NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$329.99 Jan 2022 View Details

$329.99

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR7

Memory

6144

Cores

672 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5070

$519.99 Mar 2025 View Details

$549.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

GeForce RTX 5070

$549 • Mar 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

12GB GDDR7 250W $519.99 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 (285 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+24%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+21%)

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+10%)

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+15%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+7%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+7%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+13%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+12%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+3%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+23%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+18%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5070 (+16%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+21%)

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+19%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+18%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+8%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 76 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+7%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+6%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+13%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 89 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+4%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 69 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5070 (+8%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+17%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+12%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5070 (+19%)

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Wins!

Based on 285 benchmarks across 78 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

+14.6%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5070