GeForce RTX 4070 vs RTX 2080
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
AD104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
TU104
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4070 12 GB with 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders against the 4 years and 8 months older RTX RTX 2080 8 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 2944 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
- Performs significantly better (up to 66%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 2.9x higher maximum theoretical performance (29.1 vs 10.1 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- Shows 47% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 106 vs 72 FPS
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 3 technology
- Achieves 41% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (167K vs 118K)
- Has 2x more shading units (5888 vs 2944)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 2080
- Features 184 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 172 115 102 79 |
127 80 71 48 |
| The Witcher 3 | 194 159 114 61 |
144 117 87 47 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 272 205 149 81 |
213 162 116 62 |
| Far Cry 6 | 149 133 115 68 |
112 97 76 43 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 117 97 77 39 |
80 65 52 25 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 149 145 107 69 |
97 91 67 42 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 106 88 72 43 |
78 63 46 27 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 129 119 75 37 |
86 78 47 21 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 211 190 145 80 |
129 122 89 45 |
| 1080p High | 167 | 118 |
| 1080p Ultra | 139 | 97 |
| 1440p Ultra | 106 | 72 |
| 4K Ultra | 62 | 40 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 17799 | 11077 |
| Solar Bay | 82861 | 49851 |
| Port Royal | 11156 | 6460 |
| Fire Strike | 44067 | 27672 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 35472 | 22307 |
| Night Raid | 153385 | 100912 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 233 img/sec | 191.8 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 141.7 img/sec | 115.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 6.62 Gpixels/sec | 4.74 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 9.19 Gpixels/sec | 6.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 9.2 Gpixels/sec | 6.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.78 Gpixels/sec | 1.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 845.4 Gpixels/sec | 499.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 25043.9 FPS | 15858.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1165 | 897 |
| DirectX 11 | 243 FPS | 160 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 103 FPS | 71 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14561 Ops/s | 7719 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu) | Cinebench 2024 | 18051 |
GeForce RTX 2080
No benchmark results yet
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) | 10246 | 7122 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 26153 | 17897 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 32054 | 16120 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 51337 | 34245 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 124617 | 69601 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3703 | 2181 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5484 | 4328 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 13134 | 8748 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 50548 | 28373 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 263477 | 154510 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4070 and RTX 2080General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 13, 2023 | September 20, 2018 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $599 | $699 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Turing |
| GPU Codename | AD104 | TU104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7900 XT | - |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5070 | - GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above | - AMD Ryzen 9 9900X or above |
Desktop GPU rating (30th and 51st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1920 MHz | 1515 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2475 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Shading Units | 5888 | 2944 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 184 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 64 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 46 | 46 |
| Tensor Cores | 184 | 368 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 46 | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 64KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 36MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 158 GPixel/s | 109 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 455 GTexel/s | 315 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 200 W | 215 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 545 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 35 billion | 13 billion |
| Transistor Density | 119.05 MTr/mm² | 23.85 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 21000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 256-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 | 7.5 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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