GeForce RTX 3070 vs RTX 2080 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

RTX 2080 Ti
2018
11 GB GDDR6, 250 Watt
56.37

RTX 3070 outperforms RTX 2080 Ti by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking4542
Place by popularitynot in top-10043
Cost-effectiveness evaluation22.0858.61
Power efficiency15.4618.07
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ampere (2020−2024)
GPU code nameTU102GA104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 September 2018 (6 years ago)1 September 2020 (4 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$999 $499

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

RTX 3070 has 165% better value for money than RTX 2080 Ti.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores43525888
Core clock speed1350 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed1545 MHz1725 MHz
Number of transistors18,600 million17,400 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm8 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate420.2317.4
Floating-point processing power13.45 TFLOPS20.31 TFLOPS
ROPs8896
TMUs272184
Tensor Cores544184
Ray Tracing Cores6846

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm242 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors2x 8-pin1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount11 GB8 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth616.0 GB/s448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.5
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL2.02.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.2
CUDA7.58.5

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 2080 Ti 56.37
RTX 3070 57.98
+2.9%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 2080 Ti 21720
RTX 3070 22342
+2.9%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2080 Ti 47166
+9.7%
RTX 3070 43005

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2080 Ti 83556
RTX 3070 88744
+6.2%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2080 Ti 20210
RTX 3070 31020
+53.5%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 Ti 165122
+6.6%
RTX 3070 154864

GeekBench 5 OpenCL

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses OpenCL API by Khronos Group.

RTX 2080 Ti 136942
+11%
RTX 3070 123332

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 Ti 521458
+3.8%
RTX 3070 502470

GeekBench 5 Vulkan

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses Vulkan API by AMD & Khronos Group.

RTX 2080 Ti 132930
+9.9%
RTX 3070 120982

GeekBench 5 CUDA

Geekbench 5 is a widespread graphics card benchmark combined from 11 different test scenarios. All these scenarios rely on direct usage of GPU's processing power, no 3D rendering is involved. This variation uses CUDA API by NVIDIA.

RTX 2080 Ti 165093
+10.3%
RTX 3070 149734

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

RTX 2080 Ti 181
RTX 3070 188
+4.1%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

RTX 2080 Ti 79
+4.2%
RTX 3070 76

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

RTX 2080 Ti 12
RTX 3070 13
+3.2%

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

RTX 2080 Ti 121
+5.3%
RTX 3070 115

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

RTX 2080 Ti 63
+4.3%
RTX 3070 61

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 mediacal-01

RTX 2080 Ti 51
+17.2%
RTX 3070 44

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

RTX 2080 Ti 179
+12%
RTX 3070 160

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

RTX 2080 Ti 17
+30.5%
RTX 3070 13

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

RTX 2080 Ti 272
+2.2%
RTX 3070 266

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD166
+11.4%
149
−11.4%
1440p122
+23.2%
99
−23.2%
4K89
+45.9%
61
−45.9%

Cost per frame, $

1080p6.023.35
1440p8.195.04
4K11.228.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
−38.7%
147
+38.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 125
+0%
125
+0%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 107
+7%
100
−7%
Battlefield 5 244
+32.6%
180−190
−32.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
−1.9%
100−110
+1.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
−31.1%
139
+31.1%
Far Cry 5 163
+48.2%
110−120
−48.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 197
+40.7%
140−150
−40.7%
Forza Horizon 4 346
+54.5%
220−230
−54.5%
Hitman 3 161
+47.7%
109
−47.7%
Horizon Zero Dawn 285
+29.5%
220−230
−29.5%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 106
−11.3%
118
+11.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 216
−7.9%
230−240
+7.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 266
+52.9%
174
−52.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 181
+50.8%
120−130
−50.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 91
+4.6%
87
−4.6%
Battlefield 5 224
+21.7%
180−190
−21.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 100−110
−1.9%
100−110
+1.9%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
−18.9%
126
+18.9%
Far Cry 5 132
+20%
110−120
−20%
Far Cry New Dawn 152
+8.6%
140−150
−8.6%
Forza Horizon 4 321
+43.3%
220−230
−43.3%
Hitman 3 156
+34.5%
116
−34.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 267
+21.4%
220−230
−21.4%
Metro Exodus 144
+0%
144
+0%
Red Dead Redemption 2 110−120
−0.9%
110−120
+0.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 220−230
−13.3%
255
+13.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 110−120
−3.4%
120−130
+3.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 255
+43.3%
178
−43.3%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 82
+1.2%
81
−1.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80
+2.6%
78
−2.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 103
−5.8%
100−110
+5.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 100−110
+3.9%
102
−3.9%
Far Cry 5 91
−20.9%
110−120
+20.9%
Forza Horizon 4 168
−33.3%
220−230
+33.3%
Hitman 3 139
+25.2%
111
−25.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 202
+11.6%
181
−11.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 220−230
+0.9%
223
−0.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 135
+11.6%
121
−11.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 90
+5.9%
85
−5.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 104
−11.5%
116
+11.5%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 166
+32.8%
120−130
−32.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 112
+24.4%
90−95
−24.4%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 72
+5.9%
68
−5.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 67
+3.1%
65
−3.1%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 82
+18.8%
65−70
−18.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 50−55
−14.8%
62
+14.8%
Far Cry 5 84
+23.5%
65−70
−23.5%
Forza Horizon 4 313
+15.5%
270−280
−15.5%
Hitman 3 100
+4.2%
96
−4.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn 162
+11%
146
−11%
Metro Exodus 98
−3.1%
101
+3.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 140−150
−11.4%
166
+11.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 90−95
−4.3%
95−100
+4.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion 251
+43.4%
175
−43.4%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 105
−8.6%
114
+8.6%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 87
+33.8%
65−70
−33.8%
Far Cry New Dawn 66
+20%
55−60
−20%
Hitman 3 59
+13.5%
52
−13.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 130
−67.7%
210−220
+67.7%
Metro Exodus 111
+3.7%
107
−3.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
+8.9%
90
−8.9%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 50
+4.2%
48
−4.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 46
+7%
43
−7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 52
+26.8%
40−45
−26.8%
Cyberpunk 2077 24−27
−20%
30
+20%
Far Cry 5 50
+31.6%
35−40
−31.6%
Forza Horizon 4 107
+20.2%
85−90
−20.2%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 80−85
−15.5%
97
+15.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion 44
+15.8%
38
−15.8%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 73
+5.8%
69
−5.8%

This is how RTX 2080 Ti and RTX 3070 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is 11% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 23% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 2080 Ti is 46% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 4, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 2080 Ti is 54% faster.
  • in Horizon Zero Dawn, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 3070 is 68% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 2080 Ti is ahead in 47 tests (65%)
  • RTX 3070 is ahead in 22 tests (31%)
  • there's a draw in 3 tests (4%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 56.37 57.98
Recency 20 September 2018 1 September 2020
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 8 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 8 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 220 Watt

RTX 2080 Ti has a 37.5% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 3070, on the other hand, has a 2.9% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, a 50% more advanced lithography process, and 13.6% lower power consumption.

Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070.


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