GeForce RTX 4070 Ti vs RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q

Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot rated6
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data55.70
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameAD104AD104-400
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release dateno data3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$799

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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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 cores72807680
Core clock speedno data2310 MHz
Boost clock speed1350 MHz2610 MHz
Number of transistors35,800 million35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology4 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data285 Watt
Texture fill rate324.0626.4
Floating-point processing power19.66 gflops40.09 gflops

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
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 12-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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount12 GB12 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit192 Bit
Memory clock speed14 GB/s21000 MHz
Memory bandwidth336.0 GB/s504.2 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 ConnectorsPortable Device Dependent1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.98.9

Pros & cons summary


Chip lithography 4 nm 5 nm

RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q has a 25% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q and GeForce RTX 4070 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4070 Ti is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Ti Max-Q
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
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