NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile 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, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, Geekbench - OpenCL, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 16% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Around 7% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Around 55% higher texture fill rate: 386.3 GTexel/s vs 249.6 GTexel/s
Around 45% higher pipelines: 7424 vs 5120
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
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

Launch date	2023 vs 12 Jan 2021
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 1110 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1560 MHz
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s vs 249.6 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 5120
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	12 GB vs 8 GB
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile

Around 30% lower typical power consumption: 115 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	115 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

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

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	935
PassMark - G3D Mark	25045
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	4179
Geekbench - OpenCL	160742
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		26458
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		12868
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		20579
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		20579

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA104
Launch date	2023	12 Jan 2021
Place in performance rating	46	47
Type		Laptop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz	1560 MHz
Core clock speed	1290 MHz	1110 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	386.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	249.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS (1:1)	15.97 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	24.72 TFLOPS	15.97 TFLOPS
Pipelines	7424	5120
Pixel fill rate	133.2 GPixel/s	124.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s	249.6 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	115 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	17400 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	IGP
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Height		PCIe 4.0 x16
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
Technologies
GPU Boost
VR Ready