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RTX 3080 vs RTX 5060 Ti x2

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Best sourced output tok/s per model (single-stream generation) — engine and version, quantization, context and a source link on every row. Hover a value for the quant.

RTX 30809 sourced runs · best 277.8 tok/s
RTX 5060 Ti x21 verified run · best 73.1 tok/s

Specs and evidence

RTX 3080RTX 5060 Ti x2
VRAM10 GB16 GB
Sourced runs on the board91
Models measured91
Best output tok/s277.8 tok/s73.1 tok/s
Highest measured peak VRAM9.7 GB—
Street price (latest snapshot)——

Sourced rows only. Peak VRAM is recorded by the person who ran the benchmark, so it is a floor for what the card can hold, not a specification. Price snapshots.

Head-to-head

Only one model has been measured on both cards (Qwen3.8-27B). On that single data point RTX 3080 records 44.4 tok/s and RTX 5060 Ti x2 records 73.1 tok/s — treat it as one data point, not a ranking.

The measured matrix

ModelRTX 3080RTX 5060 Ti x2
LFM2.5-8B-A1B277.8 Q6_K—
Ornith-1.5-9B82.8 Q6_K—
Qwen3.8-27B-Uncensored74.1 IQ2_XXS—
Qwen3.8-27B44.4 IQ2_XXS73.1 EXL3 4.0 bpw
Bonsai-27B72.9 Q1_0—
gemma-4-12B-it-qat71.2 Q4_0—
Ornith-1.5-35B-A3B64.4 Q4_K_M—
gpt-oss-20b57.1 MXFP4—
Muse-Glimmer-30B6.0 Q4_K_M—

Head-to-head (models tested on both): RTX 3080 0 · RTX 5060 Ti x2 1 · tied 0 · data as of Oct 26, 2026. Full rules: methodology.

Related reading: RTX 5090 vs 3090 · quantization · Value index · Full board

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