GPU Comparison

NVIDIA

GEFORCE

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070

CORE STATE AD104

VRAM 12 GB

CLOCK SPEED 2475 MHz

TDP 200 W

BUS WIDTH 192 bit

ARCHITECTURE Ada Lovelace

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

NVIDIA

GEFORCE

GeForce RTX 5080

CORE STATE GB203

VRAM 16 GB

CLOCK SPEED 2617 MHz

TDP 360 W

BUS WIDTH 256 bit

ARCHITECTURE Blackwell 2.0

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12

3,854

8,637

geekbench_opencl

154,858

235,901

geekbench_vulkan

174,152

255,450

passmark_directx_10

139

208

passmark_directx_11

244

324

passmark_directx_12

103

151

passmark_directx_9

320

389

passmark_g2d

1,164

1,415

passmark_g3d

26,927

36,565

passmark_gpu_compute

14,720

21,789

Analysis: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Graphics performance evaluations between NVIDIA RTX 5080 and NVIDIA's RTX 4070 reveal a obvious winner. NVIDIA RTX 5080 delivers significantly superior benchmark scores throughout modern games. The video memory superiority and technical upgrades convert into obviously improved visual results. Benchmark numbers confirms this conclusion. Gamers demanding maximum performance will take note.

NVIDIA's RTX 4070 cannot be dismissed entirely, yet the frame rate deficit compared to NVIDIA RTX 5080 is challenging to overlook. In price-aware builders, NVIDIA's RTX 4070 might still represent an option assuming its lesser MSRP accounts for its lesser power. Nevertheless, for raw gaming performance, NVIDIA RTX 5080 is the obvious winner. This verdict is straightforward. Performance hunters will shift toward NVIDIA RTX 5080.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

RTX 4070

RTX 5080

Core Specs

Shading Units

5,888

10,752 +82.6%

Shaders

5,888

10,752 +82.6%

TMUs

184

336 +82.6%

ROPs

112 +75.0%

SM Count

84 +82.6%

Clocks

Base Clock

1920 MHz

2295 MHz

Boost Clock

2475 MHz

2617 MHz

Memory Clock

1313 MHz 21 Gbps effective

1875 MHz 30 Gbps effective

Memory

Memory Size

12 GB

16 GB

VRAM (MB)

12,288

16,384 +33.3%

Memory Type

GDDR6X

GDDR7

Memory Bus

192 bit

256 bit

Bandwidth

504.2 GB/s

960.0 GB/s

Cache

L1 Cache

128 KB (per SM)

L2 Cache

36 MB

64 MB

Performance

Pixel Rate

158.4 GPixel/s

293.1 GPixel/s

Texture Rate

455.4 GTexel/s

879.3 GTexel/s

FP32 (TFLOPS)

29.15 TFLOPS

56.28 TFLOPS

FP64 (TFLOPS)

455.4 GFLOPS (1:64)

879.3 GFLOPS (1:64)

FP16 (TFLOPS)

29.15 TFLOPS (1:1)

56.28 TFLOPS (1:1)

AI/RT

RT Cores

84 +82.6%

Tensor Cores

184

336 +82.6%

Power

TDP

200 W

360 W

TDP (W)

200

360 +80.0%

Suggested PSU

550 W

750 W

Power Connectors

1x 16-pin

Architecture

Ada Lovelace

Blackwell 2.0

GPU Name

AD104

GB203

Generation

GeForce 40

GeForce 50

Process Size

5 nm

Transistors

35,800 million

45,600 million

Die Size

294 mm²

378 mm²

Foundry

TSMC

Density

121.8M / mm²

120.6M / mm²

API Support

DirectX

12 Ultimate (12_2)

OpenGL

4.6

Vulkan

1.4

OpenCL

3.0

CUDA

8.9

12.0

Shader Model

6.8

6.9

Physical

Slot Width

Dual-slot

Length

240 mm 9.4 inches

304 mm 12 inches

Height

110 mm 4.3 inches

137 mm 5.4 inches

Outputs

1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a

1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1b

Bus Interface

PCIe 4.0 x16

PCIe 5.0 x16

Other

Launch Price

599 USD

999 USD

Production

End-of-life

Active

Predecessor

GeForce 30

GeForce 40

Successor

GeForce 50

GeForce 60

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