NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 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, 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 - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/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 4090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 1 month(s) later
Around 35% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Around 39% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 1815 MHz
5.3x more pipelines: 16384 vs 3072
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 12 nm
3x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 8 GB
Around 41% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 920
Around 96% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 19514
4611.5x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9223 vs 2
Around 72% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 582.642 vs 338.122
3.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 98.472 vs 31.6
Around 80% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 2968.159 vs 1653.08
2.7x better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 115804

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	20 Sep 2022 vs 23 July 2019
Core clock speed	2235 MHz vs 1650 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz vs 1815 MHz
Pipelines	16384 vs 3072
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 12 nm
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 8 GB
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297 vs 920
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287 vs 19514
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223 vs 2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642 vs 338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472 vs 31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159 vs 1653.08
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791 vs 115804

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

Around 80% lower typical power consumption: 250 Watt vs 450 Watt
10.7x more memory clock speed: 14000 MHz vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Around 6% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 190.349 vs 178.756

Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	250 Watt vs 450 Watt
Memory clock speed	14000 MHz vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	190.349 vs 178.756

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1297

920

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

38287

19514

3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score

GPU 1

GPU 2

9223

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

582.642

338.122

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

GPU 1

GPU 2

98.472

31.6

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

178.756

190.349

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)

GPU 1

GPU 2

2968.159

1653.08

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

317791

115804

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
PassMark - G2D Mark	1297	920
PassMark - G3D Mark	38287	19514
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	9223	2
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	582.642	338.122
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	98.472	31.6
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	178.756	190.349
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	2968.159	1653.08
Geekbench - OpenCL	317791	115804
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	0	4571.03
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 4090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Turing
Code name	AD102	TU104
Launch date	20 Sep 2022	23 July 2019
Place in performance rating	13	110
Launch price (MSRP)		$699
Type		Desktop
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	1815 MHz
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	1650 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	12 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	1,290 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	82.58 TFLOPS
Pipelines	16384	3072
Pixel fill rate	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,290 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	450 Watt	250 Watt
Transistor count	76300 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	304 mm, 12 inches	10.5” (266.74mm)
Recommended system power (PSU)	850 Watt	650 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	6 pin + 8 pin
Width	137 mm, 5.4 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	24 GB	8 GB
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	496 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective	14000 MHz
Memory type	GDDR6X	GDDR6
Technologies
Ansel
HDMI 2.0b
SLI
VR Ready