NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 92% higher pipelines: 5888 vs 3072
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 8 nm vs 12 nm
  • Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 250 Watt
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 22253 vs 19514
  • Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 999 vs 920
  • Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 123479 vs 115804
  • Around 34% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 453.922 vs 338.122
  • Around 27% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 5803.174 vs 4571.03
  • Around 29% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 40.757 vs 31.6
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 1664.554 vs 1653.08
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 31716 vs 27179
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames): 13566 vs 3716
  • 9.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 31930 vs 3355
  • Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 31716 vs 27179
  • 3.7x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps): 13566 vs 3716
  • 9.5x better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 31930 vs 3355
  • 1581.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 3163 vs 2
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 1 Sep 2020 vs 23 July 2019
Pipelines 5888 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm vs 12 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt vs 250 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 22253 vs 19514
PassMark - G2D Mark 999 vs 920
Geekbench - OpenCL 123479 vs 115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 453.922 vs 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174 vs 4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 40.757 vs 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1664.554 vs 1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716 vs 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930 vs 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716 vs 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930 vs 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3163 vs 2

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

  • Around 10% higher core clock speed: 1650 MHz vs 1500 MHz
  • Around 5% higher boost clock speed: 1815 MHz vs 1725 MHz
  • 8x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 190.349 vs 182.055
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1650 MHz vs 1500 MHz
Boost clock speed 1815 MHz vs 1725 MHz
Memory clock speed 14000 MHz vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 190.349 vs 182.055

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
22253
19514
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
999
920
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
123479
115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
453.922
338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
5803.174
4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
40.757
31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
182.055
190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
1664.554
1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31716
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13566
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31930
3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31716
27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
13566
3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
31930
3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3163
2
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G3D Mark 22253 19514
PassMark - G2D Mark 999 920
Geekbench - OpenCL 123479 115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 453.922 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174 4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 40.757 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 182.055 190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1664.554 1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930 3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716 27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930 3355
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3163 2

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Turing
Code name GA104 TU104
Launch date 1 Sep 2020 23 July 2019
Launch price (MSRP) $499 $699
Place in performance rating 44 110
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1725 MHz 1815 MHz
Core clock speed 1500 MHz 1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5888 3072
Pixel fill rate 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt 250 Watt
Transistor count 17400 million
CUDA cores 3072
Maximum GPU temperature 89 C
Render output units 64

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Display Port 1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays 4

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot
Height 112 mm (4.4 inches) 4.556” (115.7mm)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches 10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt 650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 6 pin + 8 pin
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches 2-Slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.1
OpenCL 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.5
Shader Model 6.7 6.4
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 448.0 GB/s 496 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective 14000 MHz
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6

Technologies

Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready