GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
We compared two Desktop platform GPUs: 8GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3070 and 12GB VRAM GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB to see which GPU has better performance in key specifications, benchmark tests, power consumption, etc.
Main Differences
GeForce RTX 3070 's Advantages
Boost Clock has increased by 1% (1725MHz vs 1710MHz)
Lower TDP (220W vs 350W)
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 's Advantages
Released 1 years and 4 months late
More VRAM (12GB vs 8GB)
Larger VRAM bandwidth (912.4GB/s vs 448.0GB/s)
3072 additional rendering cores
Score
Benchmark
FP32 (float)
GeForce RTX 3070
20310
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+50%
30640
3DMark Time Spy
GeForce RTX 3070
13641
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+36%
18647
3DMark Time Spy Extreme
GeForce RTX 3070
6762
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+39%
9411
3DMark Speed Way
GeForce RTX 3070
3453
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+47%
5089
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
53
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+66%
88
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
95
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+58%
151
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
144
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+32%
191
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
46
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+32%
61
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
56
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+28%
72
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
82
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+29%
106
Battlefield 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
81
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+34%
109
Battlefield 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
141
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+30%
184
Battlefield 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
188
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+5%
198
GTA 5 2160p
GeForce RTX 3070
68
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+38%
94
GTA 5 1440p
GeForce RTX 3070
105
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+35%
142
GTA 5 1080p
GeForce RTX 3070
159
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
+8%
172
Graphics Card
Sep 2020
Release Date
Jan 2022
GeForce 30
Generation
GeForce 30
Desktop
Type
Desktop
PCIe 4.0 x16
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Clock Speeds
1500 MHz
Base Clock
1260 MHz
1725 MHz
Boost Clock
1710 MHz
1750 MHz
Memory Clock
1188 MHz
Memory
8GB
Memory Size
12GB
GDDR6
Memory Type
GDDR6X
256bit
Memory Bus
384bit
448.0GB/s
Bandwidth
912.4GB/s
Render Config
46
SM Count
70
5888
Shading Units
8960
184
TMUs
280
96
ROPs
96
184
Tensor Cores
280
46
RT Cores
70
128 KB (per SM)
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
4 MB
L2 Cache
6 MB
Theoretical Performance
165.6 GPixel/s
Pixel Rate
164.2 GPixel/s
317.4 GTexel/s
Texture Rate
478.8 GTexel/s
20.31 TFLOPS
FP16 (half)
30.64 TFLOPS
20.31 TFLOPS
FP32 (float)
30.64 TFLOPS
317.4 GFLOPS
FP64 (double)
478.8 GFLOPS
Board Design
220W
TDP
350W
550 W
Suggested PSU
750 W
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1
3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x 12-pin
Power Connectors
1x 12-pin
Graphics Processor
GA104
GPU Name
GA102
GA104-300-A1
GPU Variant
GA102-220-A1
Ampere
Architecture
Ampere
Samsung
Foundry
Samsung
8 nm
Process Size
8 nm
17.4 billion
Transistors
28.3 billion
392 mm²
Die Size
628 mm²
Graphics Features
12 Ultimate (12_2)
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
4.6
OpenGL
4.6
3.0
OpenCL
3.0
1.3
Vulkan
1.3
8.6
CUDA
8.6
6.6
Shader Model
6.8
