NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 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 3080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
Around 53% higher core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Around 46% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 64% higher texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Around 12% higher pipelines: 9728 vs 8704
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 60% higher maximum memory size: 16 GB vs 10 GB
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1236 vs 1053
Around 37% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34500 vs 25146
Around 49% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6567 vs 4420
Around 44% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 240557 vs 167014
Around 58% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 722.769 vs 457.414
Around 42% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 72.795 vs 51.221
Around 56% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 272.641 vs 175.219

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 465.1 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9728 vs 8704
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Maximum memory size	16 GB vs 10 GB
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236 vs 1053
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500 vs 25146
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567 vs 4420
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557 vs 167014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769 vs 457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795 vs 51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641 vs 175.219

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1236

1053

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

34500

25146

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

6567

4420

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

240557

167014

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

722.769

457.414

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

72.795

51.221

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

272.641

175.219

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1236	1053
PassMark - G3D Mark	34500	25146
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	6567	4420
Geekbench - OpenCL	240557	167014
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	722.769	457.414
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	72.795	51.221
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	272.641	175.219
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		6022.79
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		2381.93
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)		3356
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)		34537
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)		3716
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)		3356

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD103	GA102
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating	14	56
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	2205 MHz	1440 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)	465.1 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)	29.77 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	48.74 TFLOPS	29.77 TFLOPS
Pipelines	9728	8704
Pixel fill rate	280.6 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s	465.1 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	320 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	45900 million	28300 million
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	Dual-slot
Height	61 mm, 2.4 inches	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	310 mm, 12.2 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-pin
Width	140 mm, 5.5 inches	112 mm, 4.4 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	10 GB
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	760.3 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	320 bit
Memory clock speed	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X