nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

5888

Cores

504.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

$599 Apr 2023 View Details

nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2944

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

$699 Sep 2018 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

12GB GDDR6X 200W $599 Apr 2023

GeForce RTX 4070

$599 • Apr 2023

GeForce RTX 2080

$699 • Sep 2018

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

8GB GDDR6 215W $699 Sep 2018

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Memory Size	12 GB	8 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
TDP	200 W	215 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2475 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	448 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	12nm
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Shading Units	5888	2944
RT Cores	46	46
TMUs	184	184
ROPs	64	64
Memory Bus	192-bit	256-bit
Memory Clock	1313 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	158.4 GPixel/s	109.4 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	504.2 GTexel/s	448 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	29.15 GFLOPS	10.07 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	36.00 MB	4.00 MB
Die Size	294 mm²	545 mm²
Transistors	35800 Million	13600 Million
Required PSU	550 W	550 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

18116 (+67%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

10843

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

167522 (+41%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

118637

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

192 FPS (+50%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

128.3 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26955 (+44%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

18747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (78 benchmarks)

The Callisto Protocol™

7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure • Striking Distance Studios

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+94%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+92%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070 (+105%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

Cities: Skylines II

7.8 2023 • Simulation • Colossal Order Ltd.

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+43%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+45%)

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070 (+42%)

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage

8 2023 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+58%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+62%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+49%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY XVI

7.7 2024 • Action, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+57%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+61%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+56%)

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Starfield

7.6 2023 • RPG • Bethesda Game Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+103%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+100%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+88%)

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4070 (+112%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4070 (+97%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4070 (+88%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

REMNANT II®

2023 • • Gunfire Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+67%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+57%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+40%)

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison