nvidia

Brand

8GB GDDR6

Memory

2944

Cores

448 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

$699 Sep 2018 View Details

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 Sep 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

8GB GDDR6 215W $699 Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 2080

$699 • Sep 2018

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	8 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
TDP	215 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1710 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	448 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	12nm	5nm
Architecture	Turing	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	2944	16384
RT Cores	46	128
TMUs	184	512
ROPs	64	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1750 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	109.4 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	448 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	10.07 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	4.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	545 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	13600 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	550 W	850 W
Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

10843

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

42193 (+289%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

118637

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

316301 (+167%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

128.3 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

615.9 FPS (+380%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

18747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080

38309 (+104%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (114 benchmarks)

The Callisto Protocol™

7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure • Striking Distance Studios

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 53 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+121%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 21 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+203%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 19 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+358%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Winner

Loser

Cities: Skylines II

7.8 2023 • Simulation • Colossal Order Ltd.

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+172%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+233%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 31 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+317%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 12 FPS

MIN 11 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage

8 2023 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+143%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+178%)

AVG 167 FPS

MIN 149 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 60 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+216%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY XVI

7.7 2024 • Action, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+178%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+206%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+269%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 12 FPS

Winner

Loser

Starfield

7.6 2023 • RPG • Bethesda Game Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+237%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+254%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 28 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+294%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+180%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 41 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+219%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+265%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

Winner

Loser

REMNANT II®

2023 • • Gunfire Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+145%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+213%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+224%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 25 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 114 benchmarks across 27 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

+203.7%

140

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090