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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

44 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
VS
43 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 2080
vs
GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
125
80
68
50
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
143
118
86
47
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
207
155
118
62
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
110
99
79
46
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
80
68
52
26
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
98
92
64
41
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
77
61
44
27
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
86
79
46
21
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
119
88
48
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p High118132
1080p Ultra97109
1440p Ultra7281
4K Ultra4146
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spy1108312514
Solar Bay5000254416
Port Royal64587379
Fire Strike2767029944
Night Raid100441113930
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur191.8 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection115.9 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.74 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.2 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.56 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.3 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching499.7 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15858.8 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark908759
DirectX 11157 fps179 fps
DirectX 1272 fps85 fps
GPU Compute8009 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)600.3 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase525.3 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)499.8 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex2729 fps3084 fps
ALU 23179.7 fps4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2283.6 fps283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation3279.34604.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Image Classification (SP)n/a8642
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a20635
Horizon Detectionn/a26378
Face Detection (HP)n/a39776
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a105983
Text Classification (SP)n/a2995
Machine Translation (HP)n/a4507
Object Detection (SP)n/a10198
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a41078
Style Transfer (SP)n/a190315
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2018 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Turing Ada Lovelace
Codename TU104 AD106 (GN21-X6)
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1515 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 2944 4608
TMUs 184 144
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 46 36
Ray Tracing Cores 46 36
Tensor Cores 368 144
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 109 Gpix/sec 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 315 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS 11.3-20 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 215 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 186 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 123.12 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 7.5 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

Results

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