NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4080

$959.00 Sep 2022 View Details

$959.00

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$2,591.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

16GB GDDR6X 320W $959.00 Sep 2022

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	16 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	320 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2505 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	9728	16384
RT Cores	76	128
TMUs	304	512
ROPs	112	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1400 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	280.6 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	716.8 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	48.74 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	64.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	379 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	45900 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	700 W	850 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-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	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

30216

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

42193 (+40%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

217712

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

316301 (+45%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

320.9 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

615.9 FPS (+92%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

34519

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

38309 (+11%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (653 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+27%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+31%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+6%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+24%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+22%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+24%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+27%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+19%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+28%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+32%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+21%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+24%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+26%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+2%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+26%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+44%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+4%)

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+20%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+33%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 4090 (+16%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 196 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 188 FPS

MIN 166 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 4090 (+20%)

AVG 177 FPS

MIN 158 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 147 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 4090 (+25%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+24%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+40%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 656 benchmarks across 166 games

109

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

+20.7%

132

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090