Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
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
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
170
113
105
79
118
73
62
42
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
131
108
80
43
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
198
143
105
53
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
103
89
73
38
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
74
63
45
24
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
89
82
55
38
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
72
55
39
22
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
76
68
40
19
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
119
112
79
41
Avg FPS
1080p High166109
1080p Ultra13988
1440p Ultra10764
4K Ultra6336
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
9689
Time Spy178259983
Solar Bay8264525927
Port Royal111492255
Fire Strike4410929332
Night Raid15258795126
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
74966
Background Blur233 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec3.55 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec5.57 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec5.79 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec0.33 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec265.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps6315.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
18592
G2D Mark1165937
DirectX 11245 fps151 fps
DirectX 12102 fps65 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s9701 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
118.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps583.6 fps
Car Chase900 fps533.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps507.1 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps2784.7 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps7894.6 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps273.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.73894.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 March, 10, 2017
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Pascal
Codename AD104 GP102
Price 599 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 1481 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1582 MHz
Shader Units 5888 3584
TMUs 184 224
ROPs 64 88
Execution Units 46 28
Ray Tracing Cores 46 No
Tensor Cores 184 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 2816 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 139 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 354 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 200 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 471 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 11 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 23.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR5X
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1376 MHz
Bus 192 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 11000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
484.4 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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