NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super, AI & Machine Learning Comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super wins 6 of 12 benchmarks, averaging 53.7% faster.
Both cards were measured first-party on our bench, same suite, same test rig.
What the numbers say
The gap is widest in Stable Diffusion XL, where NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super leads by 113% (4.18 vs 8.9 images/min); the closest fight is Llama 3.1 8B (22% apart); VRAM decides part of this one: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super runs 6 of our 12 AI workloads while the other card runs 3, models that don't fit score zero.
Benchmark results head-to-head
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 4B tok/s | 148.46 | 187.75 | -21% |
| Llama 3.1 8B tok/s | 98.34 | 119.63 | -18% |
| Qwen2.5-Coder 14B tok/s | 0 | 65.89 | n/a |
| Qwen3 32B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Llama 3.3 70B tok/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Stable Diffusion XL images/min | 4.18 | 8.9 | -53% |
| Z-Image Turbo images/min | 0 | 1.65 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| FLUX.1 Kontext dev images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| Qwen-Image-Edit images/min | 0 | 0 | n/a |
| LTX-Video (distilled) frames/s | 0 | 2.17 | n/a |
| Wan 2.2 5B (720p) frames/s | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super | |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 11GB | 16GB |
| Transistors | 18,600M | 45,900M |
| Die size | 754 mm² | 378.6 mm² |
| Transistor density | 24.7 M/mm² | 121.2 M/mm² |
| Architecture | Turing (TU102) | Ada Lovelace (AD103) |
| Memory bandwidth | 616 GB/s | 672 GB/s |
| Boost clock | 1,545 MHz | 2,610 MHz |
| TDP | 250 W | 285 W |
| Launch MSRP | $1,199 | $799 |
| Release | 2018-09-20 | 2024-01-24 |
FAQ
- Which is better for ai & machine learning: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition or NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super?
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super performs better for ai & machine learning, winning 6 of 12 benchmarks in our suite with an average 53.7% advantage.
- What are the main hardware differences between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super?
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition has 11GB VRAM and a 250W TDP, while NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super has 16GB VRAM and a 285W TDP.
- Does VRAM matter more than speed between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super?
- For AI, yes, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super fits 3 more of our 12 workloads than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition. A model that exceeds VRAM doesn't run slower, it doesn't run at all, so the card that fits the model wins that workload outright.
- Where is the biggest performance difference between NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super?
- Stable Diffusion XL: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super leads by roughly 113% (4.18 vs 8.9 images/min) in our testing.
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