
nvidia
Brand4GB GDDR5
Memory1664
Cores224.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 970

nvidia
Brand16GB GDDR6X
Memory10240
Cores736.3 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
GeForce GTX 970
$329 • Sep 2014
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
$999 • Jan 2024
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 4 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 148 W | 320 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1178 MHz | 2550 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 224.4 GB/s | 736.3 GB/s |
| Process Size | 28nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| Shading Units | 1664 | 10240 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 80 |
| TMUs | 104 | 320 |
| ROPs | 56 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1753 MHz | 1438 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 65.97 GPixel/s | 285.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 224.4 GTexel/s | 736.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 3.92 GFLOPS | 52.22 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 2.00 MB | 64.00 MB |
| Die Size | 398 mm² | 379 mm² |
| Transistors | 5200 Million | 45900 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 700 W |
| Power Connectors | 2x 6-pin | 1x 16-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks


3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER


Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER


GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER


PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
NVIDIA • 4GB GDDR5

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
NVIDIA • 16GB GDDR6X
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