nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

5888

Cores

504.2 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

$599 Apr 2023 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 Jan 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

12GB GDDR6X 200W $599 Apr 2023

GeForce RTX 4070

$599 • Apr 2023

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $799 Jan 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	12 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	200 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2475 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	504.2 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	8nm
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Shading Units	5888	8960
RT Cores	46	70
TMUs	184	280
ROPs	64	96
Memory Bus	192-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1313 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	158.4 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	504.2 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	29.15 GFLOPS	30.64 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	36.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	294 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	35800 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	550 W	750 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-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	TSMC	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

18116

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

20091 (+11%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

167522

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

173382 (+3%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

192 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

211.5 FPS (+10%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26955 (+1%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (81 benchmarks)

Mafia: The Old Country

7.1 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hangar 13

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+5%)

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 34 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+6%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+0%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Callisto Protocol™

7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure • Striking Distance Studios

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+10%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+7%)

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+10%)

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

Cities: Skylines II

7.8 2023 • Simulation • Colossal Order Ltd.

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+15%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+17%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 15 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+71%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage

8 2023 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+5%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+4%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+13%)

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY XVI

7.7 2024 • Action, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+11%)

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+12%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+24%)

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

Starfield

7.6 2023 • RPG • Bethesda Game Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+0%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070 (+0%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+0%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+13%)

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070 (+4%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+1%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB (+10%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB Wins!

Based on 81 benchmarks across 22 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4070

+7.6%

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB