NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop) videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 10 month(s) later
Around 44% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Around 47% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1771 MHz
1694.4x more texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 283.4 GTexel / s
2.3x more pipelines: 5888 vs 2560
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 16 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
131.3x more memory clock speed: 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s
3x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 55548
2.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 417.133 vs 150.103
4x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 14.035
9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 245.639 vs 27.417
3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 819.934

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 15 August 2016
Core clock speed	2310 MHz vs 1607 MHz
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz vs 1771 MHz
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s vs 283.4 GTexel / s
Pipelines	5888 vs 2560
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 16 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 10 GB/s
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049 vs 55548
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133 vs 150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476 vs 14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639 vs 27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317 vs 819.934

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 180 Watt vs 285 Watt
Around 87% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 7209 vs 3854

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	180 Watt vs 285 Watt
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	7209 vs 3854

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

168049

55548

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

3854

7209

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

417.133

150.103

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

55.476

14.035

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

245.639

27.417

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2459.317

819.934

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
PassMark - G2D Mark	1166
PassMark - G3D Mark	26959
Geekbench - OpenCL	168049	55548
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	3854	7209
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	417.133	150.103
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	55.476	14.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	245.639	27.417
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2459.317	819.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		2036.763
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		4195
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		20151
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		4646
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		4195

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Laptop)
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Pascal
Code name	AD104	GP104
Launch date	2023	15 August 2016
Place in performance rating	35	254
Launch price (MSRP)		$499.99
Price now		$439.99
Type		Laptop
Value for money (0-100)		43.70
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2610 MHz	1771 MHz
Core clock speed	2310 MHz	1607 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	16 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	480.2 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	30.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines	5888	2560
Pixel fill rate	167.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	480.2 GTexel/s	283.4 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	285 Watt	180 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	7,200 million
CUDA cores		2560
Floating-point performance		9,068 gflops
Maximum GPU temperature		94 °C
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	DP 1.42, HDMI 2.0b, DL-DVI
G-SYNC support
Multi monitor support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	336 mm, 13.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	600 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 12-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
Laptop size		large
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	320 GB / s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 Bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	10 GB/s
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR5
Shared memory		0
Technologies
3D Vision
Ansel
CUDA
GPU Boost
Multi Monitor
Multi-Projection
ShadowWorks
SLI
Virtual Reality
VR Ready