NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. 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 3080

  • Around 47% higher texture fill rate: 465.1 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
  • Around 48% higher pipelines: 8704 vs 5888
  • Around 25% higher maximum memory size: 10 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25146 vs 22253
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1053 vs 999
  • Around 35% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 167014 vs 123479
  • Around 1% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 457.414 vs 453.922
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 6022.79 vs 5803.174
  • Around 26% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 51.221 vs 40.757
  • Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2381.93 vs 1664.554
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 34537 vs 31716
  • Around 9% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 34537 vs 31716
  • Around 40% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4420 vs 3163
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 465.1 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 8704 vs 5888
Maximum memory size 10 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25146 vs 22253
PassMark - G2D Mark 1053 vs 999
Geekbench - OpenCL 167014 vs 123479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 457.414 vs 453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6022.79 vs 5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.221 vs 40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2381.93 vs 1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34537 vs 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34537 vs 31716
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4420 vs 3163

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  • Around 4% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1440 MHz
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • Around 45% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 320 Watt
  • Around 47% higher memory clock speed: 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
  • Around 4% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 182.055 vs 175.219
  • 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 3356
  • 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 3356
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed 1725 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 220 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 182.055 vs 175.219
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930 vs 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566 vs 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930 vs 3356

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25146
22253
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1053
999
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
167014
123479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
457.414
453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
6022.79
5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
51.221
40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
175.219
182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2381.93
1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34537
31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
34537
31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3716
13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
3356
31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4420
3163
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G3D Mark 25146 22253
PassMark - G2D Mark 1053 999
Geekbench - OpenCL 167014 123479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 457.414 453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6022.79 5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 51.221 40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 175.219 182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2381.93 1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34537 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34537 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356 31930
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4420 3163

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Essentials

Architecture Ampere Ampere
Code name GA102 GA104
Launch date 1 Sep 2020 1 Sep 2020
Launch price (MSRP) $699 $499
Place in performance rating 56 44
Type Desktop Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1710 MHz 1725 MHz
Core clock speed 1440 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 8 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64) 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1) 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 29.77 TFLOPS 20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines 8704 5888
Pixel fill rate 164.2 GPixel/s 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 465.1 GTexel/s 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 320 Watt 220 Watt
Transistor count 28300 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Dual-slot Dual-slot
Height 40 mm, 1.6 inches 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 285 mm, 11.2 inches 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 112 mm, 4.4 inches 112 mm, 4.4 inches

API support

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

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 10 GB 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 760.3 GB/s 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 320 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6