nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

10240

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

$1199 May 2021 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 3080 Ti

12GB GDDR6X 350W $1199 May 2021

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

$1199 • May 2021

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	12 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	350 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	1665 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	912.4 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	8nm	5nm
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	10240	16384
RT Cores	80	128
TMUs	320	512
ROPs	112	176
Memory Bus	384-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1188 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	186.5 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	912.4 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	34.1 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	6.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	628 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	28300 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	750 W	850 W
Power Connectors	1x 12-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	Samsung	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

21408

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

42193 (+97%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

196756

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

316301 (+61%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

227.3 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

615.9 FPS (+171%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

26976

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

38309 (+42%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (117 benchmarks)

Mafia: The Old Country

6.8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Hangar 13

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+55%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+65%)

AVG 61 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+83%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 23 FPS

MIN 16 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Callisto Protocol™

7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure • Striking Distance Studios

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti (+0%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 47 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+44%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 24 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090 (+93%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

Winner

Loser

Cities: Skylines II

7.8 2023 • Simulation • Colossal Order Ltd.

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+62%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 79 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+90%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+67%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage

8 2023 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+56%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+74%)

AVG 167 FPS

MIN 149 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+80%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 56 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY XVI

7.7 2024 • Action, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+56%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+64%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+84%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 29 FPS

Winner

Loser

Starfield

7.6 2023 • RPG • Bethesda Game Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+62%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+71%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+81%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+32%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+55%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+70%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 117 benchmarks across 28 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

+62.6%

138

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090