nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 Jan 2022 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR7

Memory

6144

Cores

672 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

$549 Mar 2025 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $799 Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 5070

$549 • Mar 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

12GB GDDR7 250W $549 Mar 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
Memory Size	12 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR7
TDP	350 W	250 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2512 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	672 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	8960	6144
RT Cores	70	48
TMUs	280	192
ROPs	96	80
Memory Bus	384-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	201 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	912.4 GTexel/s	482.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	30.64 GFLOPS	30.87 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	5.00 MB	48.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	263 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	31100 Million
Required PSU	750 W	600 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

20091

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

23103 (+15%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

173382

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

190967 (+10%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

211.5 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

29107 (+10%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (208 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+25%)

AVG 134 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+22%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa Rally

8.1 2025 • Racing • Supernova Games Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+7%)

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+7%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+10%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

Anno 117 Pax Romana

7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Ubisoft Mainz

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+11%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+8%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+12%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+33%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+19%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+14%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 22 FPS

MIN 17 FPS

Winner

Loser

Europa Universalis V

8.1 2025 • Strategy • Paradox Tinto

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+12%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 111 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+21%)

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+25%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

Jurassic World Evolution 3

8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy • Frontier Developments

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+12%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+9%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+20%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 30 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Outer Worlds 2

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Obsidian Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+8%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+12%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+11%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+14%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+19%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+17%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 18 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Wins!

Based on 208 benchmarks across 61 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+10.7%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5070