nvidia

Brand

10GB GDDR6X

Memory

8704

Cores

760.3 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

$699 Aug 2020 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 3080

10GB GDDR6X 320W $699 Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 3080

$699 • Aug 2020

GeForce RTX 4070

$599 • Apr 2023

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

12GB GDDR6X 200W $599 Apr 2023

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Memory Size	10 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	320 W	200 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2475 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	760.3 GB/s	504.2 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	8704	5888
RT Cores	68	46
TMUs	272	184
ROPs	96	64
Memory Bus	320-bit	192-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	164.2 GPixel/s	158.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	760.3 GTexel/s	504.2 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	29.77 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	700 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

19022 (+5%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

18116

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

161903

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

167522 (+3%)

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

192 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

25153

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

26955 (+7%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

Game Benchmarks Comparison (290 benchmarks)

Where Winds Meet

8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play • Everstone Studio

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+32%)

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

SILENT HILL f

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

| dlss quality

GeForce RTX 3080 (+3%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

Winner

Loser

Dying Light The Beast

8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Techland

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+2%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+0%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 (+0%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 3080 (+5%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 40 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Borderlands 4

7.8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Gearbox Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+18%)

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+10%)

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+36%)

AVG 15 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 9 FPS

Winner

Loser

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+35%)

AVG 108 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+38%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+2%)

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+31%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+17%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+5%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 13 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 20 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+11%)

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 172 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+13%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

AVG 129 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 3080 (+7%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Winner

Loser

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