GeForce RTX 4080 vs 4070 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
AD103
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB with 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders against the 4 months newer RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB that utilizes 60 pipelines and 7680 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 4080
- Performs better (up to 28%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 16% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 148 vs 128 FPS
- 21% higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 40.1 TFLOPS)
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Has 42% higher memory bandwidth: 716.8 vs 504 GB/s
- Has 27% more shading units (9728 vs 7680)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 229 170 154 120 |
197 136 126 100 |
| The Witcher 3 | 245 210 157 81 |
211 190 135 72 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 306 220 168 85 |
288 218 160 83 |
| Far Cry 6 | 181 163 143 88 |
164 147 130 81 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 162 136 109 59 |
140 115 89 50 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 217 213 167 111 |
181 172 134 90 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 148 126 109 69 |
124 107 92 55 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 192 177 119 54 |
161 147 98 44 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 290 265 204 107 |
257 243 188 98 |
| 1080p High | 219 | 191 |
| 1080p Ultra | 187 | 164 |
| 1440p Ultra | 148 | 128 |
| 4K Ultra | 86 | 75 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 28155 | 22743 |
| Solar Bay | 136995 | 108437 |
| Port Royal | 17984 | 13995 |
| Fire Strike | 64637 | 53473 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 59123 | 45396 |
| Night Raid | 185072 | 171208 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 250.4 img/sec | 371.2 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 190 img/sec | 235 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9.56 Gpixels/sec | 7.51 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 12.8 Gpixels/sec | 10.6 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 15.3 Gpixels/sec | 12.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.97 Gpixels/sec | 2.03 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1130 Gpixels/sec | 1120 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 28795.5 FPS | 30420.2 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1251 | 1209 |
| DirectX 11 | 313 FPS | 287 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 133 FPS | 115 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 20303 Ops/s | 18136 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-05-02 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 267332 |
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 |
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) | 13466 | 12496 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 34767 | 33378 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 42687 | 37180 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 70927 | 62919 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 239350 | 171125 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3606 | 3630 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6519 | 6420 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 18153 | 15804 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 65667 | 58647 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 414848 | 331379 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4080 and 4070 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | September 20, 2022 | January 3, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1199 | $799 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD103 | AD104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 7900 XTX | - Radeon RX 7900 XT |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5080 | - GeForce RTX 5070 Ti |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (9th and 15th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2205 MHz | 2310 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2505 MHz | 2610 MHz |
| Shading Units | 9728 | 7680 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 304 | 240 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 76 | 60 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | 240 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 76 | 60 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | 48MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 281 GPixel/s | 209 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 762 GTexel/s | 626 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 320 W | 285 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 379 mm² | 294 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 45 billion | 35 billion |
| Transistor Density | 118.73 MTr/mm² | 119.05 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1400 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 22400 Mbps | 21000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 192-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 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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