Component comparison

GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 4080

GeForce RTX 3070 vs GeForce RTX 4080 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 3070
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+15 W)
  • + Normalized score (+5.7)
B GeForce RTX 4080
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+268 GB/s)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-4 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+28,500M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+13 mm²)
  • + CUDA cores (+3840)
  • + TMUs (+120)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + RT cores (+30)
  • + Tensor cores (+120)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+28.43 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+115.00 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+444.10 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+18.6)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+10389)
  • + 3DMark Time Spy (+8915)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+15953)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 3070
 Component B
GeForce RTX 4080
Release year 2021 2023 (+2)
VRAM (GB) 8 GB 12 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1750 MHz 2250 MHz (+500 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 448 GB/s 716 GB/s (+268 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 256 bit 256 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 125 W (+15 W) 110 W
Lithography (nm) 8 nm 4 nm (-4 nm)
Transistors (M) 17,400M 45,900M (+28,500M)
Die size (mm²) 392 mm² 379 mm² (+13 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 5,888 9,728 (+3840)
TMUs 184 304 (+120)
ROPs 96 112 (+16)
RT cores 46 76 (+30)
Tensor cores 184 304 (+120)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 20.31 TFLOPS 48.74 TFLOPS (+28.43 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 165.60 GPixel/s 280.60 GPixel/s (+115.00 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 317.40 GTexel/s 761.50 GTexel/s (+444.10 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 23.2 41.8 (+18.6)
PassMark (overall) 14,364 24,753 (+10389)
3DMark Time Spy 9,619 18,534 (+8915)
3DMark Fire Strike 25,478 41,431 (+15953)
Geekbench OpenCL 123,479 —
Geekbench Vulkan 120,982 —
Normalized score 78.5 (+5.7) 72.8

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 3070 GeForce RTX 4080 Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 56 FPS 98 FPS 75% (B)
Alan Wake 2 53 FPS 77 FPS 45.3% (B)
Alone in the Dark 150 FPS 194 FPS 29.3% (B)
Anno 117: Pax Romana 56 FPS 80 FPS 42.9% (B)
Armored Core 6 101 FPS 112 FPS 10.9% (B)
Assassin's Creed Mirage 101 FPS 176 FPS 74.3% (B)
Assassin's Creed Shadows 39 FPS 69 FPS 76.9% (B)
Atlas Fallen 127 FPS 115 FPS +10.4% (A)
Atomic Heart 89 FPS 121 FPS 36% (B)
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 61 FPS 111 FPS 82% (B)
Back 4 Blood 205 FPS 295 FPS 43.9% (B)
Baldur's Gate 3 102 FPS 122 FPS 19.6% (B)
Battlefield 5 120 FPS 160 FPS 33.3% (B)
Battlefield 6 81 FPS 115 FPS 42% (B)
Black Myth: Wukong 46 FPS 71 FPS 54.3% (B)
Borderlands 3 78 FPS 158 FPS 102.6% (B)
Borderlands 4 40 FPS 59 FPS 47.5% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 72 FPS 112 FPS 55.6% (B)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 90 FPS 149 FPS 65.6% (B)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 101 FPS 164 FPS 62.4% (B)
Civilization 7 122 FPS 131 FPS 7.4% (B)
Company of Heroes 3 134 FPS 207 FPS 54.5% (B)
Control 70 FPS 157 FPS 124.3% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 241 FPS 290 FPS 20.3% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 194 FPS 207 FPS 6.7% (B)
Crimson Desert 54 FPS 76 FPS 40.7% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 119 FPS 149 FPS 25.2% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 67 FPS 105 FPS 56.7% (B)
Days Gone 112 FPS 215 FPS 92% (B)
Dead Island 2 164 FPS 206 FPS 25.6% (B)
Dead Space Remake 73 FPS 113 FPS 54.8% (B)
Deathloop 106 FPS 129 FPS 21.7% (B)
Diablo 4 159 FPS 322 FPS 102.5% (B)
Doom: The Dark Ages 55 FPS 95 FPS 72.7% (B)
Dota 2 130 FPS 178 FPS 36.9% (B)
Dragon's Dogma 2 53 FPS 69 FPS 30.2% (B)
Dying Light 2 75 FPS 141 FPS 88% (B)
EA Sports FC 24 162 FPS 178 FPS 9.9% (B)
EA Sports WRC 91 FPS 107 FPS 17.6% (B)
Elden Ring 59 FPS 60 FPS 1.7% (B)
Elex 2 87 FPS 119 FPS 36.8% (B)
Enshrouded 59 FPS 78 FPS 32.2% (B)
Escape from Tarkov 110 FPS 120 FPS 9.1% (B)
F1 22 171 FPS 186 FPS 8.8% (B)
F1 24 182 FPS 210 FPS 15.4% (B)
F1 25 138 FPS 172 FPS 24.6% (B)
FIFA 23 120 FPS 158 FPS 31.7% (B)
Far Cry 5 119 FPS 171 FPS 43.7% (B)
Far Cry 6 91 FPS 134 FPS 47.3% (B)
Farming Simulator 22 139 FPS 217 FPS 56.1% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 28 FPS 129 FPS 360.7% (B)
Final Fantasy XVI 57 FPS 90 FPS 57.9% (B)
Fortnite 150 FPS 270 FPS 80% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 189 FPS 230 FPS 21.7% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 159 FPS 249 FPS 56.6% (B)
Forza Horizon 6 48 FPS 78 FPS 62.5% (B)
GRID Legends 153 FPS 199 FPS 30.1% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 58 FPS 165 FPS 184.5% (B)
Ghost of Tsushima 75 FPS 98 FPS 30.7% (B)
Ghostwire Tokyo 160 FPS 154 FPS +3.9% (A)
God of War 88 FPS 138 FPS 56.8% (B)
God of War Ragnarök 91 FPS 140 FPS 53.8% (B)
Guardians of the Galaxy 111 FPS 165 FPS 48.6% (B)
Halo Infinite 94 FPS 209 FPS 122.3% (B)
Helldivers 2 91 FPS 104 FPS 14.3% (B)
High On Life 124 FPS 163 FPS 31.5% (B)
Hogwarts Legacy 72 FPS 134 FPS 86.1% (B)
Horizon Forbidden West 63 FPS 91 FPS 44.4% (B)
Immortals of Aveum 51 FPS 84 FPS 64.7% (B)
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle 63 FPS 102 FPS 61.9% (B)
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 69 FPS 112 FPS 62.3% (B)
Last Epoch 167 FPS 159 FPS +5% (A)
Lies of P 130 FPS 226 FPS 73.8% (B)
Lords of the Fallen 65 FPS 91 FPS 40% (B)
Mafia Definitive Edition 78 FPS 171 FPS 119.2% (B)
Metro Exodus 97 FPS 146 FPS 50.5% (B)
Need for Speed Unbound 90 FPS 95 FPS 5.6% (B)
Once Human 109 FPS 147 FPS 34.9% (B)
Outriders 94 FPS 151 FPS 60.6% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Palworld 103 FPS 134 FPS 30.1% (B)
Pragmata 69 FPS 114 FPS 65.2% (B)
Prince of Persia The Lost Crown 356 FPS 356 FPS ≈
Rainbow Six Extraction 171 FPS 272 FPS 59.1% (B)
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 67 FPS 124 FPS 85.1% (B)
Ready or Not 175 FPS 122 FPS +43.4% (A)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 140 FPS 170 FPS 21.4% (B)
Resident Evil Village 136 FPS 239 FPS 75.7% (B)
Returnal 93 FPS 114 FPS 22.6% (B)
Riders Republic 106 FPS 169 FPS 59.4% (B)
Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 38 FPS 62 FPS 63.2% (B)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 88 FPS 263 FPS 198.9% (B)
Skull & Bones 84 FPS 115 FPS 36.9% (B)
Sons of the Forest 73 FPS 75 FPS 2.7% (B)
Space Marine 2 68 FPS 56 FPS +21.4% (A)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 101 FPS 103 FPS 2% (B)
Stalker 2 53 FPS 56 FPS 5.7% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 67 FPS 106 FPS 58.2% (B)
Star Wars Outlaws 38 FPS 61 FPS 60.5% (B)
Starfield 52 FPS 75 FPS 44.2% (B)
The Callisto Protocol 79 FPS 120 FPS 51.9% (B)
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered 48 FPS 77 FPS 60.4% (B)
The Finals 161 FPS 171 FPS 6.2% (B)
The First Descendant 78 FPS 119 FPS 52.6% (B)
The Last of Us 72 FPS 118 FPS 63.9% (B)
The Outer Worlds 2 65 FPS 74 FPS 13.8% (B)
The Quarry 96 FPS 174 FPS 81.3% (B)
The Witcher 3 170 FPS 334 FPS 96.5% (B)
The Witcher 3 122 FPS 246 FPS 101.6% (B)
The Witcher 3 v4 128 FPS 144 FPS 12.5% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 103 FPS 167 FPS 62.1% (B)
Total War Pharaoh 127 FPS 192 FPS 51.2% (B)
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 77 FPS 100 FPS 29.9% (B)
Valorant 210 FPS 300 FPS 42.9% (B)
Vampire Bloodhunt 226 FPS 239 FPS 5.8% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 62 FPS 121 FPS 95.2% (B)
X-Plane 11.11 12 FPS 89 FPS 641.7% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4080 wins 19 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).
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