NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 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, 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).
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
- Around 1% higher core clock speed: 2235 MHz vs 2205 MHz
- Around 1% higher boost clock speed: 2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz
- Around 68% higher pipelines: 16384 vs 9728
- Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
- Around 5% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1297 vs 1236
- Around 11% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 38287 vs 34500
- Around 40% better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 9223 vs 6567
- Around 35% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 98.472 vs 72.795
- Around 32% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317791 vs 240557
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Core clock speed | 2235 MHz vs 2205 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2520 MHz vs 2505 MHz |
| Pipelines | 16384 vs 9728 |
| Maximum memory size | 24 GB vs 16 GB |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1297 vs 1236 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 38287 vs 34500 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 9223 vs 6567 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 98.472 vs 72.795 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 317791 vs 240557 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
- 590.3x more texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s
- Around 41% lower typical power consumption: 320 Watt vs 450 Watt
- Around 7% higher memory clock speed: 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective
- Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 722.769 vs 582.642
- Around 53% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 272.641 vs 178.756
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 761.5 GTexel/s vs 1,290 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 320 Watt vs 450 Watt |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective vs 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 722.769 vs 582.642 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 272.641 vs 178.756 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 |
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| PassMark - G2D Mark | 1297 | 1236 |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 38287 | 34500 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 9223 | 6567 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 582.642 | 722.769 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 98.472 | 72.795 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 178.756 | 272.641 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 2968.159 | |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 317791 | 240557 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 0 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| Code name | AD102 | AD103 |
| Launch date | 20 Sep 2022 | 20 Sep 2022 |
| Place in performance rating | 13 | 14 |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 2520 MHz | 2505 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 2235 MHz | 2205 MHz |
| Manufacturing process technology | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance | 1,290 GFLOPS (1:64) | 761.5 GFLOPS (1:64) |
| Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance | 82.58 TFLOPS (1:1) | 48.74 TFLOPS (1:1) |
| Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance | 82.58 TFLOPS | 48.74 TFLOPS |
| Pipelines | 16384 | 9728 |
| Pixel fill rate | 443.5 GPixel/s | 280.6 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate | 1,290 GTexel/s | 761.5 GTexel/s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 450 Watt | 320 Watt |
| Transistor count | 76300 million | 45900 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Form factor | Triple-slot | Triple-slot |
| Height | 61 mm, 2.4 inches | 61 mm, 2.4 inches |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | 304 mm, 12 inches | 310 mm, 12.2 inches |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 850 Watt | 700 Watt |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 16-pin |
| Width | 137 mm, 5.4 inches | 140 mm, 5.5 inches |
API support |
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| 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 |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,008 GB/s | 716.8 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 384 bit | 256 bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1313 MHz, 21 Gbps effective | 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective |
| Memory type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
