Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
184
128
116
89
103
60
52
31
The Witcher 3
204
175
127
68
106
85
61
34
Counter-Strike 2
283
214
156
83
158
114
83
41
Far Cry 6
157
142
127
76
86
72
58
27
Hogwarts Legacy
132
110
87
48
56
49
32
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
171
165
128
83
67
61
41
27
Ghost of Tsushima
118
99
85
50
52
40
29
15
Cyberpunk 2077
154
136
92
40
58
52
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
242
224
176
93
91
85
59
29
Avg FPS
1080p High18386
1080p Ultra15569
1440p Ultra12250
4K Ultra7026
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
21558
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Time Spy209017592
Solar Bay9790019668
Port Royal131121668
Fire Strike5014322755
Night Raid16430882119
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
206598
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur359.5 frames/s152.4 frames/s
Face Detection210 frames/s71.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.61 Gpix/sec2.73 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.4 Gpix/sec4.15 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.3 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.97 Gpix/sec0.32 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching969.3 Gpix/sec238.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29061.4 fps6716.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
29967
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
G2D Mark1178887
DirectX 11274 fps124 fps
DirectX 12108 fps54 fps
GPU Compute17275 Ops/s7632 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1132.4 fps492.8 fps
Car Chase981.8 fps442.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)840.6 fps409.2 fps
T-Rex4325.3 fps2270.6 fps
ALU 26890.2 fps2401.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2290.1 fps275.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation7090.82884.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 17, 2024 May, 27, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Pascal
Codename AD104 GP104
Price 599 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 1980 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1733 MHz
Shader Units 7168 2560
TMUs 224 160
ROPs 80 64
Execution Units 56 20
Ray Tracing Cores 56 No
Tensor Cores 224 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 198 Gpix/sec 111 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 554 GTex/s 277 GTex/s
FLOPS 35.5 TFLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 220 W 180 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 7 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1251 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 10000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
320.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 6.1
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 3 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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