RTX 5080 is allegedly only 17% faster than RTX 5070 Ti, according to 3DMark benchmarks

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3DMark benchmarks featuring the upcoming RTX 5070 Ti have cropped up ahead of the GPU's review embargo, giving us a sneak peek at the GPU's potential gaming performance. Videocardz retrieved a set of RTX 5070 Ti 3DMark benchmarks from an undisclosed media outlet and compared it against its own 3DMark figures of the RTX 5080 and RTX 4070 Ti Super.

The RTX 5070 Ti, RTX 5080, and RTX 4070 Ti Super were benchmarked in several 3DMark tests, featuring Speed Way, Steel Nomad, Port Royal, Time Spy, Time Spy Extreme, Fire Strike, Fire Strike Extreme, and Fire Strike Ultra. Reminder: the RTX 5080 and RTX 4070 Ti Super were not benchmarked by the same review outlet that benchmarked the RTX 5070 Ti, so take these figures with an extra pinch of salt.

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Row 0 - Cell 0	RTX 5070 Ti	RTX 5080	Row 0 - Cell 3
Speed Way - 1440p	7,646	8,902	RTX 5080 13% faster
Steel Nomad - 4k	6,532	8,163	RTX 5080 25% faster
Port Royal - 1440p	19,045	22,034	RTX 5080 16% faster
Time Spy - 1440p	27,384	32,045	RTX 5080 17% faster
Time Spy Extreme - 4k	13,485	16,084	RTX 5080 19% faster
Fire Strike - 1080p	68,741	76,483	RTX 5080 11% faster
Fire Strike Extreme - 1440p	35,483	41,192	RTX 5080 16% faster
Fire Strike Ultra - 4k	18,065	21,256	RTX 5080 18% faster

On average, across all 3DMark benchmarks, the RTX 5080 was anywhere between 11% to 25% faster than the RTX 5070 Ti. Fire Strike at 1080p yielded the lowest performance margin between the two at just 11%. The highest was in Steel Nomad at 4K resolution, with a 25% performance margin in favor of the RTX 5080.

Speed Way at 1440p resolution was 13% faster on the RTX 5080, Port Royal at 1440p 16% faster, Time Spy at 1440p 17% faster, Fire Strike Ultra at 4k 18% faster, and Time Spy Extreme at 4k 19% was faster on the RTX 5080 as well.

For the RTX 4070 Ti Super comparison, check out Videocardz's original article. But on average, the RTX 5070 Ti was 16.6% quicker than the RTX 4070 Ti Super, according to Videocardz. Assuming these 3DMark numbers show the real-world performance of the RTX 5070 Ti, the upcoming mid-range GPU will be the most competitive RTX 50 series GPU to date, priced 33% lower than the RTX 5080 but featuring more than 80% of the performance of the same GPU.

The RTX 5070 Ti is Nvidia's third RTX 50-series GPU launching this year, sporting 8,960 CUDA cores, 280 Tensor cores, 70 RT cores, 300W TBP, a 256-bit memory interface, and 16GB of GDDR7 operating at 28 Gbps. The upcoming mid-range GPU will launch on February 20th at $749 MSRP. The GPU will only be available from AIB partners, Nvidia is not making a Founders Edition variant of the 5070 Ti just like its predecessor.

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Aaron Klotz is a contributing writer for Tom’s Hardware, covering news related to computer hardware such as CPUs, and graphics cards.

23 Comments Comment from the forums

ohio_buckeye

$749. Hah!! Microcenter nearby me is listing multiple 5070ti cards on sale starting the 20th. They all start at about $899.99.
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Alvar "Miles" Udell

Well the 4080 was only 16.7% faster than an "OCd" 4070TI without ray tracing and 17.7% with ray tracing, so it's not like the revelation that the 5080 would only be 15-20% faster than the 5070 Ti is unexpected.

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VizzieTheViz

Why is everyone still pretending these will be available in any quantity let alone at MSRP?
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Jabberwocky79

Not surprising results - ANY GPU comparison is going to be more competitive at the lower resolutions. If you want to game in 4K however, you gotta pay up.
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Eximo

ohio_buckeye said:
$749. Hah!! Microcenter nearby me is listing multiple 5070ti cards on sale starting the 20th. They all start at about $899.99.
Yep, local Microcenter has two models of 4060 for sale, and some 3060 models. That is it.

Those 900 prices might be place holders as well until they actually launch. But yeah, not likely to be 750.
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Jabberwocky79

I don't have a local Microcenter, but I will be visiting the Overland Park, KS store the end of next week.... any ideas on what I might find GPU-wise?
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Eximo

They have a low profile RTX 4060 and a single regular size 4060, and some RTX 3060/3050. Minimum listed 5070 Ti price is $900 like the others.

They have literally 6 RX 7600 in stock and one 6650XT. Plenty RX 6600.

They just don't have anything.
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Jabberwocky79

Eximo said:
They have a low profile RTX 4060 and a single regular size 4060, and some RTX 3060/3050. Minimum listed 5070 Ti price is $900 like the others.

They have literally 6 RX 7600 in stock and one 6650XT. Plenty RX 6600.

They just don't have anything.
Bummer.
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Eximo

Not their fault, Nvidia stopped production on the 40 series excepting the 4060. AMD stopped production on the higher end 7000 series some time ago. So until the 9070 and 9070 XT and 5070 and 5070 Ti hit the market, there is basically nothing left.

I think they have learned that leaving the previous gen in the market is bad for their bottom line.

Forgot to check Intel. They have 4 B570 in Kansas, and 2 A580.
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ohio_buckeye

Eximo said:
Yep, local Microcenter has two models of 4060 for sale, and some 3060 models. That is it.

Those 900 prices might be place holders as well until they actually launch. But yeah, not likely to be 750.

That’s possible. Glad I picked up the 7900xtx in December for 800. More than I’ve ever spent on a gpu but on the other hand I probably got one of the last ones at that price, and compared to prices I’m seeing currently that may have been a deal.
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