GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and GeForce RTX 5070 - video card comparison
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
GeForce RTX 5070
Architecture
Ampere (2020−2022)
Blackwell 2.0
GPU code name
Ampere GA102
GB205
Market segment
Desktop
Desktop
Release date
January 2022
2025 (recently)
Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 5.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors
1x 12-pin
1x 16-pin
Boost clock speed
1260 MHz
2520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology
8 nm
0 nm
Number of transistors
28,300 million
-
Pipelines / CUDA cores
8960
6400
Power consumption (TDP)
350 Watt
220 Watt
Texture fill rate
478.8
504.0
Memory type
GDDR6X
GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount
12 GB
12 GB
Memory bus width
384 Bit
192 Bit
Memory clock speed
1710 MHz
5 GB/s
Memory bandwidth
912.4 GB/s
120.0 GB/s
Shared memory
-
-
Display Connectors
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI
+
+
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.6
9.1
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Shader Model
6.6
6.7
Vulkan
1.3
1.3