ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Pascal) and has 8 GB GDDR5X graphics memory with a bandwidth of 320 GB/s.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 (Ampere) and has 8 GB GDDR6 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has the GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Pascal architecture.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is based on the graphics chip GA104-300-A1, which comes from the Ampere architecture.
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
GP104-400-A1 / GP104-410-A1 GPU Chip GA104-300-A1
Pascal Architecture Ampere
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
2560 Shader 5888
64 Render Output Units 96
160 Texture Units 184
0 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

The graphics memory of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 clocks at 1.251 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 10.0 Gbps.

The graphics memory speed of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is 14.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.750 GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR5X Memory Type GDDR6
1.251 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
10.0 Gbps Memory Speed 14.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.

1.607 GHz Base Clock 1.500 GHz
1.771 GHz Boost Clock 1.755 GHz
1.73 GHz Avg (Game) Clock 1.73 GHz
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is powered by 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 180 W.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 has 2 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 220 W.

180 W TDP 220 W
-- TDP (up) 250 W
94 °C Tjunction max 93 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 2 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is equipped with a total of 3 Axial main fans.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 has 2 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 90 mm Fan 1 2 x 100 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) 43-45 dB

Connectivity

Up to 4 screens can be operated with the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.2 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.0b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1
2x DP v1.4 DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
1 DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

With the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum supported resolution of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_1 DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
No Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
No AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 is connected to the system via PCIe 3.0 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 4.0 x 16 Lanes interface.

298 mm Length 267 mm
134 mm Height 135 mm
40 mm Width 52 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 3.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 has been manufactured with a structure width of 16 nanometers since Q2/2016.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 came on the market in Q4/2020 and will have a structure width of 8 nanometers manufactured.

ROG-STRIX-GTX1080-8G-GAMING Part-no DUAL-RTX3070-8G
Q2/2016 Release date Q4/2020
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 649 $
16 nm Structure size 8 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
46 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
55 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
82 fps (avg)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
22 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
51 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
100 fps (avg)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
41 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
79 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
77 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
142 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080 ASUS ROG Strix GeForce GTX 1080
8 GB GDDR5X
108 fps (avg)
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070 ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6
189 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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