nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2944

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

$699 Sep 2018 View Details

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

5888

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

$499 Aug 2020 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

8GB GDDR6 215W $699 Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 2080

$699 • Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 3070

$499 • Aug 2020

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

8GB GDDR6 220W $499 Aug 2020

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
Memory Size	8 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6
TDP	215 W	220 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	1725 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	448 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	8nm
Architecture	Turing	Ampere
Shading Units	2944	5888
RT Cores	46	46
TMUs	184	184
ROPs	64	96
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	109.4 GPixel/s	165.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	448 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	10.07 GFLOPS	20.31 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	545 mm²	392 mm²
Transistors	13600 Million	17400 Million
Required PSU	550 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 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

10843

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

14126 (+30%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

118637

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

126195 (+6%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

128.3 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

170.2 FPS (+33%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

18747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

22256 (+19%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (341 benchmarks)

The Callisto Protocol™

7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure • Striking Distance Studios

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070 (+34%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070 (+43%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3070 (+47%)

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

Cities: Skylines II

7.8 2023 • Simulation • Colossal Order Ltd.

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 3070 (+23%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 3070 (+24%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 3070 (+25%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage

8 2023 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+24%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+25%)

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+22%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY XVI

7.7 2024 • Action, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+33%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 55 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+32%)

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+25%)

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Starfield

7.6 2023 • RPG • Bethesda Game Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+34%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+36%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+35%)

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 3070 (+37%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 3070 (+31%)

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 3070 (+35%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

REMNANT II®

2023 • • Gunfire Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+26%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+20%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3070 (+20%)

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Wins!

Based on 341 benchmarks across 64 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

+28%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3070