GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

GeForce RTX 4070
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: UNRELEASED
GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Memory: 12288Mb GDDR6XDESKTOP
Release date: 31 May 2021
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Summary

Gaming performance index

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    105%
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    100%

Relative performance

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 4070

5% higher gaming performance.
65 watts lower power draw. This might be a strong point if your current power supply is not enough to handle the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti .

Reasons to consider GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

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)

No clear winner declared

These graphics cards seems to have comparable performance based on the game benchmark suite used (12 combinations of games and resolutions).


Specifications

Core Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GPU NameAD104 (AD104)vsGA102 (GA102-225-A1)
Fab Process4 nmvs8 nm
Die Size295 mm²vs628 mm²
Transistors35,800 millionvs28,300 million
Shaders7680vs10240
Tensor Cores240vs320
Raytracing Cores60vs80
Compute Units60vs80
Core clock2310 MHzvs1365 MHz
ROPs80vs112
TMUs240vs320

Memory Configuration

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Memory TypeGDDR6XvsGDDR6X
Bus Width192 bitvs384 bit
Memory Speed1325 MHz
21.2 Gbps effective
vs1188 MHz
19 Gbps effective
Memory Size12288 Mbvs12288 Mb

Additional details

GeForce RTX 4070GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
TDP285 wattsvs350 watts
Release DateUNRELEASEDvs31 May 2021

Raw Performance comparison

Pixel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    208.80 GP/s
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    186.50 GP/s

GigaPixels - higher is better

Texel Rate

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    626.40 GT/s
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    532.80 GT/s

GigaTexels - higher is better

Memory bandwidth

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    508.80 GB/s
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    912.40 GB/s

GB/s - higher is better

Single precision performance

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    40090.00 GFLOPs
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    34100.00 GFLOPs

GFLOPs - higher is better

Game benchmarks

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    149
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    118

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    165
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    120

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    308
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    249

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 Ti
    223

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    115
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    102

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    127
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    137

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    204
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    211

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 Ti
    161

FPS (higher is better)

Assassins Creed: Valhalla

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    67
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    64

FPS (higher is better)

Far Cry 6

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    73
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    78

FPS (higher is better)

Hitman III

Ultra quality - DirectX12 Windows 11

  • GeForce RTX 4070
    109
  • GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
    125

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 Ti
    96

FPS (higher is better)