Component comparison

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

GeForce RTX 4070 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 4070
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-3 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+7,500M)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+334 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+17.3)
  • + Normalized score (+18.1)
B GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+408 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+192 bit)
  • + CUDA cores (+4352)
  • + TMUs (+136)
  • + ROPs (+48)
  • + RT cores (+34)
  • + Tensor cores (+136)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+4.95 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+28.10 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+77.40 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+7271)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+17062)
  • + Geekbench OpenCL (+40386)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 4070
 Component B
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Release year 2023 (+2) 2021
VRAM (GB) 8 GB 12 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6X
Memory clock (MHz) 2000 MHz —
Bandwidth (GB/s) 504 GB/s 912 GB/s (+408 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 192 bit 384 bit (+192 bit)
TGP / TDP (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 10,240 (+4352)
TMUs 184 320 (+136)
ROPs 64 112 (+48)
RT cores 46 80 (+34)
Tensor cores 184 320 (+136)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 29.15 TFLOPS 34.10 TFLOPS (+4.95 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 158.40 GPixel/s 186.50 GPixel/s (+28.10 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 455.40 GTexel/s 532.80 GTexel/s (+77.40 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 31.5 (+17.3) 14.2
PassMark (overall) 19,489 26,760 (+7271)
3DMark Time Spy 11,960 —
3DMark Fire Strike 30,051 47,113 (+17062)
Geekbench OpenCL 168,695 209,081 (+40386)
Geekbench Vulkan 159,285 —
Normalized score 84.5 (+18.1) 66.3

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 4070 GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Delta
A Plague Tale Requiem 59 FPS 64 FPS 8.5% (B)
Alan Wake 2 65 FPS 76 FPS 16.9% (B)
Armored Core 6 91 FPS 115 FPS 26.4% (B)
Assassin's Creed Mirage 116 FPS 109 FPS +6.4% (A)
Atlas Fallen 107 FPS 162 FPS 51.4% (B)
Atomic Heart 86 FPS 100 FPS 16.3% (B)
Avatar Frontiers of Pandora 65 FPS 73 FPS 12.3% (B)
Back 4 Blood 221 FPS 263 FPS 19% (B)
Baldur's Gate 3 73 FPS 111 FPS 52.1% (B)
Battlefield 5 140 FPS 170 FPS 21.4% (B)
Borderlands 3 107 FPS 100 FPS +7% (A)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 111 FPS 109 FPS +1.8% (A)
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 99 FPS 117 FPS 18.2% (B)
Company of Heroes 3 135 FPS 175 FPS 29.6% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 250 FPS 300 FPS 20% (B)
Counter-Strike 2 152 FPS 194 FPS 27.6% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 135 FPS 219 FPS 62.2% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 58 FPS 64 FPS 10.3% (B)
Days Gone 155 FPS 177 FPS 14.2% (B)
Dead Space Remake 81 FPS 95 FPS 17.3% (B)
Deathloop 130 FPS 133 FPS 2.3% (B)
Diablo 4 207 FPS 238 FPS 15% (B)
Dota 2 178 FPS 234 FPS 31.5% (B)
Dragon's Dogma 2 61 FPS 70 FPS 14.8% (B)
Dying Light 2 95 FPS 69 FPS +37.7% (A)
EA Sports FC 24 162 FPS 194 FPS 19.8% (B)
EA Sports WRC 85 FPS 101 FPS 18.8% (B)
Elex 2 118 FPS 43 FPS +174.4% (A)
F1 2020 228 FPS 255 FPS 11.8% (B)
F1 2021 163 FPS 182 FPS 11.7% (B)
F1 22 109 FPS 172 FPS 57.8% (B)
F1 23 153 FPS 193 FPS 26.1% (B)
Far Cry 5 139 FPS 208 FPS 49.6% (B)
Far Cry 6 105 FPS 91 FPS +15.4% (A)
Far Cry New Dawn 102 FPS 108 FPS 5.9% (B)
Farming Simulator 22 148 FPS 183 FPS 23.6% (B)
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark 41 FPS 31 FPS +32.3% (A)
Flight Simulator 2020 83 FPS 79 FPS +5.1% (A)
Fortnite 200 FPS 300 FPS 50% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 180 FPS 250 FPS 38.9% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 190 FPS 200 FPS 5.3% (B)
GRID Legends 126 FPS 117 FPS +7.7% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
GTA V 134 FPS 153 FPS 14.2% (B)
Ghostwire Tokyo 172 FPS 126 FPS +36.5% (A)
God of War 96 FPS 110 FPS 14.6% (B)
Guardians of the Galaxy 147 FPS 112 FPS +31.3% (A)
Halo Infinite 149 FPS 147 FPS +1.4% (A)
High On Life 127 FPS 154 FPS 21.3% (B)
Hitman 3 208 FPS 197 FPS +5.6% (A)
Hogwarts Legacy 57 FPS 89 FPS 56.1% (B)
Horizon Zero Dawn 143 FPS 130 FPS +10% (A)
Immortals of Aveum 56 FPS 63 FPS 12.5% (B)
Lies of P 150 FPS 158 FPS 5.3% (B)
Lords of the Fallen 63 FPS 64 FPS 1.6% (B)
Metro Exodus 111 FPS 172 FPS 55% (B)
Need for Speed Unbound 99 FPS 107 FPS 8.1% (B)
Outriders 145 FPS 155 FPS 6.9% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Rainbow Six Extraction 240 FPS 157 FPS +52.9% (A)
Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart 58 FPS 94 FPS 62.1% (B)
Ready or Not 194 FPS 208 FPS 7.2% (B)
Resident Evil 4 Remake 160 FPS 190 FPS 18.8% (B)
Resident Evil Village 212 FPS 232 FPS 9.4% (B)
Returnal 64 FPS 114 FPS 78.1% (B)
Riders Republic 135 FPS 101 FPS +33.7% (A)
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 149 FPS 156 FPS 4.7% (B)
Sons of the Forest 72 FPS 86 FPS 19.4% (B)
Spider-Man Miles Morales 115 FPS 117 FPS 1.7% (B)
Star Wars Jedi Survivor 65 FPS 79 FPS 21.5% (B)
Starfield 51 FPS 58 FPS 13.7% (B)
The Callisto Protocol 112 FPS 95 FPS +17.9% (A)
The Crew Motorfest 60 FPS 60 FPS ≈
The Finals 168 FPS 190 FPS 13.1% (B)
The Last of Us 57 FPS 88 FPS 54.4% (B)
The Quarry 122 FPS 126 FPS 3.3% (B)
The Witcher 3 229 FPS 372 FPS 62.4% (B)
The Witcher 3 124 FPS 144 FPS 16.1% (B)
The Witcher 3 v4 101 FPS 168 FPS 66.3% (B)
Tiny Tina's Wonderlands 74 FPS 124 FPS 67.6% (B)
Total War Pharaoh 137 FPS 157 FPS 14.6% (B)
Uncharted Legacy of Thieves Collection 84 FPS 86 FPS 2.4% (B)
Valorant 260 FPS 350 FPS 34.6% (B)
Vampire Bloodhunt 200 FPS 252 FPS 26% (B)
Watch Dogs Legion 130 FPS 107 FPS +21.5% (A)
X-Plane 11.11 52 FPS 33 FPS +57.6% (A)

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 3080 Ti wins 14 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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