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GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Compare the GeForce RTX 3070 and GeForce RTX 2080 Ti on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

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The short answer

The GeForce RTX 3070 is the better buy here: it's both faster at 1080p and gives more performance per dollar.

  • GeForce RTX 3070 is about 4% faster at 1080p (gaming index 47 vs 45).
  • GeForce RTX 3070 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 90%.
  • GeForce RTX 3070 delivers about 98% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • GeForce RTX 2080 Ti carries more VRAM (11GB vs 8GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • GeForce RTX 3070 draws less power (220W vs 250W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1080p gaming
GeForce RTX 307047
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti45

GeForce RTX 3070 is about 4% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

1080p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 3070

11.2

per $100 spent

Better value

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

5.7

per $100 spent

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Price (from)
$420.60
$799.00
1080p gaming index
47
45
VRAM
8GB GDDR6
11GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
616 GB/s
Boost clock
1725 MHz
1545 MHz
Shader cores
5,888
4,352
Ray tracing cores
46
68
Tensor / AI cores
184
544
TDP
220W
250W
Recommended PSU
650W
650W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
Architecture
Ampere GA104
Turing TU102
Process node
Samsung 8N
TSMC 12N
MSRP
$499.00
$999.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 3070
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
3,180
3,502
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
114,484
124,867
Render-Blender (samples/min)
3,378
3,059

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 3070from $420.60
From$420.60
16 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 2080 Tifrom $799.00
From$799.00
1 version in stock

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