NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
nvidia
Brand10GB GDDR6X
Memory8704
Cores760.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory5888
Cores504.2 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3080
$699 • Aug 2020
GeForce RTX 4070
$599 • Apr 2023
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
Game Benchmarks Comparison (291 benchmarks)
Of Ash and Steel
Where Winds Meet
SILENT HILL f
Dying Light The Beast
Borderlands 4
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Wins!
Based on 291 benchmarks across 89 games
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA • 10GB GDDR6X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
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