nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
VS
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2944
Cores448 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 2080
$699 • Sep 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
8GB GDDR6 215W $699 Sep 2018
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 450 W | 215 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 1710 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1010 GB/s | 448 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Turing |
| Shading Units | 16384 | 2944 |
| RT Cores | 128 | 46 |
| TMUs | 512 | 184 |
| ROPs | 176 | 64 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 443.5 GPixel/s | 109.4 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1.01 GTexel/s | 448 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 82.58 GFLOPS | 10.07 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 72.00 MB | 4.00 MB |
| Die Size | 609 mm² | 545 mm² |
| Transistors | 76300 Million | 13600 Million |
| Required PSU | 850 W | 550 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 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
42193 (+289%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
10843
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
316301 (+167%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
118637
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
615.9 FPS (+380%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
128.3 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
38309 (+104%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
18747
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
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
149
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+201.4%
49
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
332
Wins
149
Avg FPS
129
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
0
Wins
49
Avg FPS
42
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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