The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 70 streaming multiprocessors.
The graphics card ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 is based on the Blackwell architecture and is equipped with 48 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070
Memory Size
12 GB
12 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR7
Memory Clock
1.188 GHz
1.750 GHz
Memory Speed
19.0 Gbps
28.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
912 GB/s
672 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
192 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks.
The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 has a 12 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070
Base Clock
1.260 GHz
2.165 GHz
Boost Clock
1.710 GHz
2.542 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has a turbo clock of 1.710 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 is 2.542 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070
TDP
350 W
250 W
Tjunction max
93 °C
85 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 12-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 1 x 12-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.
The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 85 °C.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
3 x 90 mm
3 x 90 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB are cooled with a Air cooling.
The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 2.1b
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.
The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).
The ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode
Decode / Encode
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This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070
Length
285 mm
304 mm
Height
112 mm
125 mm
Width
--
50 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
Yes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.
The width of the ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 is -- and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
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 ASUS PRIME GeForce RTX 5070 +10.0 %
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.
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.
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.
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.
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