NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 2235 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2550 MHz vs 2520 MHz
632.6x more texture fill rate: 816.0 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 450 Watt
Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Launch date	8 Jan 2024 vs 20 Sep 2022
Core clock speed	2295 MHz vs 2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	2550 MHz vs 2520 MHz
Texture fill rate	816.0 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Around 60% higher pipelines: 16384 vs 10240
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1295 vs 1260
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38436 vs 34300
Around 28% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317498 vs 247102
Around 40% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9218 vs 6596

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	16384 vs 10240
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1295 vs 1260
PassMark - G3D Mark	38436 vs 34300
Geekbench - OpenCL	317498 vs 247102
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9218 vs 6596

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1260

1295

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

34300

38436

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

247102

317498

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6596

9218

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark - G2D Mark	1260	1295
PassMark - G3D Mark	34300	38436
Geekbench - OpenCL	247102	317498
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6596	9218
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		582.642
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		98.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		178.756
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2968.159
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		0

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD103	AD102
Launch date	8 Jan 2024	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	11	12
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2550 MHz	2520 MHz
Core clock speed	2295 MHz	2235 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	10240	16384
Pixel fill rate	285.6 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	816.0 GTexel/s	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	450 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	76300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		82.58 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	304 mm, 12 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	850 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches	137 mm, 5.4 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	24 GB
Memory bandwidth	736.3 GB/s	1,008 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1438 MHz, 23 Gbps effective	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X