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.
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: 1147 vs 1085
- Around 13% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 30154 vs 26655
- Around 11% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 20945 vs 18842
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 | 1147 vs 1085 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 30154 vs 26655 |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 20945 vs 18842 |
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
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB |
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PassMark - G2D Mark | 1147 | 1085 |
PassMark - G3D Mark | 30154 | 26655 |
Geekbench - OpenCL | 192708 | |
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 20945 | 18842 |
Compare specifications (specs)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | |
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Essentials |
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Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
Code name | AD104 | GA102 |
Launch date | 8 Jan 2024 | 11 Jan 2022 |
Place in performance rating | 14 | 16 |
Technical info |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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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 |
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Memory |
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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 |