Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3080 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4070
- + Release year (+2)
- + Memory clock (MHz) (+250 MHz)
- + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+7,500M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+334 mm²)
- + Energy efficiency (+5.5)
- + PassMark (overall) (+3414)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+1208)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+2857)
- + Geekbench OpenCL (+1681)
- + Geekbench Vulkan (+14109)
- + Normalized score (+1.6)
B
GeForce RTX 3080
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+256 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + CUDA cores (+2816)
- + TMUs (+88)
- + ROPs (+32)
- + RT cores (+22)
- + Tensor cores (+88)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+0.62 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+5.80 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+9.70 GTexel/s)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 3080
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+2) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2000 MHz (+250 MHz) | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 504 GB/s | 760 GB/s (+256 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 192 bit | 320 bit (+128 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W | 115 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 5 nm (-3 nm) | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 35,800M (+7,500M) | 28,300M |
| Die size (mm²) | 294 mm² (+334 mm²) | 628 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 5,888 | 8,704 (+2816) |
| TMUs | 184 | 272 (+88) |
| ROPs | 64 | 96 (+32) |
| RT cores | 46 | 68 (+22) |
| Tensor cores | 184 | 272 (+88) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 29.15 TFLOPS | 29.77 TFLOPS (+0.62 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 158.40 GPixel/s | 164.20 GPixel/s (+5.80 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 455.40 GTexel/s | 465.10 GTexel/s (+9.70 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 31.5 (+5.5) | 26.0 |
| PassMark (overall) | 19,489 (+3414) | 16,075 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 11,960 (+1208) | 10,752 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 30,051 (+2857) | 27,194 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | 168,695 (+1681) | 167,014 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | 159,285 (+14109) | 145,176 |
| Normalized score | 84.5 (+1.6) | 82.8 |
In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4070 | GeForce RTX 3080 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| 007 First Light | 74 FPS | 53 FPS | +39.6% (A) |
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 59 FPS | 59 FPS | ≈ |
| ARC Raiders | 116 FPS | 89 FPS | +30.3% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 65 FPS | 55 FPS | +18.2% (A) |
| Alone in the Dark | 126 FPS | 155 FPS | 23% (B) |
| Anno 117: Pax Romana | 67 FPS | 55 FPS | +21.8% (A) |
| Anno 1800 | 92 FPS | 78 FPS | +17.9% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 116 FPS | 89 FPS | +30.3% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Shadows | 46 FPS | 33 FPS | +39.4% (A) |
| Atlas Fallen | 107 FPS | 117 FPS | 9.3% (B) |
| Atomic Heart | 86 FPS | 85 FPS | +1.2% (A) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 65 FPS | 60 FPS | +8.3% (A) |
| Back 4 Blood | 221 FPS | 235 FPS | 6.3% (B) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 73 FPS | 90 FPS | 23.3% (B) |
| Battlefield 5 | 140 FPS | 130 FPS | +7.7% (A) |
| Battlefield 6 | 105 FPS | 78 FPS | +34.6% (A) |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 54 FPS | 44 FPS | +22.7% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 107 FPS | 95 FPS | +12.6% (A) |
| Borderlands 4 | 52 FPS | 38 FPS | +36.8% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 81 FPS | 74 FPS | +9.5% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 111 FPS | 106 FPS | +4.7% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 | 99 FPS | 94 FPS | +5.3% (A) |
| Civilization 7 | 118 FPS | 132 FPS | 11.9% (B) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 135 FPS | 114 FPS | +18.4% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 250 FPS | 212 FPS | +17.9% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 152 FPS | 169 FPS | 11.2% (B) |
| Crimson Desert | 69 FPS | 56 FPS | +23.2% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 135 FPS | 121 FPS | +11.6% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 58 FPS | 83 FPS | 43.1% (B) |
| Days Gone | 155 FPS | 126 FPS | +23% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 152 FPS | 158 FPS | 3.9% (B) |
| Dead Space Remake | 81 FPS | 73 FPS | +11% (A) |
| Death Stranding 2 | 73 FPS | 58 FPS | +25.9% (A) |
| Deathloop | 130 FPS | 113 FPS | +15% (A) |
| Diablo 4 | 207 FPS | 181 FPS | +14.4% (A) |
| Doom: The Dark Ages | 68 FPS | 53 FPS | +28.3% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 134 FPS | +32.8% (A) |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 61 FPS | 57 FPS | +7% (A) |
| Dying Light 2 | 95 FPS | 87 FPS | +9.2% (A) |
| EA Sports FC 24 | 162 FPS | 149 FPS | +8.7% (A) |
| EA Sports WRC | 85 FPS | 88 FPS | 3.5% (B) |
| Elden Ring | 60 FPS | 59 FPS | +1.7% (A) |
| Elex 2 | 118 FPS | 88 FPS | +34.1% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 63 FPS | 55 FPS | +14.5% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 120 FPS | ≈ |
| F1 2020 | 228 FPS | 162 FPS | +40.7% (A) |
| F1 2021 | 163 FPS | 156 FPS | +4.5% (A) |
| F1 22 | 109 FPS | 195 FPS | 78.9% (B) |
| F1 23 | 153 FPS | 184 FPS | 20.3% (B) |
| F1 24 | 179 FPS | 176 FPS | +1.7% (A) |
| F1 25 | 156 FPS | 150 FPS | +4% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 139 FPS | 129 FPS | +7.8% (A) |
| Far Cry 6 | 105 FPS | 65 FPS | +61.5% (A) |
| Far Cry New Dawn | 102 FPS | 68 FPS | +50% (A) |
| Farming Simulator 22 | 148 FPS | 165 FPS | 11.5% (B) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 41 FPS | 56 FPS | 36.6% (B) |
| Final Fantasy XVI | 59 FPS | 61 FPS | 3.4% (B) |
| Fortnite | 200 FPS | 160 FPS | +25% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 180 FPS | 194 FPS | 7.8% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 190 FPS | 152 FPS | +25% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 6 | 71 FPS | 57 FPS | +24.6% (A) |
| GRID Legends | 126 FPS | 131 FPS | 4% (B) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 134 FPS | 137 FPS | 2.2% (B) |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 82 FPS | 71 FPS | +15.5% (A) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 172 FPS | 149 FPS | +15.4% (A) |
| God of War | 96 FPS | 91 FPS | +5.5% (A) |
| God of War Ragnarök | 98 FPS | 95 FPS | +3.2% (A) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 147 FPS | 124 FPS | +18.5% (A) |
| Halo Infinite | 149 FPS | 101 FPS | +47.5% (A) |
| Helldivers 2 | 92 FPS | 86 FPS | +7% (A) |
| High On Life | 127 FPS | 133 FPS | 4.7% (B) |
| Hitman 3 | 208 FPS | 131 FPS | +58.8% (A) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 57 FPS | 77 FPS | 35.1% (B) |
| Horizon Forbidden West | 59 FPS | 63 FPS | 6.8% (B) |
| Horizon Zero Dawn | 143 FPS | 89 FPS | +60.7% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 56 FPS | 53 FPS | +5.7% (A) |
| Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | 55 FPS | 69 FPS | 25.5% (B) |
| Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 | 89 FPS | 75 FPS | +18.7% (A) |
| Last Epoch | 156 FPS | 168 FPS | 7.7% (B) |
| Lies of P | 150 FPS | 131 FPS | +14.5% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 63 FPS | 66 FPS | 4.8% (B) |
| Metro Exodus | 111 FPS | 100 FPS | +11% (A) |
| Need for Speed Unbound | 99 FPS | 100 FPS | 1% (B) |
| Once Human | 105 FPS | 113 FPS | 7.6% (B) |
| Outriders | 145 FPS | 109 FPS | +33% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 102 FPS | 97 FPS | +5.2% (A) |
| Pragmata | 92 FPS | 67 FPS | +37.3% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 322 FPS | 307 FPS | +4.9% (A) |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 240 FPS | 218 FPS | +10.1% (A) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 58 FPS | 82 FPS | 41.4% (B) |
| Ready or Not | 194 FPS | 121 FPS | +60.3% (A) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 160 FPS | 140 FPS | +14.3% (A) |
| Resident Evil Requiem | 102 FPS | 79 FPS | +29.1% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 212 FPS | 155 FPS | +36.8% (A) |
| Returnal | 64 FPS | 88 FPS | 37.5% (B) |
| Riders Republic | 135 FPS | 113 FPS | +19.5% (A) |
| Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 34 FPS | 36 FPS | 5.9% (B) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 149 FPS | 165 FPS | 10.7% (B) |
| Skull & Bones | 94 FPS | 73 FPS | +28.8% (A) |
| Sons of the Forest | 72 FPS | 77 FPS | 6.9% (B) |
| Space Marine 2 | 58 FPS | 78 FPS | 34.5% (B) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 115 FPS | 104 FPS | +10.6% (A) |
| Stalker 2 | 50 FPS | 43 FPS | +16.3% (A) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 65 FPS | 68 FPS | 4.6% (B) |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 40 FPS | 40 FPS | ≈ |
| Starfield | 51 FPS | 52 FPS | 2% (B) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 112 FPS | 87 FPS | +28.7% (A) |
| The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion Remastered | 67 FPS | 50 FPS | +34% (A) |
| The Finals | 168 FPS | 152 FPS | +10.5% (A) |
| The First Descendant | 87 FPS | 76 FPS | +14.5% (A) |
| The Last of Us | 57 FPS | 76 FPS | 33.3% (B) |
| The Outer Worlds 2 | 84 FPS | 64 FPS | +31.3% (A) |
| The Quarry | 122 FPS | 97 FPS | +25.8% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 229 FPS | 191 FPS | +19.9% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 124 FPS | 149 FPS | 20.2% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 101 FPS | 132 FPS | 30.7% (B) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 74 FPS | 113 FPS | 52.7% (B) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 137 FPS | 134 FPS | +2.2% (A) |
| Total War: Three Kingdoms | 133 FPS | 108 FPS | +23.1% (A) |
| Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection | 84 FPS | 76 FPS | +10.5% (A) |
| Until Dawn | 59 FPS | 61 FPS | 3.4% (B) |
| Valorant | 260 FPS | 220 FPS | +18.2% (A) |
| Vampire Bloodhunt | 200 FPS | 238 FPS | 19% (B) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 130 FPS | 80 FPS | +62.5% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 52 FPS | 66 FPS | 26.9% (B) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4070 wins 12 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).