Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
170
113
105
79
144
90
79
59
The Witcher 3
191
160
114
61
161
133
99
51
Counter-Strike 2
262
207
148
82
230
182
128
73
Far Cry 6
148
135
112
71
122
111
91
50
Hogwarts Legacy
120
96
78
43
91
76
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
154
141
110
72
117
106
77
48
Ghost of Tsushima
104
87
74
40
87
71
52
29
Cyberpunk 2077
133
115
78
34
99
89
57
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
209
194
148
81
151
137
102
54
Avg FPS
1080p High166134
1080p Ultra139111
1440p Ultra10783
4K Ultra6347
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
12776
Time Spy1782512897
Solar Bay8264557401
Port Royal111498081
Fire Strike4410930959
Night Raid15258797085
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
133659
Background Blur233 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection141.7 frames/s131.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.62 Gpix/sec6.49 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection9.19 Gpix/sec8.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur9.2 Gpix/sec6.34 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.78 Gpix/sec1.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching845.4 Gpix/sec571 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics25043.9 fps17240.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
19462
G2D Mark1165830
DirectX 11245 fps165 fps
DirectX 12102 fps89 fps
GPU Compute14820 Ops/s8588 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
151.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1039 fps753.9 fps
Car Chase900 fps655.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)761.2 fps548.9 fps
T-Rex3848.1 fps2599 fps
ALU 25980.8 fps4030.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2296.7 fps264.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation6200.74095.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 13, 2023 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD104 GA103 (GN20-E8)
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1920 MHz 585-1230 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2475 MHz 1125-1590 MHz
Shader Units 5888 7424
TMUs 184 232
ROPs 64 96
Execution Units 46 58
Ray Tracing Cores 46 58
Tensor Cores 184 232
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 36000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 158 Gpix/sec 108-153 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 455 GTex/s 261-369 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS 16.7-23.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 200 W 80-175 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 294 mm² 496 mm²
Transistor count 35 billion 22 billion
Transistor density 119.05 MTr/mm² 44.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1313 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 8.6
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 2

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