NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 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, Geekbench - OpenCL, 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).

NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
Around 87% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 9728
Around 7% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 320 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
Around 79% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Around 33% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 318285 vs 239000

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	3 Dec 2022 vs 20 Sep 2022
Pipelines	18176 vs 9728
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	318285 vs 239000

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

2.4x more core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 915 MHz
535.1x more texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Around 31% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1232 vs 942
Around 24% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34618 vs 27821

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 915 MHz
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1232 vs 942
PassMark - G3D Mark	34618 vs 27821

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

942

1232

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

27821

34618

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

318285

239000

Name	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
PassMark - G2D Mark	942	1232
PassMark - G3D Mark	27821	34618
Geekbench - OpenCL	318285	239000
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		28260
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		722.769
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		72.795
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		272.641

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD102	AD103
Launch date	3 Dec 2022	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	6	7
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	915 MHz	2205 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	18176	9728
Pixel fill rate	481.0 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	1,423 GTexel/s	761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	76300 million	45900 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		48.74 TFLOPS
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	4x DisplayPort 1.4a	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Triple-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm, 10.5 inches	310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	700 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	140 mm, 5.5 inches
Height		61 mm, 2.4 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	48 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	384 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X