NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
nvidia
Brand10GB GDDR6X
Memory8704
Cores760.3 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 3080
nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
GeForce RTX 3080
$699 • Aug 2020
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 10 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 320 W | 450 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz | 2520 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 760.3 GB/s | 1010 GB/s |
| Process Size | 8nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Shading Units | 8704 | 16384 |
| RT Cores | 68 | 128 |
| TMUs | 272 | 512 |
| ROPs | 96 | 176 |
| Memory Bus | 320-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1188 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 164.2 GPixel/s | 443.5 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 760.3 GTexel/s | 1.01 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 29.77 GFLOPS | 82.58 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 5.00 MB | 72.00 MB |
| Die Size | 628 mm² | 609 mm² |
| Transistors | 28300 Million | 76300 Million |
| Required PSU | 700 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
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Game Benchmarks Comparison (345 benchmarks)
Of Ash and Steel
Where Winds Meet
SILENT HILL f
Dying Light The Beast
Borderlands 4
Marvel's Spider-Man 2
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 351 benchmarks across 98 games
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
NVIDIA • 10GB GDDR6X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
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