nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

5888

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

$499 Aug 2020 View Details

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 Sep 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

8GB GDDR6 220W $499 Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 3070

$499 • Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

16GB GDDR6X 320W $1199 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Memory Size	8 GB	16 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	220 W	320 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1725 MHz	2505 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	5888	9728
RT Cores	46	76
TMUs	184	304
ROPs	96	112
Memory Bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1400 MHz
Pixel Rate	165.6 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	716.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	20.31 GFLOPS	48.74 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	64.00 MB
Die Size	392 mm²	379 mm²
Transistors	17400 Million	45900 Million
Required PSU	550 W	700 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

14126

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

30216 (+114%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

126195

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

217712 (+73%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

170.2 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

320.9 FPS (+89%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

22256

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070

34519 (+55%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (342 benchmarks)

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+84%)

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 126 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+95%)

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4080 (+100%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

Borderlands 4

7.8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Gearbox Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+133%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+225%)

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+314%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 7 FPS

MIN 6 FPS

Winner

Loser

Split Fiction

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+94%)

AVG 248 FPS

MIN 217 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+105%)

AVG 191 FPS

MIN 171 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+111%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Winner

Loser

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+224%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+270%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+592%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 5 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+333%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+386%)

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 14 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4080 (+1233%)

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 3 FPS

MIN 2 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+110%)

AVG 269 FPS

MIN 238 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+118%)

AVG 214 FPS

MIN 190 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 98 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+95%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

8.1 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+88%)

AVG 143 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+102%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4080 (+141%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Wins!

Based on 342 benchmarks across 98 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3070

+99.3%

120

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080