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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 is a high-end desktop graphics card based on the AD103 chip using the Ada Lovelace architecture. The 4080 offers 9,728 cores and 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory with a 256 bit memory bus and clocked at 22.4 Gbits. The card offers a very good raytracing performance thanks to the 76 dedicated raytracing cores. For AI calculations (and DLSS 3 in games), the RTX 4080 has 304 Tensor cores.

The gaming performance is well suited for 4k60 gaming in maximum detail settings and 2k gaming with higher frame rates. Even Raytracing effects can be used with DLSS in most games. Compared to the competition, the RTX 4080 is on par with the AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT with a noticeable advantage when raytracing is used.

The AD103 chp is manufactured in the modern 4nm process at TSMC (4N with EUV) and specified with a TGP (Total Graphics Power) of 320 Watt (compared to the 450 Watt of the RTX 4090). Nvidia is recommending a 750 Watt power supply for the RTX4080.

GeForce RTX 4000 Series

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 compare 16384 @ 2.24 - 2.52 GHz384 Bit @ 21000 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 9728 @ 2.21 - 2.51 GHz256 Bit @ 22400 MHz
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti compare 7680 @ 2.31 - 2.61 GHz192 Bit @ 21000 MHz
CodenameAD103-300-A1
ArchitectureAda Lovelace
Pipelines9728 - unified
TMUs304
ROPs112
Raytracing Cores76
Tensor / AI Cores304
Core Speed2205 - 2505 (Boost) MHz
Theoretical Performance48.7 TFLOPS FP16, 48.7 TFLOPS FP32, 0.76 TFLOPS FP64
CacheL2: 64 MB
Memory Speed22400 effective = 1400 MHz
Memory Bus Width256 Bit
Memory TypeGDDR6X
Max. Amount of Memory16 GB
Shared Memoryno
Memory Bandwidth716.8 GB/s
APIDirectX 12 Ultimate, Shader 12_2, OpenGL 4.6, OpenCL 3.0, Vulkan 1.3
Power Consumption320 Watt
Transistor Count76.3 Billion
Die Size 379 mm²
technology4 nm
PCIe4.0 x16
Displays4 Displays (max.), HDMI 2.1, DisplayPort 1.4a
Date of Announcement20.09.2022
Link to Manufacturer Pagehttps://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/gra...
PredecessorNVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB

Benchmarks

Performance Rating - 3DMark 11 + Fire Strike + Time Spy
88.6 pt (90%)
3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy Graphics
min: 27791     avg: 27962     median: 27962 (75%)     max: 28133 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Graphics
min: 769721     avg: 792455     median: 792455 (92%)     max: 815189 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Graphics
min: 613293     avg: 647868     median: 647868 (89%)     max: 682443 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Score
min: 44563     avg: 48678     median: 48677.5 (86%)     max: 52792 Points
3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Graphics
min: 58893     avg: 62042     median: 62041.5 (70%)     max: 65190 Points