The RTX 3090 might be the extreme flagship of the latest Ampere set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most high-end PC gamers. On the other hand, the RTX 3080 is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 699. The good news is, with the release of the RTX 3080 Ti, the RTX 3080 's price is getting more discount.
Spec for spec, this RTX 3080 leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RTX 2080, by boasting 69.4 % more fps. The RTX 3080 has 10 GB RAM compared to the RTX 2080 's 8 GB video memory.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RTX 3080 consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RTX 2080, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti and it really justifies an upgrade. Compared to its AMD 's closest rival, RX 6800 XT, the RTX 3080 was -1.6 % slower.
For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Microsoft Flight Simulator, Immortals of Aveum, The Callisto Protocol, Remnant II, The Last of Us Part I at 67 fps to 85 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 75 fps. For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play The Last of Us Part I, Forspoken, Atomic Heart, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, Hogwarts Legacy at 65 fps to 85 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 73 fps.
For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Halo Infinite, Assassin's Creed Valhalla, GreedFall, Cyberpunk 2077, Godfall at 61 fps to 64 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 62 fps.
The RTX 4080 might be the high-end flagship of the latest Ada Lovelace set of graphics cards, but their prices keep them out of the reach of most mid-range PC gamers. On the other hand, the RTX 4070 Ti is closer to being reasonably affordable at a price tag of $ 799. Spec for spec, this RTX 4070 Ti leapfrogs its direct predecessor, the RTX 3070 Ti, by boasting 58.4 % more fps.
The RTX 4070 Ti has 12 GB RAM compared to the RTX 3070 Ti 's 8 GB video memory. In our synthetic benchmarks, the RTX 4070 Ti blows past the RTX 3070 Ti and, amazingly, even the RTX 3080 as well.
Fortunately, gaming performance was quite impressive. The RTX 4070 Ti consistently delivers great frame rate increases over the RTX 3070 Ti and it really justifies an upgrade. For 1080p Full HD, we were able to play Starfield, Microsoft Flight Simulator, Immortals of Aveum, The Callisto Protocol, Remnant II at 67 fps to 100 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 89 fps.
For 1440p Quad HD, we were able to play Immortals of Aveum, Remnant II, The Callisto Protocol, Microsoft Flight Simulator, The Last of Us Part I at 62 fps to 85 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 72 fps. For 2160p 4K, we were able to play Microsoft Flight Simulator, Marvel's Avengers, Ratchet and Clank Rift Apart, Borderlands 3, A Plague Tale: Requiem at 61 fps to 78 fps and kept frame rates hovering around 69 fps.
| RTX 3080 | RTX 4070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| Length | 285 mm 11.2 inches | 285 mm 11.2 inches |
| Outputs | 1x HDMI 3x DisplayPort 1x USB Type-C | 1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin | 1x 16-pin |
| Slot Width | Dual-slot | Dual-slot |
| TDP | 320 W | 285 W |
| RTX 3080 | RTX 4070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 2610 MHz |
| Memory Clock | 2375 MHz 19000 MHz effective | 1313 MHz 21 Gbps effective |
| RTX 3080 | RTX 4070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Generation | GeForce 30 | GeForce 40 |
| Launch Price | 699 USD | 799 USD |
| Production | Active | Active |
| Release Date | Sep 17th, 2020 | Jan 3rd, 2023 |
| RTX 3080 | RTX 4070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA | 8.5 | 8.9 |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| OpenCL | 2.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Shader Model | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| Vulkan | 1.2.140 | 1.3 |
| RTX 3080 | RTX 4070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Die Size | 627 mm² | 295 mm² |
| GPU Name | GA102 | AD104 |
| GPU Variant | GA102-200-K1-A1 | AD104-400-A1 |
| Process Size | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors | 28,000 million | 35,800 million |
| RTX 3080 | RTX 4070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| Bandwidth | 760.0 GB/s | 504.2 GB/s |
| Memory Bus | 320 bit | 192 bit |
| Memory Size | 10240 MB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| RTX 3080 | RTX 4070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| ROPs | 88 | 80 |
| RT Cores | 68 | 60 |
| SM Count | 68 | 60 |
| Shading Units | 8704 | 7680 |
| TMUs | 272 | 240 |
| Tensor Cores | TBD | 240 |
| RTX 3080 | RTX 4070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Rate | 150.5 GPixel/s | 208.8 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 465.1 GTexel/s | 626.4 GTexel/s |
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