nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2944

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

$699 Sep 2018 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

5888

Cores

504.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

$599 Apr 2023 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

8GB GDDR6 215W $699 Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 2080

$699 • Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 4070

$599 • Apr 2023

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

12GB GDDR6X 200W $599 Apr 2023

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Memory Size	8 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	215 W	200 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2475 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	5nm
Architecture	Turing	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	2944	5888
RT Cores	46	46
TMUs	184	184
ROPs	64	64
Memory Bus	256-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	109.4 GPixel/s	158.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	504.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	10.07 GFLOPS	29.15 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	36.00 MB
Die Size	545 mm²	294 mm²
Transistors	13600 Million	35800 Million
Required PSU	550 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	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

10843

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

18116 (+67%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

118637

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

167522 (+41%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

128.3 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

192 FPS (+50%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

18747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

26955 (+44%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (279 benchmarks)

Split Fiction

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+52%)

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 143 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+62%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+65%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

7.9 2025 • Action, Adventure • Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+135%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+164%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+350%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+247%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+282%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+950%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 2 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+75%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 172 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+78%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+54%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

8.1 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+63%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+56%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+77%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa EVO

6 2025 • Racing, Simulation, Sports, Early Access • KUNOS Simulazioni

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+1800%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 4 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+2850%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 2 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

DYNASTY WARRIORS ORIGINS

8.6 2025 • Action, RPG, Strategy • KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+79%)

AVG 195 FPS

MIN 177 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+76%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 126 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+60%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Wins!

Based on 279 benchmarks across 84 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

+74.6%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4070