NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D 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 4090 D

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 3 month(s) later
Around 3% higher core clock speed: 2280 MHz vs 2205 MHz
Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Around 50% higher pipelines: 14592 vs 9728
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 37631 vs 34618
Around 17% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 279620 vs 239000
Around 22% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 34361 vs 28260

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	28 Dec 2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Core clock speed	2280 MHz vs 2205 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Pipelines	14592 vs 9728
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark	37631 vs 34618
Geekbench - OpenCL	279620 vs 239000
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	34361 vs 28260

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

662.8x more texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 33% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 425 Watt
Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1232 vs 1012

Specifications (specs)
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 1,149 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt vs 425 Watt
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1232 vs 1012

Compare benchmarks

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

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1012

1232

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

37631

34618

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

279620

239000

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

34361

28260

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 D	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1012	1232
PassMark - G3D Mark	37631	34618
Geekbench - OpenCL	279620	239000
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	34361	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 4090 D	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD102	AD103
Launch date	28 Dec 2023	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	3	7
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	2280 MHz	2205 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	14592	9728
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,149 GTexel/s	761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	425 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	76300 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	304 mm, 12 inches	310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	800 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	1.01 TB/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