

AVG 188 FPS

MIN 171 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Winner

Loser

Kena: Bridge of Spirits

7.8 2022 • Action, Adventure, Indie • Ember Lab

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+151%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 142 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+167%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+186%)

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Village

8 2021 • Action • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+191%)

AVG 259 FPS

MIN 232 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+210%)

AVG 180 FPS

MIN 162 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+217%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

It Takes Two

7.9 2021 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+117%)

AVG 224 FPS

MIN 154 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+131%)

AVG 171 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+179%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!

Based on 129 benchmarks across 42 games

Avg FPS

GeForce GTX 1070

+169.7%

130

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080