NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 57% higher core clock speed: 1980 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 45% higher boost clock speed: 2475 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 16% higher texture fill rate: 554.4 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
Around 59% lower typical power consumption: 220 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 6% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1150 vs 1088
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 30014 vs 26715
Around 12% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 21062 vs 18770

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	1980 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150 vs 1088
PassMark - G3D Mark	30014 vs 26715
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	21062 vs 18770

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 25% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 7168

Pipelines	8960 vs 7168

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1150

1088

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

30014

26715

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

21062

18770

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1150	1088
PassMark - G3D Mark	30014	26715
Geekbench - OpenCL	192204
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	21062	18770

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	15	18
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	1980 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7168	8960
Pixel fill rate	198.0 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X