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

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 9% to 71%, including 41% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (9,714 vs 6,907). On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti generates 89.7 tokens/s (per LocalScore AI) against 73.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (per Patrick Hughes (bmdpat.com)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Released 2020 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070), 2021 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti). MSRP range: $499 · $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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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

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 3070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
vram gb 812
vram type GDDR6GDDR6X
tdp w 220350
cuda cores 588810240

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from KitGuru, DigiStatement, Guru3D, 3DMark, VideoCardz, HWBOT, ComputerBase, TopCPU.net, HWBOT Community, Notebookcheck, 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 3070NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, DigiStatement		 17,115 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Guru3D		 8,749 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, KitGuru, DigiStatement, VideoCardz, HWBOT, ComputerBase		 8,324 points14,254 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, TopCPU.net, HWBOT Community, ComputerBase		 3,421 points5,441 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, ComputerBase		 3,181 points5,094 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (DX12) graphics score (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 3,182 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad Graphics (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark		 3,180 points—
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: ComputerBase		 —21,907 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, KitGuru, Notebookcheck, TopCPU.net, DigiStatement, CpuTronic, VideoCardz		 13,997 points19,179 points
3DMark Time Spy (GPU score) (higher is better)
Source: ComputerBase		 —18,680 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru, TopCPU.net, DigiStatement, PC Perspective		 6,907 points9,714 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,005 pts1,095 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

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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Quick answers

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 9% to 71%, including 41% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (9,714 vs 6,907).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On llama3.1:8b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti generates 89.7 tokens/s (per LocalScore AI) against 73.7 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (per Patrick Hughes (bmdpat.com)), best community run on file for each.

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 launched at a $499 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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