Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC 12GB GDDR6X
Gigabyte
54 Overall Score
vs
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC 16GB GDDR7 Black
ZOTAC
92 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC 12GB GDDR6X
50 out of 100 low confidence 7 reviews
The Gigabyte 3080 Ti receives mixed reviews, with some praising its gaming performance and low temperatures, while others criticize its mining efficiency, loud fans, and weak RGB lighting. A few users reported receiving dead-on-arrival units or experiencing early failure, though Amazon's return process helped mitigate some issues. Overall, sentiment is polarized between high performance and reliability concerns.
Pros
- Excellent gaming performance at ultra settings
- Benchmark scores in the hundreds
- Low temperatures under 60°C
- Handles ray-traced rendering flawlessly
- Significant upgrade from previous models
Cons
- Poor for mining (overheating, fewer cores)
- Loud fans on some units
- Very weak RGB lighting
- Unit may arrive dead on arrival
- Prone to early failure with light gaming
Gaming performance 3
Mining efficiency 2
Reliability and defects 4
Thermal performance 4
Noise level 3
Rgb lighting 2
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC 16GB GDDR7 Black
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Gaming 1080p
Gaming 1440p
Ray Tracing
Gaming 4k
Content Creation
Budget
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC | ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 8 | 5★ |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 12 GB | 16 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR7★ |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 58 | 70★ |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 18.709999084472656 | 43.939998626708984★ |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 18.709999084472656 | 43.939998626708984★ |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 350 | 300★ |
| Recommended PSU | — | 750★ |
| Power Connectors | — | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 | 3 |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | — | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 1 | 3★ |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | — | 4★ |
| Max Resolution | 7680x4320 (8K) | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 320 | 304★ |
| Slot Width | — | 2★ |
| Form Factor | — | ATX |
| Weight | 1.90 kg | 1.72 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
| AV1 Encode | — | ✓★ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | — | 12 Ultimate |
| RGB | ✓ | ✓ |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC 12GB GDDR6X
- Strong thermal (73rd percentile)
- Strong raster (72nd percentile)
- Strong rt (67th percentile)
- Below average user sentiment (4th percentile)4th %ile
- Below average affordability (19th percentile)19th %ile
- Below average connectivity (22nd percentile)
- Below average efficiency (31st percentile)
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC 16GB GDDR7 Black
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong rt (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Below average affordability (23rd percentile)
Pricing
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 3080 Ti OC 12GB GDDR6X
ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC 16GB GDDR7 Black
No current pricing available
Verdict
Winner: ZOTAC GeForce RTX 5070 Ti SOLID SFF OC
Scores 92 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 22 of 38 specs.
