GeForce RTX 4070 Ti vs RTX 3080
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
GA102
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB with 60 pipelines and 7680 shaders against the 2 years and 4 months older RTX RTX 3080 10 GB that utilizes 68 pipelines and 8704 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
- Performs better (up to 24%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Shows 19% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 128 vs 108 FPS
- 35% higher maximum theoretical performance (40.1 vs 29.8 TFLOPS)
- Includes 2 GB more video memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 35% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (219K vs 161K)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 3080
- Has 51% higher memory bandwidth: 760.3 vs 504 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 197 136 126 100 |
170 114 104 80 |
| The Witcher 3 | 211 190 135 72 |
189 165 116 63 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 288 218 160 83 |
274 206 149 82 |
| Far Cry 6 | 164 147 130 81 |
145 138 114 72 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 140 115 89 50 |
119 98 78 43 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 181 172 134 90 |
152 145 110 73 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 124 107 92 55 |
109 89 74 44 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 161 147 98 44 |
135 117 79 36 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 257 243 188 98 |
210 195 151 82 |
| 1080p High | 191 | 167 |
| 1080p Ultra | 164 | 141 |
| 1440p Ultra | 128 | 108 |
| 4K Ultra | 75 | 64 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 22743 | 17664 |
| Solar Bay | 108437 | 85898 |
| Port Royal | 13995 | 11597 |
| Fire Strike | 53473 | 42472 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 45396 | 37900 |
| Night Raid | 171208 | 133004 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 371.2 img/sec | 217.3 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 235 img/sec | 141.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 7.51 Gpixels/sec | 8.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 10.6 Gpixels/sec | 11 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 12.4 Gpixels/sec | 8.43 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.03 Gpixels/sec | 1.29 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1120 Gpixels/sec | 780.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 30420.2 FPS | 22538.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1209 | 1062 |
| DirectX 11 | 287 FPS | 207 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 115 FPS | 99 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 18136 Ops/s | 14058 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-09-14 (Isa) | Cinebench 2024 | 80717 |
| 📘 2026-06-02 (Harley) | Cinebench 2024 | 79993 |
| 📘 2026-03-27 (minato) | Cinebench 2024 | 80470 |
GeForce RTX 3080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-06 (Henry) | Cinebench 2024 | 50695 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 12496 | 9439 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 33378 | 25471 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 37180 | 19892 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 62919 | 46956 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 171125 | 104704 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3630 | 2712 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6420 | 4828 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 15804 | 12153 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 58647 | 36822 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 331379 | 246005 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and RTX 3080General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 3, 2023 | September 1, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $799 | $699 |
| 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 6800 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | - GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above | - Intel Core i7 12700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (15th and 31st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2310 MHz | 1440 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2610 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Shading Units | 7680 | 8704 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 240 | 272 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 96 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 60 | 68 |
| Tensor Cores | 240 | 272 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 60 | 68 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | 5MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 209 GPixel/s | 164 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 626 GTexel/s | 465 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 285 W | 320 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 | 10 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 21000 Mbps | 19000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 320-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
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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