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 ray_tracing

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).