NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 5 month(s) later
  • Around 22% higher texture fill rate: 386.3 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
  • Around 26% higher pipelines: 7424 vs 5888
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 150 Watt vs 220 Watt
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 8 GB
  • Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 25045 vs 22294
  • Around 32% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4179 vs 3161
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 160742 vs 123479
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Texture fill rate 386.3 GTexel/s vs 317.4 GTexel/s
Pipelines 7424 vs 5888
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt vs 220 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 25045 vs 22294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4179 vs 3161
Geekbench - OpenCL 160742 vs 123479

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

  • Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1500 MHz vs 1290 MHz
  • Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 1725 MHz vs 1665 MHz
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 997 vs 935
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 1500 MHz vs 1290 MHz
Boost clock speed 1725 MHz vs 1665 MHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 997 vs 935

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
935
997
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
25045
22294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
4179
3161
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
160742
123479
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
PassMark - G2D Mark 935 997
PassMark - G3D Mark 25045 22294
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4179 3161
Geekbench - OpenCL 160742 123479
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 453.922
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 5803.174
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 40.757
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 182.055
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 1664.554
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 31930
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 31716
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 13566
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 31930

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD104 GA104
Launch date 2023 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 46 43
Launch price (MSRP) $499
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 1665 MHz 1725 MHz
Core clock speed 1290 MHz 1500 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 386.3 GFLOPS (1:64) 317.4 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 24.72 TFLOPS (1:1) 20.31 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 24.72 TFLOPS 20.31 TFLOPS
Pipelines 7424 5888
Pixel fill rate 133.2 GPixel/s 165.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 386.3 GTexel/s 317.4 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 Watt 220 Watt
Transistor count 35800 million 17400 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors Portable Device Dependent 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor IGP Dual-slot
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors None 1x 12-pin
Height 112 mm (4.4 inches)
Length 242 mm, 9.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 550 Watt
Width 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 8 GB
Memory bandwidth 384.0 GB/s 448.0 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6