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 (333 benchmarks)

Split Fiction

8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hazelight Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+171%)

AVG 295 FPS

MIN 258 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+208%)

AVG 237 FPS

MIN 206 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+256%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 137 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

Marvel's Spider-Man 2

7.9 2025 • Action, Adventure • Insomniac Games, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+246%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+370%)

AVG 155 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 33 FPS

MIN 22 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+910%)

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 10 FPS

MIN 4 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+435%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 17 FPS

MIN 10 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+664%)

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 11 FPS

MIN 7 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+2450%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 2 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

Winner

Loser

Sniper Elite Resistance

8.5 2025 • Action, Adventure • Rebellion

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+221%)

AVG 343 FPS

MIN 318 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+238%)

AVG 277 FPS

MIN 235 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+263%)

AVG 174 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY VII REBIRTH

8.1 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+176%)

AVG 171 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+182%)

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 42 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+273%)

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 26 FPS

MIN 20 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assetto Corsa EVO

6 2025 • Racing, Simulation, Sports, Early Access • KUNOS Simulazioni

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+3050%)

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 4 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+5400%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 2 FPS

MIN 1 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+%)

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

Winner

Loser

DYNASTY WARRIORS ORIGINS

8.6 2025 • Action, RPG, Strategy • KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+120%)

AVG 240 FPS

MIN 240 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+204%)

AVG 240 FPS

MIN 235 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+271%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 137 FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 336 benchmarks across 93 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 2080

+201.4%

149

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090