GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 2080
Summary
GeForce RTX 4070
178%
GeForce RTX 2080
100%
Relative performance
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4070 |
| 78% higher gaming performance. |
Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 2080 |
| 85 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 |
| Supports DirectX Raytracing (DXR) |
| Supports Deep Learning Super-Sampling (DLSS) |
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).
Core Configuration
| GeForce RTX 4070 | | GeForce RTX 2080 | |
|---|
| GPU Name | AD104 (AD104) | vs | TU104 (TU104-400A-A1) |
| Fab Process | 4 nm | vs | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 295 mm² | vs | 0 mm² |
| Transistors | 35,800 million | vs | unknown |
| Shaders | 7680 | vs | 2944 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | vs | none |
| Raytracing Cores | 60 | vs | none |
| Compute Units | 60 | vs | 23 |
| Core clock | 2310 MHz | vs | 1515 MHz |
| ROPs | 80 | vs | 64 |
| TMUs | 240 | vs | 184 |
Memory Configuration
| GeForce RTX 4070 | | GeForce RTX 2080 | |
|---|
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | vs | GDDR6 |
| Bus Width | 192 bit | vs | 256 bit |
| Memory Speed | 1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective | vs | 1750 MHz
14000 MHz effective |
| Memory Size | 12288 Mb | vs | 8192 Mb |
Additional details
| GeForce RTX 4070 | | GeForce RTX 2080 | |
|---|
| TDP | 285 watts | vs | 200 watts |
| Release Date | UNRELEASED | vs | 20 Aug 2018 |
GeForce RTX 4070
208.80 GP/s
GeForce RTX 2080
106.90 GP/s
GigaPixels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 4070
626.40 GT/s
GeForce RTX 2080
307.30 GT/s
GigaTexels - higher is better
GeForce RTX 4070
508.80 GB/s
GeForce RTX 2080
448.00 GB/s
GB/s - higher is better
GeForce RTX 4070
40090.00 GFLOPs
GeForce RTX 2080
9833.00 GFLOPs
GFLOPs - higher is better
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
149
GeForce RTX 2080
66
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
165
GeForce RTX 2080
108
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
308
GeForce RTX 2080
174
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 4070
237
GeForce RTX 2080
121
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
115
GeForce RTX 2080
57
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
127
GeForce RTX 2080
79
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
204
GeForce RTX 2080
125
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 4070
160
GeForce RTX 2080
84
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
67
GeForce RTX 2080
36
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
73
GeForce RTX 2080
47
FPS (higher is better)
Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11
GeForce RTX 4070
109
GeForce RTX 2080
70
FPS (higher is better)
Highest detail, Pure Hair On, HBAO+, DirectX 12, Windows 11 x 64
GeForce RTX 4070
84
GeForce RTX 2080
46
FPS (higher is better)