NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 30 Series 8GB GDDR6X

The RTX 3070 Ti scores 23,203 on PassMark and runs hot enough to rank in the 7th percentile for thermals. It's got 8GB of GDDR6X and 5,888 CUDA cores, which handles 1440p gaming fine today. But with competitors offering 16GB at similar prices, this card only makes sense if you find it cheap.

Let's talk raw numbers. The 3070 Ti packs 5,888 CUDA cores, 184 Tensor cores, and 46 RT cores running at a 1,485MHz boost clock. That translates to 16.6 FP32 TFLOPS of compute, which lands at the 49th percentile. Middle of the pack. For 1080p gaming, it scores 51.3 out of 100 in our use-case ratings. At 1440p, that drops to 48.3. Not terrible, but not exactly thrilling either.

The memory situation is where things get interesting. 8GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus gives you 448 GB/s of bandwidth. That's solid for most games today, but the VRAM capacity ranks at the 44th percentile. Modern titles at 1440p with ray tracing enabled will eat through 8GB faster than you'd like. The ray tracing performance itself sits at the 54th percentile, so it's functional but not a showcase feature.

Stacked against the current generation, the 3070 Ti shows its age. The ASUS PRIME RTX 5080 and Gigabyte AERO 5080 both offer 16GB of VRAM and dramatically better ray tracing performance. The MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti also brings 16GB to the table with newer architecture. Even the ZOTAC APOCALYPSE 5080 variant outclasses this card in every metric we track except price. The Sapphire NITRO+ is an AMD option that trades blows in raster but pulls ahead in efficiency. The 3070 Ti's 8GB of VRAM is the biggest differentiator here, and not in its favor. Every serious competitor in this price bracket offers double the memory.

Pricing is all over the map depending on where you live. US buyers can find it for $700, which is reasonable for this performance tier. But European shoppers are looking at EUR 1,298 to 1,389, and Canadian buyers face CAD 1,598. That's a massive spread. The affordability ranking sits at the 49th percentile, dead average. When you factor in the thermal issues and the 8GB VRAM ceiling, the value proposition gets murky. At $700 it's a decent deal. At those European prices, you're paying a premium for a card that's showing its age.

The RTX 3070 Ti lands in a weird spot in our database. Its PassMark G3D score of 23,203 puts it at the 63rd percentile for raster performance, which sounds fine until you look at the thermal ranking. This card sits at the 7th percentile for thermals, meaning it runs hotter than 93% of GPUs we've tracked. That 290W TDP is doing some heavy lifting, and not in a good way.

But here's the thing. With a 4.5/5 rating across 206 reviews, people genuinely like this card. The social proof ranking is strong at the 83rd percentile. It's a capable 1440p card with 5,888 CUDA cores and 8GB of GDDR6X memory pushing 448 GB/s of bandwidth. The problem isn't whether it works, it's whether it makes sense in 2025 when newer cards exist.

Skip this card if you care about thermals, future-proofing, or AI workloads. The 7th percentile thermal ranking means your case will get toasty, and the 35th percentile efficiency rating means you're paying for heat you don't want. The AI and LLM score of 27.4 out of 100 makes this a poor choice for machine learning work. If you're building a new system in 2025, the 8GB VRAM ceiling and 5th percentile connectivity ranking will frustrate you within a year. Anyone paying European or Canadian prices should absolutely look elsewhere, those markups push this card into territory where 16GB competitors make far more sense.

The RTX 3070 Ti is a capable card that's been left behind by the market. Its PassMark score of 23,203 still delivers playable frame rates at 1440p, and the 448 GB/s memory bandwidth keeps things smooth. But the 7th percentile thermal ranking is a real problem. A 290W TDP with poor cooling means noise and heat in your case. The 8GB VRAM ceiling will force texture compromises in newer games. If you can find one at $700 or less, it's worth considering for a budget build. At European or Canadian prices, skip it and save for something with 16GB.