NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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GeForce GTX 1070 compared with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1070	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	June 2016	January 2024
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Ada Lovelace
Shader cores
Shader cores	1,920	10,240
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,683 MHz	2,550 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	Main figures and photo describe the Founders Edition, verified in MSI's retained datasheet. Partner boards can use different clocks, coolers and connectors.	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	Third-generation RT Cores; 121 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 836 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1506 MHz	2.29 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	64 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR5	16 GB GDDR6X (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	736 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	8008 MHz effective memory speed (MSI Founders Edition); numerical bandwidth omitted because the maker source used does not publish it.	GDDR6X at 23 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	150 W (better)	320 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × dual-link DVI-D; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320	4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC, HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 8-pin	1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 3 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	500 W	750 W
Slot width
Slot width	–	3-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	268 × 111 × 38 mm and 1096 g (MSI Founders Edition)	304 × 137 mm, 3-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	–	2 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode