nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory5888
Cores504.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
12GB GDDR6X 350W $799 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
$799 • Jan 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 4070
$599 • Apr 2023
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
12GB GDDR6X 200W $599 Apr 2023
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 350 W | 200 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 2475 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 912.4 GB/s | 504.2 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Shading Units | 8960 | 5888 |
| RT Cores | 70 | 46 |
| TMUs | 280 | 184 |
| ROPs | 96 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 158.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 912.4 GTexel/s | 504.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 30.64 GFLOPS | 29.15 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 5.00 MB | 36.00 MB |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | 294 mm² |
| Transistors | 28300 Million | 35800 Million |
| Required PSU | 750 W | 550 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
20091 (+11%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
18116
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
173382 (+3%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
167522
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
211.5 FPS (+10%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
192 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
26575
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
26955 (+1%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (444 benchmarks)
Dying Light The Beast
8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+10%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+20%)
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
Titan Quest II
7.8 2025 • Action, RPG, Early Access Grimlore Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+3%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+6%)
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+25%)
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Tales of the Shire A The Lord of The Rings Game
7.8 2025 • Casual, Indie, RPG, Simulation Wētā Workshop
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+9%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 69 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 65 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+13%)
AVG 69 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 61 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+28%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Killing Floor 3
7 2025 • Action Tripwire Interactive
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 (+0%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+21%)
AVG 23 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
WUCHANG Fallen Feathers
7 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG Leenzee
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+8%)
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+11%)
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+22%)
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 15 FPS
Winner
Loser
Mecha BREAK
7.6 2025 • Action, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play Amazing Seasun Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+3%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 76 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+26%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!
Based on 444 benchmarks across 130 games
78
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
+7.4%
73
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
355
Wins
78
Avg FPS
67
Min FPS
80%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
59
Wins
73
Avg FPS
62
Min FPS
13%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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