RTX 3080 vs GTX 1070
Short answer: which is best?
RTX 3080 is 404.4 % stronger than GTX 1070. RTX 3080 ranks #17 of 68 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (8,969 GPU score over 2 verified runs). GTX 1070 ranks #52 of 68 measured graphics cards at WhatFPS (1,778 GPU score over 1 verified runs). The numbers are measured in 3 verified WhatFPS runs — not estimated, not self-reported.
Measured comparison
| Metric | RTX 3080 | GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
| GPU score (the card's own performance) | 8,969 | 1,778 |
| Best rig (GAMING — whole PC) | 10,171 | 2,908 |
| Earth II (Vulkan) | 37.5 FPS | 10.6 FPS |
| Mission to Earth II (DX12) | 47.9 FPS | 12.7 FPS |
| Earth II Landing (DX12 Ultimate) | 42.8 FPS | 12.3 FPS |
| Supernova (DX11) | 114.6 FPS | 65.2 FPS |
| Memory bandwidth | 226 GB/s | 78 GB/s |
| VRAM | 10 GB | 8 GB |
| Ray tracing | Yes | Not supported |
What the numbers mean
The GPU score is the graphics card's own performance — that is what we rank on. GAMING is the whole rig's score in the best PC we measured the card in, and depends on processor, memory and storage. We show both and never mix them.
All numbers come from our benchmark suite: four hand-built 3D scenes written directly against the graphics APIs in Rust, the same load on every PC. The methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik
All measurements for RTX 3080 · All measurements for GTX 1070