GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

GeForce RTX 4070
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Memory: 11264Mb GDDR5XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    201%
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4070

101% higher gaming performance.

Reasons to consider GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 4070 .
Supports PhysX
Supports G-Sync
Supports ShadowPlay (allows game streaming/recording with minimum performance penalty)
Supports Direct3D 12 Async Compute
Based on an outdated architecture (Nvidia Pascal), there may be no performance optimizations for current games and applications

GeForce RTX 4070

HWBench recommends GeForce RTX 4070

The GeForce RTX 4070 is the better performing card based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
GPU NameAD104 (AD104)vsGP102 (GP102-350-K1-A1)
Fab Process4 nmvs16 nm
Die Size295 mm²vs471 mm²
Transistors35,800 millionvs12,000 million
Shaders7680vs3584
Tensor Cores240vsnone
Raytracing Cores60vsnone
Compute Units60vs28
Core clock2310 MHzvs1480 MHz
ROPs80vs88
TMUs240vs224

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR5X
Bus Width192 bitvs352 bit
Memory Speed1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective
vs1376 MHz
11008 MHz effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs11264 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
TDP285 wattsvs220 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvsUNRELEASED

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    208.80 GP/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    130.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    626.40 GT/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    332.00 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    508.80 GB/s
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    484.00 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    40090.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    10609.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    149
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    165
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    89

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    308
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    148

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    237
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    115

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    115
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    53

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    127
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    66

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    204
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    101

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    160
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    78

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    67
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    33

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    73
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    42

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    109
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    55

FPS (higher is better)

Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    84
  • GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
    42

FPS (higher is better)