GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs RTX 4080

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER with 80 pipelines and 10240 shaders against the 1 year and 5 months older RTX RTX 4080 that utilizes 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
16 GB GDDR6X
VS
16 GB GDDR6X
26.8
(Mediocre)
Value Index
25.7
(Mediocre)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
231
166
153
123
229
170
154
120
The Witcher 3
242
215
158
83
245
210
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
302
227
167
85
306
220
168
85
Far Cry 6
182
162
146
92
181
163
143
88
Hogwarts Legacy
166
136
110
60
162
136
109
59
CoD: Modern Warfare III
216
208
168
115
217
213
167
111
Ghost of Tsushima
146
125
111
71
148
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
199
174
123
59
192
177
119
54
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
288
266
201
112
290
265
204
107
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 219 219
1080p Ultra 187 187
1440p Ultra 149 148
4K Ultra 89 86
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
30700
30151
Time Spy 28271 28155
Solar Bay 139050 136995
Port Royal 18353 17984
Fire Strike 63706 64637
Wild Life Extreme 59996 59123
Night Raid 180569 185072
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
250691
217712
Background Blur 279.5 img/sec 250.4 img/sec
Face Detection 220.1 img/sec 190 img/sec
Horizon Detection 11 Gpixels/sec 9.56 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 15.2 Gpixels/sec 12.8 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 16.2 Gpixels/sec 15.3 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 2.08 Gpixels/sec 1.97 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 1370 Gpixels/sec 1130 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 37199.7 FPS 28795.5 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RTX 4080 +4%
26605

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 4080 +1%
34430
G2D Mark 1278 1250
DirectX 11 300 FPS 313 FPS
DirectX 12 135 FPS 133 FPS
GPU Compute 19597 Ops/s 20319 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 10220 & 11261 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
8417.97
RTX 4080 +3%
8682.05
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 2022 & 2841 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4080
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2025-05-02 (Rennsport)Geekbench 6 OpenCL267332

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
36799
GB6 ML Half Precision
54286
53331
GB6 ML Quantized
28474
28104
Image Classification (SP) 12453 13466
Image Segmentation (HP) 34467 34767
Image Super Resolution (Q) 43534 42687
Face Detection (HP) 70300 70927
Pose Estimation (Q) 242331 239350
Text Classification (SP) 3767 3606
Machine Translation (HP) 6614 6519
Object Detection (SP) 18301 18153
Depth Estimation (Q) 66477 65667
Style Transfer (SP) 417906 414848
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and RTX 4080

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 31, 2024 September 20, 2022
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1199
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename AD103 AD103
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 7900 XTX - Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5080
Recommended CPU - Intel Core i7 14700K or above - Intel Core i7 14700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (7th and 10th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2295 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost Clock 2550 MHz 2505 MHz
Shading Units 10240 9728
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 320 304
Render Output Units (ROPs) 112 112
Compute Units (Pipelines) 80 76
Tensor Cores 320 304
Ray-tracing Cores 80 76
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 64MB shared 64MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 286 GPixel/s 281 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 816 GTexel/s 762 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
52.2 TFLOPS
48.7 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 320 W 320 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 379 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor Count 45 billion 45 billion
Transistor Density 118.73 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6X GDDR6X
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory Clock 1438 MHz 1400 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 23000 Mbps 22400 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
736.3 GB/s
716.8 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 8.9 8.9
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 3
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a

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akp831 October 3, 2024 at 05:07 PM
mostly the same thing underneath
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