NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

  • Around 1% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 2205 MHz
  • Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz
  • Around 68% higher pipelines: 16384 vs 9728
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
  • Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1295 vs 1232
  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38589 vs 34623
  • Around 29% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 36466 vs 28260
  • Around 32% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 95.851 vs 72.795
  • Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317125 vs 238974
Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed 2235 MHz vs 2205 MHz
Boost clock speed 2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Pipelines 16384 vs 9728
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1295 vs 1232
PassMark - G3D Mark 38589 vs 34623
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 36466 vs 28260
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 95.851 vs 72.795
Geekbench - OpenCL 317125 vs 238974

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

  • 590.3x more texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
  • Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 450 Watt
  • Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
  • Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 722.769 vs 472.899
  • Around 23% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 272.641 vs 221.169
Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate 761.5 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 320 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 722.769 vs 472.899
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 272.641 vs 221.169

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1295
1232
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
38589
34623
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
36466
28260
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
472.899
722.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
95.851
72.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
221.169
272.641
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
317125
238974
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
PassMark - G2D Mark 1295 1232
PassMark - G3D Mark 38589 34623
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 36466 28260
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 472.899 722.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 95.851 72.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 221.169 272.641
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 4429.59
Geekbench - OpenCL 317125 238974
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 0

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
Code name AD102 AD103
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating 8 7

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2520 MHz 2505 MHz
Core clock speed 2235 MHz 2205 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 1,290 GFLOPS (1:64) 761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 82.58 TFLOPS (1:1) 48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 82.58 TFLOPS 48.74 TFLOPS
Pipelines 16384 9728
Pixel fill rate 443.5 GPixel/s 280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 1,290 GTexel/s 761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 450 Watt 320 Watt
Transistor count 76300 million 45900 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Triple-slot Triple-slot
Height 61 mm, 2.4 inches 61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 304 mm, 12 inches 310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU) 850 Watt 700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 16-pin 1x 16-pin
Width 137 mm, 5.4 inches 140 mm, 5.5 inches

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.7
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 16 GB
Memory bandwidth 1,008 GB/s 716.8 GB/s
Memory bus width 384 bit 256 bit
Memory clock speed 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6X