Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 2070
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 2070 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4080
- + Release year (+5)
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+268 GB/s)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+30 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-8 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+35,100M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+66 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+7424)
- + TMUs (+160)
- + ROPs (+48)
- + RT cores (+40)
- + Tensor cores (+16)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+43.28 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+176.90 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+528.20 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+24.8)
- + PassMark (overall) (+8690)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+11873)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+18245)
- + Normalized score (+2.3)
B
GeForce RTX 2070
Components are close in specs
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4080
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2070
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 (+5) | 2018 |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+4 GB) | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 716 GB/s (+268 GB/s) | 448 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit | 256 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 110 W (+30 W) | 80 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 4 nm (-8 nm) | 12 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 45,900M (+35,100M) | 10,800M |
| Die size (mm²) | 379 mm² (+66 mm²) | 445 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 9,728 (+7424) | 2,304 |
| TMUs | 304 (+160) | 144 |
| ROPs | 112 (+48) | 64 |
| RT cores | 76 (+40) | 36 |
| Tensor cores | 304 (+16) | 288 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 48.74 TFLOPS (+43.28 TFLOPS) | 5.46 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 280.60 GPixel/s (+176.90 GPixel/s) | 103.70 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 761.50 GTexel/s (+528.20 GTexel/s) | 233.30 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 41.8 (+24.8) | 17.0 |
| PassMark (overall) | 24,753 (+8690) | 16,063 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 18,534 (+11873) | 6,661 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 41,431 (+18245) | 23,186 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 88,437 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 83,408 |
| Normalized score | 72.8 (+2.3) | 70.5 |
Only in component A
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In both
CUDA
DLSS
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4080 | GeForce RTX 2070 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield 5 | 160 FPS | 92 FPS | +73.9% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 158 FPS | 71 FPS | +122.5% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Control | 157 FPS | 68 FPS | +130.9% (A) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 290 FPS | 150 FPS | +93.3% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 149 FPS | 60 FPS | +148.3% (A) |
| Days Gone | 215 FPS | 101 FPS | +112.9% (A) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 127 FPS | +40.2% (A) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 119 FPS | +0.8% (A) |
| Far Cry 5 | 171 FPS | 103 FPS | +66% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 129 FPS | 77 FPS | +67.5% (A) |
| Fortnite | 270 FPS | 122 FPS | +121.3% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 230 FPS | 121 FPS | +90.1% (A) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 249 FPS | 85 FPS | +192.9% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 165 FPS | 127 FPS | +29.9% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 171 FPS | 90 FPS | +90% (A) |
| Metro Exodus | 146 FPS | 61 FPS | +139.3% (A) |
| Outriders | 151 FPS | 94 FPS | +60.6% (A) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 170 FPS | 65 FPS | +161.5% (A) |
| Resident Evil Village | 239 FPS | 126 FPS | +89.7% (A) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 263 FPS | 149 FPS | +76.5% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 334 FPS | 122 FPS | +173.8% (A) |
| The Witcher 3 | 246 FPS | 116 FPS | +112.1% (A) |
| Valorant | 300 FPS | 180 FPS | +66.7% (A) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 121 FPS | 82 FPS | +47.6% (A) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 89 FPS | 72 FPS | +23.6% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4080 wins 20 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).