Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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
228
165
158
124
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
241
218
152
83
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
310
225
168
86
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
181
161
148
92
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
161
133
109
62
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
219
215
169
114
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
152
122
110
71
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
201
178
120
56
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
265
205
107
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p High219141
1080p Ultra187119
1440p Ultra14988
4K Ultra8851
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spy2830213641
Solar Bay13844664184
Port Royal183128309
Fire Strike6372534034
Night Raid179276120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur279.5 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection220.1 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection11 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur16.2 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.08 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1370 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics37199.7 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark1267998
DirectX 11303 fps181 fps
DirectX 12133 fps85 fps
GPU Compute19970 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1384.7 fps856 fps
Car Chase1210.8 fps668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)998.7 fps592.9 fps
T-Rex5172 fps3078.4 fps
ALU 29885.2 fps4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.1 fps283 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation9573.94563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 31, 2024 October, 22, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD103 GA104
Price 999 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2550 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 10240 5888
TMUs 320 184
ROPs 112 96
Execution Units 80 46
Ray Tracing Cores 80 46
Tensor Cores 320 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 286 Gpix/sec 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 816 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 52.2 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 320 W 220 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 379 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 45 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 118.73 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1438 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 23000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
448 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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