GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3080

GeForce RTX 4070
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 3080
Memory: 10240Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: 1 Sep 2020
GeForce RTX 3080

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    111%
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4070

11% higher gaming performance.

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3080

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)

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 RTX 3080
GPU NameAD104 (AD104)vsGA102 (GA102-200-K1-A1)
Fab Process4 nmvs8 nm
Die Size295 mm²vs628 mm²
Transistors35,800 millionvs28,000 million
Shaders7680vs8704
Tensor Cores240vsnone
Raytracing Cores60vsnone
Compute Units60vs68
Core clock2310 MHzvs1440 MHz
ROPs80vs96
TMUs240vs272

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 3080
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR6X
Bus Width192 bitvs320 bit
Memory Speed1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective
vs1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs10240 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 3080
TDP285 wattsvs320 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs1 Sep 2020

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    208.80 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    164.20 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    626.40 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    465.10 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    508.80 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    760.30 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    40090.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    29770.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    149
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    115

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    165
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    111

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    308
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    248

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 RTX 3080
    208

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    115
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    100

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    127
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    129

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    204
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    202

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 RTX 3080
    159

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    67
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    60

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    73
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    73

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    109
  • GeForce RTX 3080
    116

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 RTX 3080
    87

FPS (higher is better)