NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR7
Memory6144
Cores672 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 5070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
$799 • Jan 2022
VS
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 (228 benchmarks)
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 5070 (+18%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 5070 (+10%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 5070 (+9%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Winner
Loser
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+13%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+7%)
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+2%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories
8 2025 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 5070 (+10%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 105 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 5070 (+11%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 88 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 5070 (+14%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
Winner
Loser
Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy
8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy Relic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 5070 (+15%)
AVG 212 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 185 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 5070 (+16%)
AVG 154 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 133 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 5070 (+10%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 18 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
Of Ash and Steel
8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Fire & Frost
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+6%)
AVG 160 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 131 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+3%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
Winner
Loser
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
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Wins!
Based on 228 benchmarks across 66 games
66
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
+10.8%
73
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
14
Wins
66
Avg FPS
53
Min FPS
6%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR7
202
Wins
73
Avg FPS
60
Min FPS
89%
Win Rate
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