NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • Around 58% higher core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 1395 MHz
  • Around 48% higher boost clock speed: 2505 MHz vs 1695 MHz
  • Around 37% higher texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
  • Around 9% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 350 Watt
  • Around 15% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
  • Around 17% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1236 vs 1060
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34500 vs 26668
  • Around 28% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 6567 vs 5118
  • Around 26% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 240557 vs 191142
  • Around 5% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 722.769 vs 690.619
  • Around 16% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 72.795 vs 62.614
  • Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 272.641 vs 209.424
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 vs 1 Sep 2020
Core clock speed 2205 MHz vs 1395 MHz
Boost clock speed 2505 MHz vs 1695 MHz
Texture fill rate 761.5 GTexel/s vs 556.0 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 320 Watt vs 350 Watt
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark 1236 vs 1060
PassMark - G3D Mark 34500 vs 26668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6567 vs 5118
Geekbench - OpenCL 240557 vs 191142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 722.769 vs 690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 72.795 vs 62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 272.641 vs 209.424

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

  • Around 8% higher pipelines: 10496 vs 9728
  • Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Pipelines 10496 vs 9728
Maximum memory size 24 GB vs 16 GB

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
1236
1060
PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
34500
26668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score
GPU 1
GPU 2
6567
5118
Geekbench - OpenCL
GPU 1
GPU 2
240557
191142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
722.769
690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
72.795
62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)
GPU 1
GPU 2
272.641
209.424
Name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
PassMark - G2D Mark 1236 1060
PassMark - G3D Mark 34500 26668
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score 6567 5118
Geekbench - OpenCL 240557 191142
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 722.769 690.619
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 72.795 62.614
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 272.641 209.424
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 7585.258
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 2441.384
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3354
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) 33398
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) 3713
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3354

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090

Essentials

Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Code name AD103 GA102
Launch date 20 Sep 2022 1 Sep 2020
Place in performance rating 14 46
Launch price (MSRP) $1499
Type Desktop

Technical info

Boost clock speed 2505 MHz 1695 MHz
Core clock speed 2205 MHz 1395 MHz
Manufacturing process technology 4 nm 8 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance 761.5 GFLOPS (1:64) 556.0 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance 48.74 TFLOPS (1:1) 35.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance 48.74 TFLOPS 35.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines 9728 10496
Pixel fill rate 280.6 GPixel/s 189.8 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate 761.5 GTexel/s 556.0 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 320 Watt 350 Watt
Transistor count 45900 million 28300 million

Video outputs and ports

Display Connectors 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Form factor Triple-slot
Height 61 mm, 2.4 inches 138 mm (5.4 inches)
Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Length 310 mm, 12.2 inches 313 mm (12.3 inches)
Recommended system power (PSU) 700 Watt 750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors 1x 16-pin 1x 12-pin
Width 140 mm, 5.5 inches Triple-slot

API support

DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2) 12.2
OpenCL 3.0 2.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Shader Model 6.7 6.5
Vulkan

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 16 GB 24 GB
Memory bandwidth 716.8 GB/s 936.2 GB/s
Memory bus width 256 bit 384 bit
Memory clock speed 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective 1219 MHz (19.5 Gbps effective)
Memory type GDDR6X GDDR6X