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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 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, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 11 month(s) later
Around 86% higher core clock speed: 2340 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 44% higher texture fill rate: 689.0 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 23% lower typical power consumption: 285 Watt vs 350 Watt
Around 33% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 12 GB
Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 10% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1199 vs 1087
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 31704 vs 26675
Around 29% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 24294 vs 18805

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2340 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	689.0 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1199 vs 1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	31704 vs 26675
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	24294 vs 18805

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 6% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 8448

Pipelines	8960 vs 8448

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1199

1087

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

31704

26675

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

24294

18805

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1199	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	31704	26675
Geekbench - OpenCL	223999
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	24294	18805
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	255.02

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD103	GA102
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	18	17
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	2340 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	8448	8960
Pixel fill rate	250.6 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	689.0 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	45900 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	Triple-slot	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 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	16 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	672.3 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X