NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2304

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 2070

N/A Oct 2018 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

N/A Jan 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

8GB GDDR6 175W N/A Oct 2018

GeForce RTX 2070

$499 • Oct 2018

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W N/A Jan 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	8 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	175 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1620 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	2304	8960
RT Cores	36	70
TMUs	144	280
ROPs	64	96
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	103.7 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	7.465 GFLOPS	30.64 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	445 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	10800 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	450 W	750 W
Power Connectors	1x 8-pin	1x 12-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	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

8494

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

20091 (+137%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

97923

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

173382 (+77%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

100.2 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

211.5 FPS (+111%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

16132

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070

26575 (+65%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (336 benchmarks)

Split Fiction

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+81%)

AVG 165 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+98%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+123%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

7.9 2025 • Action, Adventure • Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+118%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+148%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 27 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+488%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 8 FPS

MIN 3 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+236%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 8 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+322%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 9 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+950%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 2 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+99%)

AVG 177 FPS

MIN 159 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+103%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 119 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+118%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

8.1 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+100%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+98%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+157%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa EVO

6 2025 • Racing, Simulation, Sports, Early Access • KUNOS Simulazioni

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+2333%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 3 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+2450%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 2 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

DYNASTY WARRIORS ORIGINS

8.6 2025 • Action, RPG, Strategy • KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+116%)

AVG 197 FPS

MIN 175 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+127%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 132 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+138%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!

Based on 336 benchmarks across 95 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2070

+124.1%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB