NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti 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), 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 Ti

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Videocard is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 63% higher core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Around 62% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1545 MHz
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
Around 33% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1236 vs 928
Around 60% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34500 vs 21601
Around 86% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6567 vs 3537
Around 78% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 240557 vs 134929
Around 83% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 722.769 vs 394.035
Around 77% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 72.795 vs 41.104
Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 272.641 vs 174.185

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 20 September 2018
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 1350 MHz
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1545 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236 vs 928
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500 vs 21601
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567 vs 3537
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557 vs 134929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769 vs 394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795 vs 41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641 vs 174.185

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

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 Ti

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1236

928

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

34500

21601

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6567

3537

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

240557

134929

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

722.769

394.035

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

72.795

41.104

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

272.641

174.185

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236	928
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500	21601
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567	3537
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557	134929
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769	394.035
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795	41.104
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641	174.185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		5461.22
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		1987.605
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3358
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		23659
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3718
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3358

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Code name	AD103	TU102
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	20 September 2018
Place in performance rating	14	91
Launch price (MSRP)		$999
Price now		$1,279.99
Type		Desktop
Value for money (0-100)		17.22
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1545 MHz
Core clock speed	2205 MHz	1350 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
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	18,600 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Triple-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 3.0 x16
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches	267 mm
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	2x 8-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12.0 (12_1)
OpenCL	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X