NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 5080

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4070 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5080
Overview
Released
Released	January 2024	January 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	7,168	10,752
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,480 MHz	2,617 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	–	GB203 GPU; 84 SMs
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 45.6 billion transistors; 378 mm² die
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Third-generation RT Cores; 82 RT TFLOPS	84 fourth-generation RT Cores; 171 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	Fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 568 AI TOPS	336 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 1801 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1.98 GHz	2.30 GHz
Cache
Cache	48 MB L2	64 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	12 GB GDDR6X	16 GB GDDR7 (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	192-bit	256-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	504 GB/s	960 GB/s (better)
Memory detail
Memory detail	–	GDDR7 at 30 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	220 W (better)	360 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC, HDR	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 2 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box; some partner cards use 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	650 W	850 W
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (Founders Edition)	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	244 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)	304 × 137 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	1 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode	2 × ninth-generation NVENC, 2 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode