RTX 5880 Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER

Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER with RTX 5880 Ada Generation, including specs and performance data.

RTX 4070 SUPER
2024
12 GB GDDR6X, 220 Watt
78.29

RTX 5880 Ada Generation outperforms RTX 4070 SUPER by a moderate 14% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking94
Place by popularity12not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation67.41no data
Power efficiency24.8221.93
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD104AD102
Market segmentDesktopWorkstation
Release date8 January 2024 (less than a year ago)5 January 2024 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$599 no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores716814080
Core clock speed1980 MHz975 MHz
Boost clock speed2475 MHz2460 MHz
Number of transistors35,800 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)220 Watt285 Watt
Texture fill rate554.41,082
Floating-point processing power35.48 TFLOPS69.27 TFLOPS
ROPs80176
TMUs224440
Tensor Cores224440
Ray Tracing Cores56110

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
Length267 mm267 mm
Width2-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 typeGDDR6XGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount12 GB48 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1313 MHz2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth504.2 GB/s864.0 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 1.4a4x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI+-

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 4070 SUPER 78.29
RTX 5880 Ada Generation 89.61
+14.5%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 4070 SUPER 30200
RTX 5880 Ada Generation 34568
+14.5%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD226
−10.6%
250−260
+10.6%
1440p141
−13.5%
160−170
+13.5%
4K88
−13.6%
100−110
+13.6%

Cost per frame, $

1080p2.65no data
1440p4.25no data
4K6.81no data

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
−13.2%
180−190
+13.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 140−150
−12.7%
160−170
+12.7%
Battlefield 5 240−250
−10.7%
270−280
+10.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
−8.3%
130−140
+8.3%
Far Cry 5 110−120
−10.2%
130−140
+10.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 190−200
−13.4%
220−230
+13.4%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
−12.9%
280−290
+12.9%
Hitman 3 120−130
−8.5%
140−150
+8.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 270−280
−7.9%
300−310
+7.9%
Metro Exodus 150−160
−9.7%
170−180
+9.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−12.9%
140−150
+12.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 300−350
−3.9%
350−400
+3.9%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
−10.4%
170−180
+10.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
−13.2%
180−190
+13.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 140−150
−12.7%
160−170
+12.7%
Battlefield 5 240−250
−10.7%
270−280
+10.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
−8.3%
130−140
+8.3%
Far Cry 5 110−120
−10.2%
130−140
+10.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 190−200
−13.4%
220−230
+13.4%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
−12.9%
280−290
+12.9%
Hitman 3 120−130
−8.5%
140−150
+8.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 270−280
−7.9%
300−310
+7.9%
Metro Exodus 150−160
−9.7%
170−180
+9.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−12.9%
140−150
+12.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 428
−5.1%
450−500
+5.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 170−180
−11.1%
190−200
+11.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion 150−160
−10.4%
170−180
+10.4%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 150−160
−13.2%
180−190
+13.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 140−150
−12.7%
160−170
+12.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 120−130
−8.3%
130−140
+8.3%
Far Cry 5 110−120
−10.2%
130−140
+10.2%
Forza Horizon 4 240−250
−12.9%
280−290
+12.9%
Hitman 3 120−130
−8.5%
140−150
+8.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 270−280
−7.9%
300−310
+7.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 381
−5%
400−450
+5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 201
−14.4%
230−240
+14.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 139
−7.9%
150−160
+7.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−12.9%
140−150
+12.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 160−170
−14.5%
190−200
+14.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
−7.1%
120−130
+7.1%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 90−95
−7.5%
100−105
+7.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 100−110
−7.8%
110−120
+7.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 80−85
−9.8%
90−95
+9.8%
Far Cry 5 80−85
−13.1%
95−100
+13.1%
Forza Horizon 4 270−280
−10.7%
300−310
+10.7%
Hitman 3 110−120
−14%
130−140
+14%
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
−11.7%
230−240
+11.7%
Metro Exodus 120−130
−12.9%
140−150
+12.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 265
−13.2%
300−310
+13.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 154
−10.4%
170−180
+10.4%
Watch Dogs: Legion 240−250
−12.5%
270−280
+12.5%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 120−130
−13.8%
140−150
+13.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 85−90
−13.6%
100−105
+13.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 65−70
−8.7%
75−80
+8.7%
Hitman 3 70−75
−14.3%
80−85
+14.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 220−230
−10.6%
250−260
+10.6%
Metro Exodus 130−140
−7.7%
140−150
+7.7%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 133
−12.8%
150−160
+12.8%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 65−70
−11.9%
75−80
+11.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 60−65
−9.4%
70−75
+9.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 50−55
−5.8%
55−60
+5.8%
Far Cry 5 50−55
−10%
55−60
+10%
Forza Horizon 4 140−150
−8.1%
160−170
+8.1%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 132
−13.6%
150−160
+13.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 62
−12.9%
70−75
+12.9%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 90−95
−11.1%
100−105
+11.1%

This is how RTX 4070 SUPER and RTX 5880 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 11% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 13% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5880 Ada Generation is 14% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 78.29 89.61
Maximum RAM amount 12 GB 48 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 220 Watt 285 Watt

RTX 4070 SUPER has 29.5% lower power consumption.

RTX 5880 Ada Generation, on the other hand, has a 14.5% higher aggregate performance score, and a 300% higher maximum VRAM amount.

The RTX 5880 Ada Generation is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER is a desktop card while RTX 5880 Ada Generation is a workstation one.


Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.

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