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

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Videocard is newer: launch date 11 month(s) later
Around 83% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 626.4 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 23% lower typical power consumption: 285 Watt vs 350 Watt
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: 1196 vs 1087
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 31680 vs 26597

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Jan 2023 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	626.4 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1196 vs 1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	31680 vs 26597

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 17% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 7680
3.7x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 18806 vs 5023

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	8960 vs 7680
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	18806 vs 5023

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1196

1087

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

31680

26597

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

5023

18806

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1196	1087
PassMark - G3D Mark	31680	26597
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	5023	18806
Geekbench - OpenCL	205060
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	939.363
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	67.426
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	348.259
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2895.895

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Launch date	3 Jan 2023	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	8	4
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	626.4 GFLOPS (1:64)	478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	40.09 TFLOPS (1:1)	30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	40.09 TFLOPS	30.64 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7680	8960
Pixel fill rate	208.8 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	626.4 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
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	285 mm, 11.2 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	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