NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs AMD FirePro S4000X

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and AMD FirePro S4000X 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

AMD FirePro S4000X

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Videocard is newer: launch date 8 year(s) 1 month(s) later
3x more core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 725 MHz
3.2x more boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 775 MHz
24564.5x more texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 31 GTexel / s
15.2x more pipelines: 9728 vs 640
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 28 nm
8x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 2 GB
37.9x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 722.769 vs 19.089
35x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 72.795 vs 2.08
7.8x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 272.641 vs 34.934

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 7 August 2014
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 725 MHz
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 775 MHz
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 31 GTexel / s
Pipelines	9728 vs 640
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 28 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 2 GB
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769 vs 19.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795 vs 2.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641 vs 34.934

Reasons to consider the AMD FirePro S4000X

7.1x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 320 Watt
3.2x more memory clock speed: 4500 MHz vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	4500 MHz vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU 2: AMD FirePro S4000X

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

722.769

19.089

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

72.795

2.08

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

272.641

34.934

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	AMD FirePro S4000X
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769	19.089
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795	2.08
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641	34.934
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		478.725
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		92.567

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	AMD FirePro S4000X
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	GCN 1.0
Code name	AD103	Venus
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	7 August 2014
Place in performance rating	14	1420
Type		Workstation
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	775 MHz
Core clock speed	2205 MHz	725 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	28 nm
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
Pipelines	9728	640
Pixel fill rate	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s	31 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	45 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	1,500 million
Floating-point performance		992.0 gflops
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	No outputs
Dual-link DVI support
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot	MXM-A
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches
Bus support		PCIe 3.0
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (11_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	2 GB
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	72 GB / s
Memory bus width	256 bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective	4500 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR5