nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 Sep 2022 View Details

nvidia

Brand

12GB GDDR6X

Memory

8960

Cores

912.4 GB/s

Bandwidth

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 Jan 2022 View Details

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

$799 • Jan 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

12GB GDDR6X 350W $799 Jan 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
Memory Size	24 GB	12 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR6X
TDP	450 W	350 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2520 MHz	1710 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	1010 GB/s	912.4 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	8nm
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ampere
Shading Units	16384	8960
RT Cores	128	70
TMUs	512	280
ROPs	176	96
Memory Bus	384-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1313 MHz	1188 MHz
Pixel Rate	443.5 GPixel/s	164.2 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	1.01 GTexel/s	912.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	82.58 GFLOPS	30.64 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	72.00 MB	5.00 MB
Die Size	609 mm²	628 mm²
Transistors	76300 Million	28300 Million
Required PSU	850 W	750 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 12-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	Samsung

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

42193 (+110%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

20091

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

316301 (+82%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

173382

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

615.9 FPS (+191%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

211.5 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

38309 (+44%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

26575

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Game Benchmarks Comparison (108 benchmarks)

The Callisto Protocol™

7.3 2022 • Action, Adventure • Striking Distance Studios

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+4%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+47%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+102%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 23 FPS

Winner

Loser

Cities: Skylines II

7.8 2023 • Simulation • Colossal Order Ltd.

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+66%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+96%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 4090 (+72%)

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage

8 2023 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+61%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 157 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 105 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+80%)

AVG 167 FPS

MIN 149 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 81 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+89%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 62 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Winner

Loser

FINAL FANTASY XVI

7.7 2024 • Action, RPG • Square Enix

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+60%)

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+70%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+90%)

AVG 59 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 31 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

Starfield

7.6 2023 • RPG • Bethesda Game Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+66%)

AVG 118 FPS

MIN 110 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+77%)

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+86%)

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+37%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+60%)

AVG 115 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 1 quality

| Patch: v1.8.86

GeForce RTX 4090 (+76%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 87 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

Winner

Loser

REMNANT II®

2023 • • Gunfire Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+32%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+73%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+76%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

AVG 46 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison