Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada vs GeForce RTX 4080
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Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
AD104
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
AD103
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada 20 GB with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 11 months older GeForce RTX 4080 16 GB that utilizes 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4080
- Performs significantly better (up to 2.1x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 82% higher maximum theoretical performance (48.7 vs 26.7 TFLOPS)
- Shows 61% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 148 vs 92 FPS
- Has 2x higher memory bandwidth: 716.8 vs 360 GB/s
- Features 112 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 44% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (217K vs 151K)
- Has 58% more shading units (9728 vs 6144)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 149 98 91 63 |
229 170 154 120 |
| The Witcher 3 | 177 143 103 54 |
245 210 157 81 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 253 201 135 80 |
306 220 168 85 |
| Far Cry 6 | 131 123 101 58 |
181 163 143 88 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 102 82 66 34 |
162 136 109 59 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 126 119 88 56 |
217 213 167 111 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 94 79 61 33 |
148 126 109 69 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 112 96 64 30 |
192 177 119 54 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 175 157 119 65 |
290 265 204 107 |
| 1080p High | 147 | 219 |
| 1080p Ultra | 122 | 187 |
| 1440p Ultra | 92 | 148 |
| 4K Ultra | 53 | 86 |
| Margin of Error | High | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 14438 | 28155 |
| Solar Bay | 65875 | 136995 |
| Port Royal | 8974 | 17984 |
| Fire Strike | 37396 | 64637 |
| Wild Life Extreme | - | 59123 |
| Night Raid | 158480 | 185072 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 235.3 img/sec | 250.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 157.9 img/sec | 190 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.53 Gpixels/sec | 9.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 7.44 Gpixels/sec | 12.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.87 Gpixels/sec | 15.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.58 Gpixels/sec | 1.97 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 737.7 Gpixels/sec | 1130 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22409.2 FPS | 28795.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1110 | 1251 |
| DirectX 11 | 203 FPS | 313 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 93 FPS | 133 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11869 Ops/s | 20303 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 4080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-05-02 (Rennsport) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 267332 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 9717 | 13466 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 19365 | 34767 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 29227 | 42687 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 40416 | 70927 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 105639 | 239350 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3577 | 3606 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4193 | 6519 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 10820 | 18153 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 36574 | 65667 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 200936 | 414848 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada and GeForce RTX 4080General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | August 9, 2023 | September 20, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1250 | $1199 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD104 | AD103 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - 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 (35th and 10th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1500 MHz | 2205 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2175 MHz | 2505 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 9728 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 192 | 304 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 48 | 76 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 304 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 48 | 76 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | 64MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 174 GPixel/s | 281 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 418 GTexel/s | 762 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 130 W | 320 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 294 mm² | 379 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 35 billion | 45 billion |
| Transistor Density | 119.05 MTr/mm² | 118.73 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 20 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2250 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 18000 Mbps | 22400 Mbps |
| Bus | 160-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
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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