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

ReBAR ray_tracing

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).