NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. 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), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 34% higher core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 38% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1815 MHz
3.2x more pipelines: 9728 vs 3072
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
2x more maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 8 GB
Around 34% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1236 vs 920
Around 77% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34500 vs 19514
3283.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6567 vs 2
2.1x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 240557 vs 115804
2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 722.769 vs 338.122
2.3x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 72.795 vs 31.6
Around 43% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 272.641 vs 190.349

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 23 July 2019
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1815 MHz
Pipelines	9728 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236 vs 920
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500 vs 19514
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567 vs 2
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557 vs 115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769 vs 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795 vs 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641 vs 190.349

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Around 28% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 320 Watt
10x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 320 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1236

920

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

34500

19514

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6567

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

240557

115804

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

722.769

338.122

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

72.795

31.6

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

272.641

190.349

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236	920
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500	19514
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567	2
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557	115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769	338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795	31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641	190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		4571.03
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1653.08
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3355
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		27179
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3355

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Code name	AD103	TU104
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	23 July 2019
Place in performance rating	14	110
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1815 MHz
Core clock speed	2205 MHz	1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	12 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	3072
Pixel fill rate	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million
CUDA cores		3072
Maximum GPU temperature		89 C
Render output units		64
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Display Port		1.4
DisplayPort support
Dual-link DVI support
G-SYNC support
HDCP
HDMI
Multi monitor support
Number of simultaneous displays		4
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	4.556” (115.7mm)
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches	10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	6 pin + 8 pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches	2-Slot
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.1
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.5
Shader Model	6.7	6.4
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	496 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Technologies
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready