NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX 4500 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 4500 Ada Generation

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation

Videocard is newer: launch date 10 month(s) later
Around 3% higher boost clock speed: 2580 MHz vs 2505 MHz
2.5x lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 320 Watt
Around 50% higher maximum memory size: 24 GB vs 16 GB
Around 61% higher memory clock speed: 2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Launch date	9 Aug 2023 vs 20 Sep 2022
Boost clock speed	2580 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 320 Watt
Maximum memory size	24 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective vs 1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

Around 7% higher core clock speed: 2205 MHz vs 2070 MHz
Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 761.5 GTexel/s vs 619.2 GTexel/s
Around 27% higher pipelines: 9728 vs 7680
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 9% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1233 vs 1135
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 34568 vs 28038
Around 22% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 240179 vs 197147

Specifications (specs)
Core clock speed	2205 MHz vs 2070 MHz
Texture fill rate	761.5 GTexel/s vs 619.2 GTexel/s
Pipelines	9728 vs 7680
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1233 vs 1135
PassMark - G3D Mark	34568 vs 28038
Geekbench - OpenCL	240179 vs 197147

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1135

1233

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

28038

34568

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

197147

240179

Name	NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
PassMark - G2D Mark	1135	1233
PassMark - G3D Mark	28038	34568
Geekbench - OpenCL	197147	240179
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		6556
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 4500 Ada Generation	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Essentials
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Code name	AD104	AD103
Launch date	9 Aug 2023	20 Sep 2022
Place in performance rating	10	13
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2580 MHz	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	2070 MHz	2205 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	7680	9728
Pixel fill rate	206.4 GPixel/s	280.6 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	619.2 GTexel/s	761.5 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	320 Watt
Transistor count	35800 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	245 mm, 9.6 inches	310 mm, 12.2 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	300 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	None	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	24 GB	16 GB
Memory bandwidth	432.0 GB/s	716.8 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	256 bit
Memory clock speed	2250 MHz, 18 Gbps effective	1400 MHz, 22.4 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6X