Component comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce RTX 2070
GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce RTX 2070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 3080
- + Release year (+3)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+312 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+35 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+17,500M)
- + CUDA cores (+6400)
- + TMUs (+128)
- + ROPs (+32)
- + RT cores (+32)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+24.31 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+60.50 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+231.80 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+8.9)
- + PassMark (overall) (+12)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+4091)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+4008)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+78577)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+61768)
- + Normalized score (+12.3)
B
GeForce RTX 2070
- + Die size (mm²) (+183 mm²)
- + Tensor cores (+16)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 3080
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2070
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2021 (+3) | 2018 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 1750 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 760 GB/s (+312 GB/s) | 448 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 320 bit (+64 bit) | 256 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+35 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 8 nm (-4 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 28,300M (+17,500M) | 10,800M |
| Die size (mm²) | 628 mm² | 445 mm² (+183 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 8,704 (+6400) | 2,304 |
| TMUs | 272 (+128) | 144 |
| ROPs | 96 (+32) | 64 |
| RT cores | 68 (+32) | 36 |
| Tensor cores | 272 | 288 (+16) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.77 TFLOPS (+24.31 TFLOPS) | 5.46 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 164.20 GPixel/s (+60.50 GPixel/s) | 103.70 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 465.10 GTexel/s (+231.80 GTexel/s) | 233.30 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 26.0 (+8.9) | 17.0 |
| PassMark (overall) | 16,075 (+12) | 16,063 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 10,752 (+4091) | 6,661 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 27,194 (+4008) | 23,186 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 167,014 (+78577) | 88,437 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 145,176 (+61768) | 83,408 |
| Normalized score | 82.8 (+12.3) | 70.5 |
Only in component A
ReBAR
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In both
CUDA
DLSS
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 2070 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anno 1800 | 78 FPS | 69 FPS | +13% (A) |
| Apex Legends | 144 FPS | 128 FPS | +12.5% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Odyssey | 104 FPS | 84 FPS | +23.8% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Origins | 118 FPS | 71 FPS | +66.2% (A) |
| Assassin´s Creed Valhalla | 72 FPS | 69 FPS | +4.3% (A) |
| Battlefield 5 | 130 FPS | 92 FPS | +41.3% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 95 FPS | 71 FPS | +33.8% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War | 89 FPS | 81 FPS | +9.9% (A) |
| Control | 82 FPS | 68 FPS | +20.6% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 212 FPS | 150 FPS | +41.3% (A) |
| Crysis Remastered | 79 FPS | 71 FPS | +11.3% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 121 FPS | 60 FPS | +101.7% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.0 | 68 FPS | 62 FPS | +9.7% (A) |
| Days Gone | 126 FPS | 101 FPS | +24.8% (A) |
| Death Stranding | 84 FPS | 115 FPS | 36.9% (B) |
| Dirt 5 | 62 FPS | 69 FPS | 11.3% (B) |
| Doom Eternal | 165 FPS | 149 FPS | +10.7% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 134 FPS | 127 FPS | +5.5% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 119 FPS | +0.8% (A) |
| F1 2020 | 162 FPS | 146 FPS | +11% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 156 FPS | 139 FPS | +12.2% (A) |
| FIFA 21 | 198 FPS | 211 FPS | 6.6% (B) |
| Far Cry 5 | 129 FPS | 103 FPS | +25.2% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 68 FPS | 91 FPS | 33.8% (B) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 56 FPS | 77 FPS | 37.5% (B) |
| Fortnite | 160 FPS | 122 FPS | +31.1% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 194 FPS | 121 FPS | +60.3% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 152 FPS | 85 FPS | +78.8% (A) |
| GRID 2019 | 113 FPS | 104 FPS | +8.7% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 137 FPS | 127 FPS | +7.9% (A) |
| Gears Tactics | 136 FPS | 115 FPS | +18.3% (A) |
| Hitman 3 | 131 FPS | 124 FPS | +5.6% (A) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 89 FPS | 85 FPS | +4.7% (A) |
| Hunt Showdown | 110 FPS | 101 FPS | +8.9% (A) |
| Immortals Fenyx Rising | 88 FPS | 72 FPS | +22.2% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 99 FPS | 90 FPS | +10% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 100 FPS | 61 FPS | +63.9% (A) |
| Need for Speed Heat | 94 FPS | 84 FPS | +11.9% (A) |
| Outriders | 109 FPS | 94 FPS | +16% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Rage 2 | 116 FPS | 103 FPS | +12.6% (A) |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 85 FPS | 66 FPS | +28.8% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 140 FPS | 65 FPS | +115.4% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 155 FPS | 126 FPS | +23% (A) |
| Rise of the Tomb Raider | 157 FPS | 92 FPS | +70.7% (A) |
| Serious Sam 4 | 75 FPS | 71 FPS | +5.6% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 165 FPS | 149 FPS | +10.7% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order | 98 FPS | 92 FPS | +6.5% (A) |
| Star Wars Squadrons | 198 FPS | 228 FPS | 15.2% (B) |
| The Division 2 | 105 FPS | 94 FPS | +11.7% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 191 FPS | 122 FPS | +56.6% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 149 FPS | 116 FPS | +28.4% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 108 FPS | 89 FPS | +21.3% (A) |
| Valorant | 220 FPS | 180 FPS | +22.2% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 80 FPS | 82 FPS | 2.5% (B) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 66 FPS | 72 FPS | 9.1% (B) |
| Yakuza Like a Dragon | 112 FPS | 96 FPS | +16.7% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 3080 wins 20 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).