Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
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Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device
Review
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
Tests & specs
Specs & test comparisonGames
| Game title | 1080p (High) 1080p (Ultra) 1440p (Ultra) 4K (Ultra) | |
 Forza Horizon 5 | 170 113 105 79 | 103 60 52 31 |
 The Witcher 3 | 191 160 114 61 | 106 85 61 34 |
 Counter-Strike 2 | 262 207 148 82 | 158 114 83 41 |
 Far Cry 6 | 148 135 112 71 | 86 72 58 27 |
 Hogwarts Legacy | 120 96 78 43 | 56 49 32 18 |
 COD Modern Warfare 3 | 154 141 110 72 | 67 61 41 27 |
 Ghost of Tsushima | 104 87 74 40 | 52 40 29 15 |
 Cyberpunk 2077 | 133 115 78 34 | 58 52 31 14 |
 Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 209 194 148 81 | 91 85 59 29 |
| 1080p High | 166 | 86 |
| 1080p Ultra | 139 | 69 |
| 1440p Ultra | 107 | 50 |
| 4K Ultra | 63 | 26 |
| Deviation | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
| Time Spy | 17825 | 7592 |
| Solar Bay | 82645 | 19668 |
| Port Royal | 11149 | 1668 |
| Fire Strike | 44109 | 22755 |
| Night Raid | 152587 | 82119 |
| Background Blur | 233 frames/s | 152.4 frames/s |
| Face Detection | 141.7 frames/s | 71.6 frames/s |
| Horizon Detection | 6.62 Gpix/sec | 2.73 Gpix/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.19 Gpix/sec | 4.15 Gpix/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.2 Gpix/sec | 5.03 Gpix/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.78 Gpix/sec | 0.32 Gpix/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 845.4 Gpix/sec | 238.9 Gpix/sec |
| Particle Physics | 25043.9 fps | 6716.4 fps |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| G2D Mark | 1165 | 887 |
| DirectX 11 | 245 fps | 124 fps |
| DirectX 12 | 102 fps | 54 fps |
| GPU Compute | 14820 Ops/s | 7632 Ops/s |
| Aztec Ruins (Normal) | 1039 fps | 492.8 fps |
| Car Chase | 900 fps | 442.5 fps |
| Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) | 761.2 fps | 409.2 fps |
| T-Rex | 3848.1 fps | 2270.6 fps |
| ALU 2 | 5980.8 fps | 2401.8 fps |
| Driver Overhead 2 | 296.7 fps | 275.7 fps |
| API | OpenGL | OpenGL |
| OS | Windows | Windows |
| Tessellation | 6200.7 | 2884.4 |
Tech Specs
Specs & test comparisonGeneral Info
| Manufacturer | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Announced | April, 13, 2023 | 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 | 1920 MHz | 1607 MHz |
| Boost GPU Frequency | 2475 MHz | 1733 MHz |
| Shader Units | 5888 | 2560 |
| TMUs | 184 | 160 |
| ROPs | 64 | 64 |
| Execution Units | 46 | 20 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 46 | No |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | No |
| L1 cache | 128 KB/core | 48 KB/core |
| L2 cache | 36000 KB/core | 2000 KB/core |
| Instructions per Clock | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 158 Gpix/sec | 111 Gpix/sec |
| Texture Fill Rate | 455 GTex/s | 277 GTex/s |
| FLOPS | 29.1 TFLOPS | 8.9 TFLOPS |
Process
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 200 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
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 the clear winner in this comparison.
Survey
Total Votes: 2
