NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB 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.

NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 6 month(s) later
Around 64% higher core clock speed: 2070 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Around 51% higher boost clock speed: 2580 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Around 29% higher texture fill rate: 619.2 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 5 nm vs 8 nm
2.7x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 350 Watt
2x more maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 12 GB
Around 89% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1103 vs 1085
Around 12% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 29817 vs 26651

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	9 Aug 2023 vs 11 Jan 2022
Core clock speed	2070 MHz vs 1260 MHz
Boost clock speed	2580 MHz vs 1710 MHz
Texture fill rate	619.2 GTexel/s vs 478.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm vs 8 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 350 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 12 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1103 vs 1085
PassMark - G3D Mark	29817 vs 26651

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Around 17% higher pipelines: 8960 vs 7680

Pipelines	8960 vs 7680

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1103

1085

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

29817

26651

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1103	1085
PassMark - G3D Mark	29817	26651
Geekbench - OpenCL	199897
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		18842

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Code name	AD104	GA102
Launch date	9 Aug 2023	11 Jan 2022
Place in performance rating	13	16
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2580 MHz	1710 MHz
Core clock speed	2070 MHz	1260 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	8 nm
Pipelines	7680	8960
Pixel fill rate	206.4 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	619.2 GTexel/s	478.8 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	35800 million	28300 million
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance		478.8 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance		30.64 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance		30.64 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	Dual-slot
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	245 mm, 9.6 inches	285 mm, 11.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 12-pin
Width	112 mm, 4.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
Height		40 mm, 1.6 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	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1188 MHz, 19 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X