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GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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Key Differences

  • GeForce RTX 3070 has more CUDA Cores (5888 vs 3584).
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has more Memory size (11 GB vs 8 GB).
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has more Memory bandwidth (484.4 GB/s vs 448 GB/s).
  • Boost clock: GeForce RTX 3070 has 1,725 MHz; GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has 1,582 MHz.
  • TDP / TBP / board power: GeForce RTX 3070 has 220 W; GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has 250 W.
  • Architecture: GeForce RTX 3070 has Ampere; GeForce GTX 1080 Ti has Pascal.
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Muted cells indicate unavailable, not applicable, or not directly comparable specifications.
Spec GeForce RTX 3070 GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Architecture Ampere Pascal
Generation / family GeForce RTX 30 Series GeForce GTX 10 Series
GPU codename GA104 GP102
Launch date 2020-09-01 2017-03-10
Market segment Desktop in GeForce RTX 30 Series Desktop, Flagship in GeForce GTX 10 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node Samsung 8 nm TSMC 16 nm
Die size 392 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 17.4 billion 11.8 billion
GPU chip GA104 GP102
SM / multiprocessor count 46 28
CUDA Cores 5888 3584
Tensor Cores 184 Unknown
RT Cores 46 Unknown
ROPs 96 88
TMUs 184 224
Clocks
Base / Core clock 1,500 MHz 1,481 MHz
Boost clock 1,725 MHz 1,582 MHz
Memory clock 1,750 MHz 1,376 MHz
Memory
Memory size 8 GB 11 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR5X
Memory bus width 256-bit 352-bit
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 484.4 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 220 W 250 W
Recommended PSU 550 W 600 W
Power connectors 1x 12-pin 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Slot width Dual-slot, 242 mm length Dual-slot, 267 mm length, 40 mm width
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.2 DirectX 12.1
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support 8.6 6.1
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Unknown
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 20.31 TFLOPS 11.34 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 20.31 TFLOPS 0.18 TFLOPS

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