NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory8960
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory7168
Cores504.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
12GB GDDR6X 350W $329.99 Jan 2022
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
$799 • Jan 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
$599 • Jan 2024
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
12GB GDDR6X 220W $669.99 Jan 2024
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 350 W | 220 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 | 7168 |
| RT Cores | 70 | 56 |
| TMUs | 280 | 224 |
| ROPs | 96 | 80 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 198 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 912.4 GTexel/s | 504.2 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 30.64 GFLOPS | 35.48 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 5.00 MB | 48.00 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
21558 (+7%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
173382
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
206598 (+19%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
211.5 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
219.6 FPS (+4%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
26575
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
29977 (+13%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
Game Benchmarks Comparison (303 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+6%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+5%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 56 FPS
MIN 51 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+3%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+11%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+8%)
AVG 42 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+0%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+11%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 101 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+6%)
AVG 92 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+10%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+7%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 39 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+16%)
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+3%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+0%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 75 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+0%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)
AVG 51 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+5%)
AVG 174 FPS
MIN 146 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 166 FPS
MIN 141 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+4%)
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 130 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 142 FPS
MIN 124 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+3%)
AVG 106 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 92 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+10%)
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+2%)
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+3%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 20 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+5%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+5%)
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 57 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+0%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 25 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)
AVG 30 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+10%)
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+10%)
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 45 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER (+3%)
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER Wins!
Based on 303 benchmarks across 85 games
67
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
VS
+4.9%
70
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
63
Wins
67
Avg FPS
55
Min FPS
21%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
212
Wins
70
Avg FPS
58
Min FPS
70%
Win Rate
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