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 (114 benchmarks)
The Callisto Protocol™
7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure Striking Distance Studios
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 53 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 (+121%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 21 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 (+203%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 (+358%)
AVG 87 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Winner
Loser
Cities: Skylines II
7.8 2023 • Simulation Colossal Order Ltd.
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+172%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 114 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 47 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+233%)
AVG 110 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+317%)
AVG 50 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 12 FPS
MIN 11 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage
8 2023 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+143%)
AVG 192 FPS
MIN 157 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+178%)
AVG 167 FPS
MIN 149 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 60 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+216%)
AVG 117 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
FINAL FANTASY XVI
7.7 2024 • Action, RPG Square Enix
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+178%)
AVG 128 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+206%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+269%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 16 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
Winner
Loser
Starfield
7.6 2023 • RPG Bethesda Game Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+237%)
AVG 118 FPS
MIN 110 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 35 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+254%)
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 28 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+294%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 17 FPS
MIN 16 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| dlss 1 quality
| Patch: v1.8.86
GeForce RTX 4090 (+180%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 41 FPS
MIN 37 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| dlss 1 quality
| Patch: v1.8.86
GeForce RTX 4090 (+219%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| dlss 1 quality
| Patch: v1.8.86
GeForce RTX 4090 (+265%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 24 FPS
Winner
Loser
REMNANT II®
2023 • Gunfire Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+145%)
AVG 162 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+213%)
AVG 144 FPS
MIN 122 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+224%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 74 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 114 benchmarks across 27 games
140
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+203.7%
46
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
112
Wins
140
Avg FPS
123
Min FPS
98%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA • 8GB GDDR6
0
Wins
46
Avg FPS
39
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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