GeForce RTX 4070 10 GB vs RTX 4080

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking3not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation29.02no data
Power efficiency19.29no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD103AD104
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date20 September 2022 (2 years ago)no data
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores97287168
Core clock speed2205 MHz2355 MHz
Boost clock speed2505 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors45,900 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)320 Watt220 Watt
Texture fill rate761.5564.5
Floating-point processing power48.74 TFLOPS36.13 TFLOPS
ROPs11280
TMUs304224
Tensor Cores304224
Ray Tracing Cores7656

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length310 mm267 mm
Width3-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pin1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6XGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount16 GB10 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit160 Bit
Memory clock speed1400 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth716.8 GB/s420.2 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 10 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 320 Watt 220 Watt

RTX 4080 has a 60% higher maximum VRAM amount.

RTX 4070 10 GB, on the other hand, has 45.5% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 and GeForce RTX 4070 10 GB. We've got no test results to judge.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
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