GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs 3080 Ti

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER with 56 pipelines and 7168 shaders against the 3 years and 1 month older RTX 3080 Ti that utilizes 80 pipelines and 10240 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
12 GB GDDR6X
VS
12 GB GDDR6X
46.2
(Average)
Value Index
77.1
(Good)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 3080 Ti over RTX 4070 SUPER
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
  • Has 81% higher memory bandwidth: 912 vs 504.2 GB/s
  • Features 96 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Has 43% more shading units (10240 vs 7168)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5 -
186
125
117
90
The Witcher 3 -
204
173
125
67
Counter-Strike 2 -
277
205
155
82
Far Cry 6 -
153
142
123
75
Hogwarts Legacy -
131
108
84
46
CoD: Modern Warfare III -
169
158
121
82
Ghost of Tsushima -
114
96
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077 -
146
128
86
40
Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
235
220
165
89
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 179
1080p Ultra - 151
1440p Ultra - 118
4K Ultra - 69
Margin of Error High Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
21566
21399
Time Spy 20879 19633
Solar Bay 98188 96626
Port Royal 13123 13265
Fire Strike 50092 47869
Wild Life Extreme 41625 42724
Night Raid 164614 145258
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
206598
196756
Background Blur 359.5 img/sec 239.8 img/sec
Face Detection 210 img/sec 156.8 img/sec
Horizon Detection 7.61 Gpixels/sec 10.8 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 10.4 Gpixels/sec 14.8 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 11.3 Gpixels/sec 11.9 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.97 Gpixels/sec 1.53 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 969.3 Gpixels/sec 889.6 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 29061.4 FPS 26054.6 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
20703
15466

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
29939
26742
G2D Mark 1193 1095
DirectX 11 271 FPS 221 FPS
DirectX 12 110 FPS 109 FPS
GPU Compute 16925 Ops/s 14943 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 15799 & 16441 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
6145.7
5551.22
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2595 & 3484 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-12-08 (Rickey)Cinebench 202419110
📘 2025-11-28 (Caleb)Geekbench 6 OpenCL212148
📘 2025-11-28 (Caleb)Cinebench 202420703
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-11-01 (cancel)Cinebench 202415466

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
30706
25945
GB6 ML Half Precision
43851
38430
GB6 ML Quantized
23776
15331
Image Classification (SP) 12146 9747
Image Segmentation (HP) 23932 26654
Image Super Resolution (Q) 36321 21475
Face Detection (HP) 52836 49813
Pose Estimation (Q) 179788 135370
Text Classification (SP) 3371 2796
Machine Translation (HP) 5017 4757
Object Detection (SP) 15164 12924
Depth Estimation (Q) 62500 36756
Style Transfer (SP) 357489 274032
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER and 3080 Ti

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 17, 2024 January 3, 2021
Launch price (MSRP) $599 $1199
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
GPU Codename AD104 GA102
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 7900 XT - Radeon RX 6900 XT
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 14700K or above - Intel Core i9 12900K or above
Desktop GPU rating (19th and 23rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1980 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost Clock 2475 MHz 1665 MHz
Shading Units 7168 10240
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 224 320
Render Output Units (ROPs) 80 112
Compute Units (Pipelines) 56 80
Tensor Cores 224 320
Ray-tracing Cores 56 80
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 48MB shared 6MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 198 GPixel/s 186 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 554 GTexel/s 533 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
35.5 TFLOPS
34.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 220 W 350 W
Manufacturing TSMC Samsung
Fabrication Process 5 nm 8 nm
Die Size 294 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor Count 35 billion 28 billion
Transistor Density 119.05 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR6X
Memory Size 12 GB 12 GB
Memory Clock 1313 MHz 1188 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 21000 Mbps 19000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 384-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
504.2 GB/s
912 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.9 8.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 2
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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