Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 4090
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 4090 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4080
- + Die size (mm²) (+230 mm²)
B
GeForce RTX 4090
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+318 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+10 W)
- + Transistors (M) (+30,400M)
- + CUDA cores (+6656)
- + TMUs (+208)
- + ROPs (+64)
- + RT cores (+52)
- + Tensor cores (+208)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+33.84 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+162.90 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+528.50 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+0.1)
- + PassMark (overall) (+2294)
- + 3DMark Time Spy (+2717)
- + 3DMark Fire Strike (+4760)
- + Normalized score (+2.2)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4080
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 4090
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 | 2023 |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB | 16 GB (+4 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 716 GB/s | 1034 GB/s (+318 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit | 384 bit (+128 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 110 W | 120 W (+10 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 4 nm | 4 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 45,900M | 76,300M (+30,400M) |
| Die size (mm²) | 379 mm² (+230 mm²) | 609 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 9,728 | 16,384 (+6656) |
| TMUs | 304 | 512 (+208) |
| ROPs | 112 | 176 (+64) |
| RT cores | 76 | 128 (+52) |
| Tensor cores | 304 | 512 (+208) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 48.74 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS (+33.84 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 280.60 GPixel/s | 443.50 GPixel/s (+162.90 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 761.50 GTexel/s | 1290.00 GTexel/s (+528.50 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 41.8 | 41.9 (+0.1) |
| PassMark (overall) | 24,753 | 27,047 (+2294) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 18,534 | 21,251 (+2717) |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 41,431 | 46,191 (+4760) |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | — |
| Normalized score | 72.8 | 75.0 (+2.2) |
In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4080 | GeForce RTX 4090 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Plague Tale Requiem | 98 FPS | 87 FPS | +12.6% (A) |
| Alan Wake 2 | 77 FPS | 109 FPS | 41.6% (B) |
| Alone in the Dark | 194 FPS | 195 FPS | 0.5% (B) |
| Anno 117: Pax Romana | 80 FPS | 96 FPS | 20% (B) |
| Armored Core 6 | 112 FPS | 109 FPS | +2.8% (A) |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 176 FPS | 195 FPS | 10.8% (B) |
| Assassin's Creed Shadows | 69 FPS | 77 FPS | 11.6% (B) |
| Atlas Fallen | 115 FPS | 182 FPS | 58.3% (B) |
| Atomic Heart | 121 FPS | 144 FPS | 19% (B) |
| Avatar Frontiers of Pandora | 111 FPS | 114 FPS | 2.7% (B) |
| Back 4 Blood | 295 FPS | 309 FPS | 4.7% (B) |
| Baldur's Gate 3 | 122 FPS | 123 FPS | 0.8% (B) |
| Battlefield 5 | 160 FPS | 170 FPS | 6.3% (B) |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 71 FPS | 67 FPS | +6% (A) |
| Borderlands 3 | 158 FPS | 162 FPS | 2.5% (B) |
| Borderlands 4 | 59 FPS | 55 FPS | +7.3% (A) |
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| Call of Duty Black Ops 6 | 112 FPS | 155 FPS | 38.4% (B) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 2022 | 149 FPS | 147 FPS | +1.4% (A) |
| Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 2023 | 164 FPS | 155 FPS | +5.8% (A) |
| Civilization 7 | 131 FPS | 161 FPS | 22.9% (B) |
| Company of Heroes 3 | 207 FPS | 235 FPS | 13.5% (B) |
| Control | 157 FPS | 184 FPS | 17.2% (B) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 290 FPS | 300 FPS | 3.4% (B) |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 207 FPS | 219 FPS | 5.8% (B) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 149 FPS | 147 FPS | +1.4% (A) |
| Cyberpunk 2077 1.6 | 105 FPS | 98 FPS | +7.1% (A) |
| Dead Island 2 | 206 FPS | 190 FPS | +8.4% (A) |
| Dead Space Remake | 113 FPS | 130 FPS | 15% (B) |
| Diablo 4 | 322 FPS | 361 FPS | 12.1% (B) |
| Doom: The Dark Ages | 95 FPS | 106 FPS | 11.6% (B) |
| Dota 2 | 178 FPS | 199 FPS | 11.8% (B) |
| Dragon's Dogma 2 | 69 FPS | 71 FPS | 2.9% (B) |
| Dying Light 2 | 141 FPS | 145 FPS | 2.8% (B) |
| EA Sports FC 24 | 178 FPS | 179 FPS | 0.6% (B) |
| EA Sports FC 25 | 120 FPS | 159 FPS | 32.5% (B) |
| EA Sports WRC | 107 FPS | 117 FPS | 9.3% (B) |
| Elden Ring | 60 FPS | 60 FPS | ≈ |
| Elex 2 | 119 FPS | 116 FPS | +2.6% (A) |
| Enshrouded | 78 FPS | 94 FPS | 20.5% (B) |
| Escape from Tarkov | 120 FPS | 120 FPS | ≈ |
| F1 22 | 186 FPS | 199 FPS | 7% (B) |
| F1 23 | 227 FPS | 152 FPS | +49.3% (A) |
| F1 24 | 210 FPS | 216 FPS | 2.9% (B) |
| F1 25 | 172 FPS | 203 FPS | 18% (B) |
| Far Cry 5 | 171 FPS | 173 FPS | 1.2% (B) |
| Far Cry 6 | 134 FPS | 103 FPS | +30.1% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XV Benchmark | 129 FPS | 122 FPS | +5.7% (A) |
| Final Fantasy XVI | 90 FPS | 109 FPS | 21.1% (B) |
| Fortnite | 270 FPS | 300 FPS | 11.1% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 230 FPS | 250 FPS | 8.7% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 249 FPS | 281 FPS | 12.9% (B) |
| Forza Horizon 6 | 78 FPS | 94 FPS | 20.5% (B) |
| GRID Legends | 199 FPS | 190 FPS | +4.7% (A) |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 165 FPS | 154 FPS | +7.1% (A) |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 98 FPS | 116 FPS | 18.4% (B) |
| Ghostwire Tokyo | 154 FPS | 234 FPS | 51.9% (B) |
| God of War | 138 FPS | 167 FPS | 21% (B) |
| God of War Ragnarök | 140 FPS | 178 FPS | 27.1% (B) |
| Guardians of the Galaxy | 165 FPS | 158 FPS | +4.4% (A) |
| Helldivers 2 | 104 FPS | 136 FPS | 30.8% (B) |
| High On Life | 163 FPS | 211 FPS | 29.4% (B) |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 134 FPS | 45 FPS | +197.8% (A) |
| Horizon Forbidden West | 91 FPS | 89 FPS | +2.2% (A) |
| Immortals of Aveum | 84 FPS | 108 FPS | 28.6% (B) |
| Indiana Jones and the Great Circle | 102 FPS | 136 FPS | 33.3% (B) |
| Last Epoch | 159 FPS | 189 FPS | 18.9% (B) |
| Lies of P | 226 FPS | 208 FPS | +8.7% (A) |
| Lords of the Fallen | 91 FPS | 87 FPS | +4.6% (A) |
| Mafia Definitive Edition | 171 FPS | 179 FPS | 4.7% (B) |
| Metro Exodus | 146 FPS | 156 FPS | 6.8% (B) |
| Once Human | 147 FPS | 197 FPS | 34% (B) |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Palworld | 134 FPS | 139 FPS | 3.7% (B) |
| Pragmata | 114 FPS | 111 FPS | +2.7% (A) |
| Prince of Persia The Lost Crown | 356 FPS | 356 FPS | ≈ |
| Rainbow Six Extraction | 272 FPS | 346 FPS | 27.2% (B) |
| Ratchet & Clank Rift Apart | 124 FPS | 135 FPS | 8.9% (B) |
| Ready or Not | 122 FPS | 158 FPS | 29.5% (B) |
| Resident Evil 4 Remake | 170 FPS | 218 FPS | 28.2% (B) |
| Returnal | 114 FPS | 159 FPS | 39.5% (B) |
| Riders Republic | 169 FPS | 185 FPS | 9.5% (B) |
| Senua's Saga Hellblade 2 | 62 FPS | 74 FPS | 19.4% (B) |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 263 FPS | 243 FPS | +8.2% (A) |
| Skull & Bones | 115 FPS | 122 FPS | 6.1% (B) |
| Sons of the Forest | 75 FPS | 88 FPS | 17.3% (B) |
| Space Marine 2 | 56 FPS | 74 FPS | 32.1% (B) |
| Spider-Man Miles Morales | 103 FPS | 118 FPS | 14.6% (B) |
| Star Wars Jedi Survivor | 106 FPS | 106 FPS | ≈ |
| Star Wars Outlaws | 61 FPS | 83 FPS | 36.1% (B) |
| Starfield | 75 FPS | 84 FPS | 12% (B) |
| The Callisto Protocol | 120 FPS | 116 FPS | +3.4% (A) |
| The Crew Motorfest | 60 FPS | 60 FPS | ≈ |
| The Finals | 171 FPS | 175 FPS | 2.3% (B) |
| The First Descendant | 119 FPS | 153 FPS | 28.6% (B) |
| The Last of Us | 118 FPS | 103 FPS | +14.6% (A) |
| The Quarry | 174 FPS | 177 FPS | 1.7% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 | 334 FPS | 394 FPS | 18% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 | 246 FPS | 290 FPS | 17.9% (B) |
| The Witcher 3 v4 | 144 FPS | 138 FPS | +4.3% (A) |
| Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | 167 FPS | 168 FPS | 0.6% (B) |
| Total War Pharaoh | 192 FPS | 220 FPS | 14.6% (B) |
| Until Dawn | 78 FPS | 104 FPS | 33.3% (B) |
| Valorant | 300 FPS | 350 FPS | 16.7% (B) |
| Watch Dogs Legion | 121 FPS | 131 FPS | 8.3% (B) |
| X-Plane 11.11 | 89 FPS | 78 FPS | +14.1% (A) |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4090 wins 18 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).