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
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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 (252 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+36%)
AVG 91 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+27%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+17%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5070 (+30%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5070 (+23%)
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5070 (+13%)
AVG 27 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5070 (+119%)
AVG 221 FPS
MIN 204 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5070 (+103%)
AVG 177 FPS
MIN 172 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5070 (+120%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 122 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+18%)
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+16%)
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+3%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5070 (+18%)
AVG 136 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5070 (+15%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5070 (+10%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5070 (+76%)
AVG 292 FPS
MIN 254 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 166 FPS
MIN 141 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5070 (+79%)
AVG 254 FPS
MIN 223 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 142 FPS
MIN 124 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5070 (+84%)
AVG 190 FPS
MIN 170 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+15%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+10%)
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5070 (+3%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5070 (+23%)
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5070 (+16%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5070 (+10%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
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
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Wins!
Based on 252 benchmarks across 71 games
66
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
+14.5%
76
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
14
Wins
66
Avg FPS
54
Min FPS
6%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR7
226
Wins
76
Avg FPS
63
Min FPS
90%
Win Rate
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