NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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), 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 60% higher core clock speed: 2310 MHz vs 1440 MHz
  • Around 53% higher boost clock speed: 2610 MHz vs 1710 MHz
  • Around 3% higher texture fill rate: 480.2 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 285 Watt vs 320 Watt
  • Around 20% higher maximum memory size: 12 GB vs 10 GB
  • Around 11% higher memory clock speed: 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1166 vs 1053
  • Around 7% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 26959 vs 25146
  • Around 1% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 168049 vs 167014
  • Around 8% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 55.476 vs 51.221
  • Around 40% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 245.639 vs 175.219
  • Around 3% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2459.317 vs 2381.93
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2023 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 2310 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed 2610 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate 480.2 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 285 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size 12 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1166 vs 1053
PassMark - G3D Mark 26959 vs 25146
Geekbench - OpenCL 168049 vs 167014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 55.476 vs 51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 245.639 vs 175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2459.317 vs 2381.93

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

  • Around 48% higher pipelines: 8704 vs 5888
  • Around 15% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 4420 vs 3854
  • Around 10% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 457.414 vs 417.133
Specifications (specs)
Pipelines 8704 vs 5888
Benchmarks
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 4420 vs 3854
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 457.414 vs 417.133

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1166
1053
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
26959
25146
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
168049
167014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
3854
4420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
417.133
457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
55.476
51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
245.639
175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2459.317
2381.93
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark - G2D Mark 1166 1053
PassMark - G3D Mark 26959 25146
Geekbench - OpenCL 168049 167014
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 3854 4420
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 417.133 457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 55.476 51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 245.639 175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2459.317 2381.93
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 6022.79
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3356

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD104 GA102
Launch date 2023 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 35 56
Launch price (MSRP) $699
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2610 MHz 1710 MHz
Core clock speed 2310 MHz 1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 480.2 GFLOPS (1:64) 465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 30.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 30.74 TFLOPS 29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines 5888 8704
Pixel fill rate 167.0 GPixel/s 164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 480.2 GTexel/s 465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 285 Watt 320 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 61 mm, 2.4 inches 40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 336 mm, 13.2 inches 285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 600 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 12-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 12 GB 10 GB
Memory bandwidth 504.2 GB/s 760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width 192 bit 320 bit
Memory clock speed 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6X