NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 4% higher core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 2205 MHz
Around 2% higher boost clock speed: 2550 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Around 7% higher texture fill rate: 816.0 GTexel/s vs 761.5 GTexel/s
Around 5% higher pipelines: 10240 vs 9728
Around 3% higher memory clock speed: 1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Around 4% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 247959 vs 239566

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 20 Sep 2022
Core clock speed	2295 MHz vs 2205 MHz
Boost clock speed	2550 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Texture fill rate	816.0 GTexel/s vs 761.5 GTexel/s
Pipelines	10240 vs 9728
Memory clock speed	1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1239 vs 1233
Geekbench - OpenCL	247959 vs 239566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	28346 vs 28260

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34612 vs 34282

Specifications (specs)
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	34612 vs 34282

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1239

1233

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

34282

34612

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

247959

239566

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

28346

28260

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1239	1233
PassMark - G3D Mark	34282	34612
Geekbench - OpenCL	247959	239566
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	28346	28260
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		722.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		72.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		272.641

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD103	AD103
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	4	7
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2550 MHz	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	2295 MHz	2205 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	10240	9728
Pixel fill rate	285.6 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	816.0 GTexel/s	761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	45900 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		48.74 TFLOPS
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	310 mm, 12.2 inches	310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 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	16 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	736.3 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X