GeForce RTX 3080 vs GeForce GTX 770

GeForce RTX 3080
Memory: 10240Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: 1 Sep 2020
GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce GTX 770
Memory: 2048Mb GDDR5DESKTOP
Release date: 30 May 2013
GeForce GTX 770

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    820%
  • GeForce GTX 770
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3080

720% higher gaming performance.
This is a much newer product, it might have better long term support.
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR)
Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS)

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 770

90 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3080 .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Kepler), there are less performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce RTX 3080

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 3080

The GeForce RTX 3080 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (3 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 3080GeForce GTX 770
GPU NameGA102 (GA102-200-K1-A1)vsGK104 (GK104-425-A2)
Fab Process8 nmvs28 nm
Die Size628 mm²vs294 mm²
Transistors28,000 millionvs3,540 million
Shaders8704vs1536
Compute Units68vs8
Core clock1440 MHzvs1046 MHz
ROPs96vs32
TMUs272vs128

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 3080GeForce GTX 770
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR5
Bus Width320 bitvs256 bit
Memory Speed1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
vs1753 MHz
7012 MHz effective
Memory Size10240 Mbvs2048 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 3080GeForce GTX 770
TDP320 wattsvs230 watts
Release Date1 Sep 2020vs30 May 2013

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    164.20 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    33.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    465.10 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    134.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    760.30 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 770
    224.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    29770.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 770
    3213.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    256
  • GeForce GTX 770
    29

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    181
  • GeForce GTX 770
    23

FPS (higher is better)

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

DX11,Max Details, 16:1 HQ-AF, +AA

  • GeForce RTX 3080
    103
  • GeForce GTX 770
    13

FPS (higher is better)