NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps 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 GTX 1080 11Gbps

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 8 month(s) later
Around 23% higher core clock speed: 1980 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Around 43% higher boost clock speed: 2475 MHz vs 1733 MHz
1999.3x more texture fill rate: 554.4 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
2.8x more pipelines: 7168 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 16 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB

Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 20 April 2017
Core clock speed	1980 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz vs 1733 MHz
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s vs 277.3 GTexel / s
Pipelines	7168 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Around 22% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 220 Watt
8.4x more memory clock speed: 11008 MHz vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 220 Watt
Memory clock speed	11008 MHz vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
PassMark - G2D Mark	1180
PassMark - G3D Mark	29969
Geekbench - OpenCL	192400
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4627

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 11Gbps
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Pascal
Code name	AD104	GP104
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	20 April 2017
Place in performance rating	23	not rated
Launch price (MSRP)		$499
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2475 MHz	1733 MHz
Core clock speed	1980 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	16 nm
Pipelines	7168	2560
Pixel fill rate	198.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	554.4 GTexel/s	277.3 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	220 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	7,200 million
Floating-point performance		8,873 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	42 mm, 1.7 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	550 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 8-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	352.3 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	11008 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR5X