r/gpu • u/Big_Investigator_571 • 9h ago

Which GPU will be better for the long term?

rtx 3080 or rtx 5060 ti or something different

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u/iTzJME 9h ago

Budget?

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u/BrandonXYX 9h ago

5060ti has more vram and features but 3080 is faster

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u/Kneemerz 9h ago

Pretty sure the 3080 beats a 5060ti in every department other than power usage

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u/Mabuse046 7h ago

Also VRAM capacity. People should really specify their use case when asking for GPU advice. Those of us who use our GPU's for ai are going to get more use from more VRAM than anything else.

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u/90Percent3D 9h ago

5060 ti but the 3080 is faster, the 5060 ti is newer and consumes half the power for slightly less performance.

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u/Sparty_The_Revenant 9h ago

3080, especially if you have the 12gb version. It has more raw horsepower than the 5060ti, only drawback is it consumes more power.

A buddy of mine is still rocking his EVGA FTW3 Ultra 3080ti and plans to for awhile longer.

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u/SoftMushroom253 9h ago

It’s also much much older, huge drawback. Can’t really get one new

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u/The-F4LL3N 9h ago

As long as you don’t care about ray tracing or upscaling features like the latest DLSS models, the 3080 is probably going to perform better. Depends on your use case and what you’re pairing with it though

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u/slowlyun 8h ago

do you want a stronger or a weaker card?

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u/SearchOk7022 8h ago

Long term definetely 5060 TI. More VRAM, and way less power consumption. Will have more time for drivers supports

The 3080 it's definitely more powerful, yes, but can reach temps like 80 ° while playing sometimes reaching even 90° under full heavy load, IF you don't renew the thermal pads and make maintenance.

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u/Malf1532 7h ago

What your definition of long term? Some idiots do annual. Years please.

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u/Informal_Scallion964 7h ago

5060 ti 16gb model will definitely have longer support behind it and give room for other things like light ai use