nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
VS
nvidia
Brand12GB GDDR6X
Memory10240
Cores912.4 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
$1199 • May 2021
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
12GB GDDR6X 350W $1199 May 2021
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1665 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1010 GB/s | 912.4 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 8nm |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| Shading Units | 16384 | 10240 |
| RT Cores | 128 | 80 |
| TMUs | 512 | 320 |
| ROPs | 176 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 384-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 1188 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 443.5 GPixel/s | 186.5 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1.01 GTexel/s | 912.4 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 82.58 GFLOPS | 34.1 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 72.00 MB | 6.00 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 (+97%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
21408
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
316301 (+61%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
196756
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
615.9 FPS (+171%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
227.3 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
38309 (+42%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
26976
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (525 benchmarks)
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 Open Beta
8.2 2025 • Action Treyarch, Raven Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+68%)
AVG 165 FPS
MIN 151 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 90 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+81%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 70 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+83%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 40 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
Winner
Loser
EA SPORTS FC 26
8.5 2025 • Simulation, Sports EA Canada, EA Romania
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+27%)
AVG 298 FPS
MIN 163 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 234 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+44%)
AVG 292 FPS
MIN 122 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 203 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+63%)
AVG 205 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
Winner
Loser
Alien Rogue Incursion Evolved Edition
8.2 2025 • Action Survios
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+56%)
AVG 201 FPS
MIN 186 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 129 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+76%)
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 137 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 81 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+91%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 77 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Winner
Loser
SILENT HILL f
8 2025 • Action, Adventure NeoBards Entertainment Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+62%)
AVG 102 FPS
MIN 91 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+72%)
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+77%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 26 FPS
MIN 23 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| dlss quality
GeForce RTX 4090 (+54%)
AVG 151 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 87 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| dlss quality
GeForce RTX 4090 (+61%)
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 74 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| dlss quality
GeForce RTX 4090 (+69%)
AVG 81 FPS
MIN 73 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 48 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
Winner
Loser
Dying Light The Beast
8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG Techland
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+68%)
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 64 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+72%)
AVG 100 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 58 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+76%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 56 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
Winner
Loser
Titan Quest II
7.8 2025 • Action, RPG, Early Access Grimlore Games
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+69%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 104 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+74%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+75%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 528 benchmarks across 146 games
134
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+61.6%
83
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
498
Wins
134
Avg FPS
115
Min FPS
94%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
NVIDIA • 12GB GDDR6X
0
Wins
83
Avg FPS
70
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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