GeForce RTX 5070 vs RTX 4080
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
GB205-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
AD103
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 2 years and 4 months older RTX RTX 4080 16 GB that utilizes 76 pipelines and 9728 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 5070
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4080
- Performs better (up to 30%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 58% higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 30.9 TFLOPS)
- Shows 16% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 148 vs 128 FPS
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Features 112 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 58% more shading units (9728 vs 6144)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 197 140 130 97 |
229 170 154 120 |
| The Witcher 3 | 216 183 131 71 |
245 210 157 81 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 293 210 160 81 |
306 220 168 85 |
| Far Cry 6 | 164 145 128 82 |
181 163 143 88 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 140 117 92 51 |
162 136 109 59 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 178 171 136 89 |
217 213 167 111 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 123 107 89 58 |
148 126 109 69 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 164 144 99 43 |
192 177 119 54 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 253 238 189 98 |
290 265 204 107 |
| 1080p High | 192 | 219 |
| 1080p Ultra | 162 | 187 |
| 1440p Ultra | 128 | 148 |
| 4K Ultra | 74 | 86 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 22708 | 28155 |
| Solar Bay | 107004 | 136995 |
| Port Royal | 14498 | 17984 |
| Fire Strike | 58324 | 64637 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 43879 | 59123 |
| Night Raid | 172064 | 185072 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 254.4 img/sec | 250.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 180.6 img/sec | 190 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 7.91 Gpixels/sec | 9.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 10.2 Gpixels/sec | 12.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 10.7 Gpixels/sec | 15.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.84 Gpixels/sec | 1.97 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 975.7 Gpixels/sec | 1130 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 27816.5 FPS | 28795.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1291 | 1250 |
| DirectX 11 | 280 FPS | 313 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 106 FPS | 133 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14310 Ops/s | 20319 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5070
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-05-02 (Rennsport) | GeekBench | 267332 |
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) | 12270 | 13466 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 30237 | 34767 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 35585 | 42687 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 62662 | 70927 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 145190 | 239350 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4198 | 3606 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6233 | 6519 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 16709 | 18153 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 58300 | 65667 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 246598 | 414848 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5070 and RTX 4080General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | September 20, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $1199 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | High-end |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | GB205-300 | AD103 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 9070 | - Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (21st and 10th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2160 MHz | 2205 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2512 MHz | 2505 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 9728 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 192 | 304 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 48 | 76 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 304 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 48 | 76 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | 64MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 201 GPixel/s | 281 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 482 GTexel/s | 762 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 250 W | 320 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 263 mm² | 379 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 31.1 billion | 45 billion |
| Transistor Density | 118.25 MTr/mm² | 118.73 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 22400 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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