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
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PassMark - G3D Mark |
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3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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Geekbench - OpenCL |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) |
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CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) |
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Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 |
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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 | |
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Essentials |
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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 |
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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 |
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Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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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 |
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DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12.2 |
OpenCL | 3.0 | 2.0 |
OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.5 |
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Memory |
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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 |