Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 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
152
98
87
65
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
172
140
103
55
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
253
199
137
80
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
133
122
98
59
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
101
83
64
34
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
126
117
88
56
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
93
75
61
34
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
109
95
63
27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
174
156
116
63
Avg FPS
1080p High166146
1080p Ultra139121
1440p Ultra10791
4K Ultra6353
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Time Spy1782514660
Solar Bay8264564266
Port Royal111499109
Fire Strike4410935668
Night Raid152587114857
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Background Blur233 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s141.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec6.24 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec8.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec9.22 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec1.46 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec627.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps16980.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
G2D Mark1165928
DirectX 11245 fps190 fps
DirectX 12102 fps84 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s10244 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps776.4 fps
Car Chase900 fps675.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps655.7 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps3193.1 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps4775.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps278.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.74776.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 September, 27, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Turing
Codename AD104 TU102
Price 599 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1545 MHz
Shader Units 5888 4352
TMUs 184 272
ROPs 64 88
Execution Units 46 68
Ray Tracing Cores 46 68
Tensor Cores 184 544
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 5632 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 136 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 420 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 200 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 754 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 23.87 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 GB/s

API

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

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