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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

61 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
VS
77 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5070
vs
GeForce RTX 4080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
192
140
127
98
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
212
180
134
70
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
284
215
157
82
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
161
148
127
82
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
137
115
92
50
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
181
172
133
88
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
123
107
88
56
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
161
141
99
44
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
250
241
181
101
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High189220
1080p Ultra162186
1440p Ultra126148
4K Ultra7587
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
22974
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy2261328170
Solar Bay103768136727
Port Royal1431217959
Fire Strike5779364703
Night Raid172986183971
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
190967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur254.4 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection180.6 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection7.91 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection10.2 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur10.7 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.84 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching975.7 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27816.5 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
29057
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark12971236
DirectX 11277 fps316 fps
DirectX 12108 fps131 fps
GPU Compute15779 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1476.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1062.9 fps
T-Rexn/a5492.1 fps
ALU 2n/a9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a291.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a9274.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
30221
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
53037
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
23474
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
Image Classification (SP)12270n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)30237n/a
Horizon Detection35585n/a
Face Detection (HP)62662n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)145190n/a
Text Classification (SP)4198n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6233n/a
Object Detection (SP)16709n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)58300n/a
Style Transfer (SP)246598n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
6148.6
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB205-300 AD103
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2325 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2512 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 6144 9728
TMUs 192 304
ROPs 80 112
Execution Units 48 76
Ray Tracing Cores 48 76
Tensor Cores 192 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 48000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 201 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 482 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 30.9 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 250 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 192 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
672 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

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

Survey

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Total Votes: 3

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