GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs GeForce RTX 4070

Compare the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 4070 on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

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The short answer

The GeForce RTX 4070 is the better value, though the GeForce RTX 3080 Ti is the faster card at 1440p.

  • Gaming performance is effectively a wash at 1440p (index 48 vs 48).
  • GeForce RTX 4070 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 11%.
  • GeForce RTX 4070 delivers about 10% more frames per dollar at 1440p.
  • GeForce RTX 4070 draws less power (200W vs 350W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1440p gaming
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti48
GeForce RTX 407048

The two are effectively tied at 1440p.

Performance per dollar

1440p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

5.4

per $100 spent

GeForce RTX 4070

5.9

per $100 spent

Better value

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GeForce RTX 4070
Price (from)
$899.00
$809.99
1440p gaming index
48
48
VRAM
12GB GDDR6X
12GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
912 GB/s
504 GB/s
Boost clock
1665 MHz
2475 MHz
Shader cores
10,240
5,888
Ray tracing cores
80
46
Tensor / AI cores
320
184
TDP
350W
200W
Recommended PSU
750W
650W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation
Architecture
Ampere GA102
Ada Lovelace AD104
Process node
Samsung 8N
TSMC 4N
MSRP
$1,199.00
$599.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GeForce RTX 4070
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
47,113
44,065
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
166,393
155,379
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
26,750
26,877
Render-Blender (samples/min)
5,592
5,399

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 4070from $809.99
From$809.99
4 versions in stock
GeForce RTX 3080 Tifrom $899.00
From$899.00
10 versions in stock

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