RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Place in the ranking	32	4
Place by popularity	71	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	52.60	no data
Power efficiency	14.68	21.92
Architecture	Ampere (2020−2024)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	GA104	AD102
Market segment	Desktop	Workstation
Release date	31 May 2021 (3 years ago)	5 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$599	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	6144	14080
Core clock speed	1575 MHz	975 MHz
Boost clock speed	1770 MHz	2460 MHz
Number of transistors	17,400 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	290 Watt	285 Watt
Texture fill rate	339.8	1,082
Floating-point processing power	21.75 TFLOPS	69.27 TFLOPS
ROPs	96	176
TMUs	192	440
Tensor Cores	192	440
Ray Tracing Cores	48	110

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).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	267 mm
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-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 type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1188 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	608.3 GB/s	864.0 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+	-

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.2	1.3
CUDA	8.6	8.9

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 3070 Ti 61.09

RTX 5880 Ada Generation 89.61
+46.7%

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 3070 Ti 23568

RTX 5880 Ada Generation 34568
+46.7%

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 HD	184 −41.3%	260−270 +41.3%
1440p	98 −42.9%	140−150 +42.9%
4K	66 −43.9%	95−100 +43.9%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	3.26	no data
1440p	6.11	no data
4K	9.08	no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

174

−43.7%

250−260
+43.7%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	171 −46.2%	250−260 +46.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−110 −38.9%	150−160 +38.9%
Battlefield 5	190−200 −43.6%	280−290 +43.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −41.6%	160−170 +41.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	138 −44.9%	200−210 +44.9%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −42.9%	160−170 +42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 −41.9%	210−220 +41.9%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 −31.6%	300−310 +31.6%
Hitman 3	120−130 −46.3%	180−190 +46.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 −31%	300−310 +31%
Metro Exodus	150−160 −41.9%	220−230 +41.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 −45.3%	170−180 +45.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	240−250 −40.6%	350−400 +40.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 −40.9%	210−220 +40.9%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120−130 −41.7%	180−190 +41.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−110 −38.9%	150−160 +38.9%
Battlefield 5	190−200 −43.6%	280−290 +43.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −41.6%	160−170 +41.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	121 −40.5%	170−180 +40.5%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −42.9%	160−170 +42.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150 −41.9%	210−220 +41.9%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 −31.6%	300−310 +31.6%
Hitman 3	120−130 −46.3%	180−190 +46.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 −31%	300−310 +31%
Metro Exodus	150−160 −41.9%	220−230 +41.9%
Red Dead Redemption 2	110−120 −45.3%	170−180 +45.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	316 −42.4%	450−500 +42.4%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	120−130 −39.5%	180−190 +39.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150 −40.9%	210−220 +40.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	103 −45.6%	150−160 +45.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100−110 −38.9%	150−160 +38.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120 −41.6%	160−170 +41.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	111 −44.1%	160−170 +44.1%
Far Cry 5	110−120 −42.9%	160−170 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	220−230 −31.6%	300−310 +31.6%
Hitman 3	120−130 −46.3%	180−190 +46.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	243 −44%	350−400 +44%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	274 −46%	400−450 +46%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	147 −42.9%	210−220 +42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	108 −38.9%	150−160 +38.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

−45.3%

170−180
+45.3%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	130−140 −39.7%	190−200 +39.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	95−100 −45.8%	140−150 +45.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	93 −39.8%	130−140 +39.8%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	75−80 −46.7%	110−120 +46.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	70−75 −38.9%	100−105 +38.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	73 −37%	100−105 +37%
Far Cry 5	70−75 −40.8%	100−105 +40.8%
Forza Horizon 4	270−280 −29.2%	350−400 +29.2%
Hitman 3	85−90 −36.4%	120−130 +36.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	184 −41.3%	260−270 +41.3%
Metro Exodus	135 −40.7%	190−200 +40.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	205 −46.3%	300−310 +46.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−110 −42.9%	150−160 +42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	230−240 −28.8%	300−310 +28.8%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

100−110

−44.2%

150−160
+44.2%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	70−75 −40.8%	100−105 +40.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	55−60 −44.1%	85−90 +44.1%
Hitman 3	50−55 −44.2%	75−80 +44.2%
Horizon Zero Dawn	220−230 −35.1%	300−310 +35.1%
Metro Exodus	90−95 −42.9%	130−140 +42.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	109 −37.6%	150−160 +37.6%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	58 −46.6%	85−90 +46.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	45−50 −41.3%	65−70 +41.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	40−45 −36.4%	60−65 +36.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	36 −38.9%	50−55 +38.9%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −42.9%	60−65 +42.9%
Forza Horizon 4	95−100 −44.3%	140−150 +44.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	119 −42.9%	170−180 +42.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion	46 −41.3%	65−70 +41.3%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

60−65

−45.2%

90−95
+45.2%

This is how RTX 3070 Ti and RTX 5880 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 41% faster in 1080p
RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 43% faster in 1440p
RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 44% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	61.09	89.61
Recency	31 May 2021	5 January 2024
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	48 GB
Chip lithography	8 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	290 Watt	285 Watt

RTX 5880 Ada Generation has a 46.7% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 500% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 60% more advanced lithography process, and 1.8% lower power consumption.

The RTX 5880 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is a desktop card while RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.