GeForce RTX 2080 Ti VS GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

We are comparing the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti ( NVIDIA ) head-to-head with the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti ( NVIDIA ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.

Note: This comparison of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs. GeForce RTX 3070 Ti is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.

Last Updated: August 20, 2026

KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce RTX 2080 Ti AND GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Here’s how GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti: 5 advantages GeForce RTX 3070 Ti: 5 advantages

Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

5
  • 3% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (9109 vs 8883)
  • 6% higher Geekbench 6 OpenCL score (144745 vs 136096)
  • 38% more VRAM (11GB vs 8GB)
  • 38% higher Memory Bus Width (352 Bit vs 256 Bit)
  • 2.8× higher Tensor Cores (544 vs 192)

Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

5
  • 4% higher 4K Ultra FPS (55 vs 53)
  • 4% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (125 vs 120)
  • 15% higher Boost Clock (1770 MHz vs 1545 MHz)
  • 8% higher PassMark G3D Mark score (23287 vs 21477)
  • 22% higher Blender score (3768 vs 3086)

SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 2080 Ti AND GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti.

Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.

If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.

Specification GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
General Info
GPU Name: GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
GPU Type: Discrete Discrete
Codename: TU102 GA104
Vendor: NVIDIA NVIDIA
Foundry: TSMC Samsung
Architecture: Turing Ampere
Generation: GeForce 20 GeForce 30
Release Date: September 20, 2018 June 10, 2021
Board Design
Bus Interface: PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe Version: 3.0 4.0
PCIe Lanes: 16 x16
Process Size: 12 nm 8 nm
Transistors: 18 billion 17.4 billion
Density: 23.87 MTr/mm² 44.4 MTr/mm²
Die Size: 754 mm² 392 mm²
Board Length: 267 mm 267 mm
Board Width: 35 mm
Board Height: 116 mm 112 mm
Total Graphics Power (TGP): 250 W 290 W
Graphics Processor
Compute Units: 68 48
Shading Units: 4352 6144
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): 272 192
Render Output Units (ROPs): 88 96
Tensor Cores: 544 192
Ray Tracing Cores: 68 48
Base Clock: 1350 MHz 1575 MHz
Boost Clock: 1545 MHz 1770 MHz
L1 Cache: 64 KB (per SM) 128 KB per SM
L2 Cache: 5.5 MB 4 MB
Raw Performance
Pixel Fill Rate: 136.0 GPixel/s 169.9 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate: 420.2 GTexel/s 339.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance: 13.45 TFLOPs 21.75 TFLOPs
Memory
Memory Type: GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory Size: 11 GB 8 GB
Memory Bus Width: 352-bit 256-bit
Memory Clock: 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Effective Memory Speed: 14000 Mbps 19000 Mbps
Bandwidth: 616 GB/s 608.3 GB/s
APIs
DirectX: 12 12.2
Vulkan: 1.3 1.3
OpenGL: 4.6 4.6
OpenCL: 3.0 3.0
CUDA: 7.5 8.6
Ray Tracing: 1 Yes
DLSS: DLSS 2 DLSS 2
DisplayPort: 1.4a 1.4a
HDMI: 2.0 2.1
Gaming FPS
1080p Ultra (FPS): 120 125
1440p Ultra (FPS): 91 93
4K Ultra (FPS): 53 55
Benchmarks
3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite 14291 15403
Time Spy 14658 14878
Solar Bay 64139 69871
Port Royal 9109 8883
Fire Strike 35666 37237
Wild Life Extreme 29567 31903
Night Raid 115409 134038
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Compute Score 144745 136096
Background Blur 211 img/sec 197
Face Detection 141.3 img/sec 128.1
Horizon Detection 6.24 Gpixels/sec 6.56
Edge Detection 8.1 Gpixels/sec 8.81
Gaussian Blur 9.22 Gpixels/sec 6.47
Feature Matching 1.46 Gpixels/sec 1.26
Stereo Matching 627.3 Gpixels/sec 609.3
Particle Physics 16980.5 18205
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark 21477 23287
G2D Mark 927 1061
DirectX 11 192 192
DirectX 12 83 91
GPU Compute 9906 11479
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins High (4K) 165.20 194.10
Aztec Ruins Normal 776.40 865.50
Car Chase 675.90 699.50
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) 655.70 610.70
T-Rex 3193.10 3191.90
Tessellation 4776.10 4520.60
ALU 2 4775.90 4526.70
Driver Overhead 2 278.90 288.30
API OpenGL OpenGL
OS Windows Windows
Blender (Rendering)
Blender Score 3086 3768
GeekBench 6 ML
Single Precision 19878 22516
Half Precision 31237 36377
Quantized 12663 14215
Image Classification 8213 8615
Image Segmentation 19891 24659
Image Super Resolution 17598 20631
Face Detection 39785 43834
Pose Estimation 84003 98347
Text Classification 2062 3162
Machine Translation 4192 4911
Object Detection 10444 11498
Depth Estimation 31856 34719
Style Transfer 207773 196833
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
FurMark
1080p Vulkan 10299 12102
1440p Vulkan 7121 8464
2160p Vulkan 3770 4521
1080p OpenGL 10189 13281
1440p OpenGL 7231 9250
2160p OpenGL 3888 4970

Tip: indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while indicates a lower-is-better advantage.

PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 2080 Ti AND GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

The charts below visualize how GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti stack up in key performance metrics.

Radar Chart Comparison

Category scores overview (0 to 100)
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

Bullet Chart Comparison

Market Top is the best score found. Colored bars are % of market top (0 to 100).
Market Top
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
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Release Timeline of GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
994 days
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti was released 2 years, 8 months, 21 days earlier than GeForce RTX 3070 Ti.

Value For Money Calculator

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GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

11 GB GDDR6
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GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

8 GB GDDR6X
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Domain Score Summary

Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
ALL
Overall
Difference: 2
Leads
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
69
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
71
Gaming Performance
Difference: 0
Tie
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
59
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
59
AI & Machine Learning
Difference: 4
Leads
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
52
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
56
Hardware Architecture
Difference: 6
Leads
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
68
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
74
Workstation
Difference: 0
Tie
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
62
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
62
Energy Efficiency
Difference: 8
Leads
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
51
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
59
Note: If a domain shows no data, it usually means required specs are missing for the item.

Our Verdict

In conclusion, the GeForce RTX 3070 Ti edges out overall compared to the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Its strongest advantages are in AI & Machine Learning, Hardware Architecture and Energy Efficiency. They are still fairly close in Gaming Performance and Workstation.

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