GeForce RTX 3080 VS GeForce RTX 4070
We are comparing the GeForce RTX 3080 (NVIDIA) with the GeForce RTX 4070 (NVIDIA). Scroll down to the pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Last Updated: October 6, 2026
Overall Comparison
KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce RTX 3080 AND GeForce RTX 4070
Here’s how GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 4070 stack up against each other in their most impactful areas.
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3080
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3% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (109 vs 106)
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4% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (11597 vs 11154)
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51% more memory bandwidth (760.3 GB/s vs 504.2 GB/s)
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67% higher Memory Bus Width (320 Bit vs 192 Bit)
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1.5× higher Tensor Cores (272 vs 184)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070
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45% higher Boost Clock (2475 MHz vs 1710 MHz)
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7% higher PassMark G3D Mark score (26914 vs 25040)
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3% higher Geekbench 6 OpenCL score (167522 vs 161903)
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12% higher Blender score (5425 vs 4844)
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3% higher PassMark GPU Compute score (14633 vs 14195)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 3080 AND GeForce RTX 4070
Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 4070.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 4070 |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | GeForce RTX 3080 | GeForce RTX 4070 |
| GPU Type: | Discrete | Discrete |
| Codename: | GA102 | AD104 |
| Vendor: | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Foundry: | Samsung | TSMC |
| Architecture: | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Generation: | GeForce 20 | GeForce 40 |
| Release Date: | September 1, 2020 | April 12, 2023 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| PCIe Version: | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | 16 | x16 |
| Process Size: | 8 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors: | 28 billion | 35.8 billion |
| Density: | 44.6 MTr/mm² | 121.8 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 628 mm² | 294 mm² |
| Board Length: | 285 mm | 240 mm |
| Board Width: | 40 mm | 40 mm |
| Board Height: | 112 mm | 110 mm |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 320 W | 200 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 68 | 46 |
| Shading Units: | 8704 | 5888 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 272 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 96 | 64 |
| Tensor Cores: | 272 | 184 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 68 | 46 |
| Base Clock: | 1440 MHz | 1920 MHz |
| Boost Clock: | 1710 MHz | 2475 MHz |
| L1 Cache: | 128 KB per SM | 128 KB per SM |
| L2 Cache: | 5 MB | 36 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 164.2 GPixel/s | 158.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 465.1 GTexel/s | 455.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 29.8 TFLOPs | 29.15 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size: | 10 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 320-bit | 192-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 1188 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 19000 Mbps | 21000 Mbps |
| Bandwidth: | 760.3 GB/s | 504.2 GB/s |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan: | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL: | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL: | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA: | 8.6 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing: | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS: | DLSS 2 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort: | 1.4a | 1.4a |
| HDMI: | 2.1 | 2.1 |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 142 | 140 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 109 | 106 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 63 | 62 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 19053 | 18093 |
| Time Spy | 17664 | 17811 |
| Solar Bay | 85881 | 82720 |
| Port Royal | 11597 | 11154 |
| Fire Strike | 42462 | 44071 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 37890 | 35487 |
| Night Raid | 132807 | 153448 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 161903 | 167522 |
| Background Blur | 217.3 | 233 |
| Face Detection | 141.9 | 141.7 |
| Horizon Detection | 8.19 | 6.62 |
| Edge Detection | 11 | 9.19 |
| Gaussian Blur | 8.43 | 9.2 |
| Feature Matching | 1.29 | 1.78 |
| Stereo Matching | 780.7 | 845.4 |
| Particle Physics | 22538.5 | 25043.9 |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 25040 | 26914 |
| G2D Mark | 1062 | 1168 |
| DirectX 11 | 207 | 243 |
| DirectX 12 | 100 | 103 |
| GPU Compute | 14195 | 14633 |
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GFXBench 5
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| Aztec Ruins High (4K) | 211.50 | 192.00 |
| Aztec Ruins Normal | 950.50 | 1039.00 |
| Car Chase | 809.50 | 900.00 |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 705.40 | 761.20 |
| T-Rex | 3525.40 | 3848.10 |
| Tessellation | 6034.60 | 6200.70 |
| ALU 2 | 6005.60 | 5980.80 |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 283.80 | 296.70 |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 4844 | 5425 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 24003 | 27166 |
| Half Precision | 36895 | 40963 |
| Quantized | 14629 | 20332 |
| Image Classification | 9439 | 10246 |
| Image Segmentation | 25471 | 26153 |
| Image Super Resolution | 19892 | 32054 |
| Face Detection | 46956 | 51337 |
| Pose Estimation | 104704 | 124617 |
| Text Classification | 2712 | 3703 |
| Machine Translation | 4828 | 5484 |
| Object Detection | 12153 | 13134 |
| Depth Estimation | 36822 | 50548 |
| Style Transfer | 246005 | 263477 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 13387 | 12540 |
| 1440p Vulkan | 9183 | 8652 |
| 2160p Vulkan | 4902 | 3650 |
| 1080p OpenGL | 14612 | 11999 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 10118 | 9077 |
| 2160p OpenGL | 5406 | 4084 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 3080 AND GeForce RTX 4070
The charts below visualize how GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 4070 stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of GeForce RTX 3080 and GeForce RTX 4070
GeForce RTX 3080 was released 2 years, 7 months, 11 days earlier than GeForce RTX 4070.
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Domain Score Summary
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Our Verdict
In conclusion, the GeForce RTX 4070 is clearly better overall compared to the GeForce RTX 3080. Its strongest advantages are in AI & Machine Learning, Hardware Architecture, Workstation and Energy Efficiency. They are still fairly close in Gaming Performance.
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