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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 3% to 64%, including 34% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,179 vs 14,354). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti generates 102.1 tokens/s (per GPU Battle) against 89.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (per LocalScore AI), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Both released in 2021. MSRP range: $599 · $1,199. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
vram gb 812
vram type GDDR6XGDDR6X
tdp w 290350
cuda cores 614410240

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Digital Trends, 3DMark, Beebom, HWBOT, ComputerBase, Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net, HWBOT Community, CpuTronic, PC Perspective and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 TiNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Digital Trends		 26,516 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Beebom, HWBOT, ComputerBase		 8,717 points14,254 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, 3DMark, TopCPU.net, HWBOT Community, ComputerBase		 3,710 points5,441 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Notebookcheck, HWBOT, CpuTronic, ComputerBase		 3,552 points5,094 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck, ComputerBase		 15,570 points21,907 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, Beebom, Notebookcheck, Digital Trends, TopCPU.net, CpuTronic		 14,354 points19,179 points
3DMark Time Spy (GPU score) (higher is better)
Source: ComputerBase		 —18,680 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Beebom, TopCPU.net, PC Perspective		 7,526 points9,714 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 14,931 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,061 pts1,095 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 23,253 pts26,774 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 3% to 64%, including 34% in 3DMark Time Spy (19,179 vs 14,354).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti generates 102.1 tokens/s (per GPU Battle) against 89.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (per LocalScore AI), best community run on file for each.

What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti launched at a $599 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti at $1,199. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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