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GeForce RTX 3080 against GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

GeForce RTX 3080 leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

GeForce RTX 3080left

54 vs 50 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.

Coding & development

GeForce RTX 3080left

50 vs 44 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.

Light gaming

GeForce RTX 3080left

55 vs 52 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.

Gaming

GeForce RTX 3080left

49 vs 44 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.

Heavy gaming

GeForce RTX 3080left

40 vs 36 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.

Content creation

GeForce RTX 3080left

50 vs 44 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

3D & rendering

GeForce RTX 3080left

50 vs 44 for all-core throughput and render speed.

Gaming & streaming

GeForce RTX 3080left

49 vs 44 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

AI & local models

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

44 vs 46 for video memory first, then card speed, then system memory.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    GeForce RTX 3080: 49

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 44

    5 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1080p

    GeForce RTX 3080: 55

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 52

    3 ptsto the left

  • Games at 1440p

    GeForce RTX 3080: 49

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 44

    5 ptsto the left

  • Games at 4K

    GeForce RTX 3080: 40

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 36

    4 ptsto the left

  • Rendering and video

    GeForce RTX 3080: 50

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 44

    6 ptsto the left

Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    GeForce RTX 3080: 7

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 5.6

    25%to the left

  • Typical price

    GeForce RTX 3080: $699

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: $788

    $89to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    GeForce RTX 3080: 10 GB

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 16 GB

    60%to the right

  • Board power

    GeForce RTX 3080: 320 W

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 180 W

    78%to the right

  • Length

    GeForce RTX 3080: 313 mm

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 250 mm

    25%to the right

The verdict

  • The RTX 3080 is 11% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 11% in the RTX 3080's favour.
  • RTX 5060 Ti 16GB carries 16 GB of video memory against 10 GB.
  • The RTX 3080 typically costs $89 less.
  • Per dollar, the RTX 3080 is the better buy: 7 points per $100 against 5.6.

Specifications

SpecGeForce RTX 3080GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Video memory10 GB16 GB (better)
Board power320 W180 W (better)
Length313 mm250 mm (better)
Power connectorPCIe 8-pinPCIe 8-pin
BrandNvidiaNvidia
Released20202025 (better)
Typical price$699 (better)$788

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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