Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Specs and Benchmarks

Alex Jones

Nvidia RTX 4080 Specs and benchmark

Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 is an enthusiastic-class desktop graphics card released on Sep 20th, 2022 by Nvidia. It is a 4K gaming GPU based on Ada Lovelace Architecture which belongs to the RTX 4000 series.

I have collected all the data from reputable sites like Techpowerup, Nvidia’s Official site, and YouTube channels like Hardware Unboxed, Gamers Nexus, etc. for the specs and performance of the Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 graphics card.

Let’s dive into all the capabilities, specs, benchmarks, and gaming performance of the Nvidia RTX 4080 GPU.

Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 Info

All the basic information about the Nvidia RTX 4080 FE is presented such as GPU Architecture, market segment, codename, and price.

GPU NameAD103
GPU VariantAD103-300-A1
SeriesRTX 4000 Series
ArchitectureADA Lovelace
Release dateSep 20th, 2022
GenerationGeForce 40
FoundryTSMC
Market SegmentDesktop
ProductionActive
PredecessorGeForce 30
SuccessorGeForce 50
Launched Price$1199
Current Price$999 – $1500

Technical Specifications

The Nvidia RTX 4080 Specs include compute units, number of shaders, pixel rate, texture filter rate, die size, density, TDP, process size, Vram, and more.

It includes 3rd generation Ray Tracing cores (113 TFLOPS) and 4th generation Tensor Cores for AI (780 TOPS).

SM Count76 Units
Shaders / Cuda Cores9728 Units
TMUs (Texture Mapping Units)304
ROPs (Raster Operation Pipeline)112
RayTracing Cores76
Tensor Cores304
L1 Cache128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache64 MB
Transistors45.9 billion
Process Size5 nm
Die Size379 mm²
Density121.1M / mm²
Pixel Rate280.5 GPixels/s
Texture Rate761.5 GTexels/s

Board Design

TDP (Total Draw Power)320 W
Minimum Power Supply Req.750 W
Tjunc. Max Temp90°C
Slot Width3-Slot (61 mm)
Card Dimensions (L X W X H)304 mm x 137 mm x 61 mm
(12 inches x 5.4 inches x 2.4 inches)
Outputs1x HDMI 2.1a, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Bus InterfacePCIe 4.0 x16
Power Connectors1x 16-pin

GPU Frequencies

In desktop/notebook GPUs, the graphics cards are tuned according to their manufacturers/Board partners, depending on which frequencies they want in their notebook/desktop GPUs.

If they want power efficiency, they want to tune the frequencies lower than normal, resulting in less power consumption and loss of performance.

If they want performance, they will either let the frequencies default or tune the frequencies a little higher for more performance. Hence, the GPU will consume more power.

The higher the clock speed, the better the GPU performance.

Base ClockBoost ClockFP16 (Half)FP32 (Float)FP64 (Double)
2.205 GHz2.505 GHz48.7 TFLOPS48.7 TFLOPS0.761 TFLOPS

Video Memory (VRAM) capacity and Type

It tells how much VRAM RTX 4080 16GB gddr6x has, VRAM type, size, bus, and bandwidth. This is a discrete video card so Nvidia RTX 4080 VRAM is 16GB GDDR6X.

Memory Size16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6X
Memory Bus256 bit
Memory Clock1400 MHz
22.4 Gbps effective
Bandwidth716.8 GB/s

API Features Support

Graphical API features supported by the Nvidia RTX 4080 graphics card are:

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)
Cuda8.9
OpenGL4.6
OpenCL3.0
Vulkan1.3
Shader Model6.8

Hardware Codec Support

Hardware codecs supported by the Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 GDDR6X graphics card are:

h264Decode / Encode
AV1Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (8-bit)Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC (10-bit)Decode / Encode
VP8Decode / Encode
VP9Decode / Encode
NVENC / NVDEC
(2x 8th gen / 5th gen)
Yes

Other Features Support

HDMI 4K SupportYes (4K at 240Hz), HDR
HDCP-Version2.3
Max. Display Support4
Max. Resolution Support8K at 60Hz with DSC, HDR
Nvidia DLSSDLSS 3.5, Super Res, DLAA,
Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation
Nvidia ReflexYes
Nvidia BroadcastYes
Resizable BARYes
Nvidia Geforce ExperienceYes
Nvidia AnselYes
Nvidia FreeStyleYes
Nvidia  ShadowPlayYes
Nvidia HighlightsYes
Nvidia G-SyncYes
Nvidia OmniverseYes
Nvidia Studio DriversYes
Game Ready DriversYes
VR ReadyYes
Nvidia GPU BoostYes
Nvidia NVLink (SLI-Ready)No

Synthetic Benchmark Performance

These benchmarks are measured by GPU benchmarking software like 3DMark Time Spy graphics score, 3DMark Fire strike graphics, Passmark Performance Testsuite, Port Royal, and Geekbench 6.2.

What is the Passmark Performance Test suite?

The Passmark performance test suite is a 3D benchmark designed for video cards by using the DirectX feature.

It puts a load on the GPU for various DirectX versions like DX9, DX10, DX11, and DX12 provides separate benchmark results, and gives you the average G3D mark score.

What is the 3D Mark Time Spy benchmark?

It calculates both the CPU and GPU performance by rendering on 1440p resolution using DX12 API and gives you the system’s overall score. It also ranks your overall score on the internet and your system accordingly.

Time Spy Extreme also uses DX12 API to benchmark a gaming PC to its fullest capabilities by rendering it on 4K Ultra HD resolution.

What is the 3D Mark Fire Strike benchmark?

It is a standard to test your gaming PC graphics render capability in detail and complexity which is quite taxing to the gaming hardware. It uses DirectX 11 API and renders at 1080P resolution.

Fire Strike Extreme benchmark uses 1440p as a rendering resolution for gaming PCs. It enhances all the visuals by increasing the rendering load to measure the accurate performance of extreme hardware setups.

What is the 3D Port Royal benchmark?

The 3D Port Royal benchmark measures the ray-tracing capability of a graphics card that supports Microsoft DXR. It renders the scenes at 1440p resolution.

What is the Geekbench 6 GPU benchmark?

Geekbench 6 GPU benchmarks your graphics card computing power in gaming, image processing, video editing, photography, and machine learning. It tests your GPU Open CL, metal, and Vulkan score.

Benchmark ToolsRTX 4080 FE
Time Spy Graphics25 231
Time Spy Extreme Graphics14 173
Firestrike Graphics62 234
Firestrike Extreme Graphics33 485
Firestrike Ultra Graphics17 156
Port Royal17 940
Open CL238,678
Vulkan213,532
Passmark34 629
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16GB benchmark

RTX 4080 Super Gaming Performance

Gaming performance is measured by running multiple games on this integrated graphics card and calculating the average fps and 1% lows.

The test system used for this gaming benchmark is a Ryzen 7 5800X3D CPU, 32 GB DDR4-3200 MHz (CL14) RAM in dual channels, Win 10 Pro, and Nvidia RTX 4080 Founders Edition graphics card.

RTX 4080 Gaming benchmark at 1440p

Nvidia RTX 4080 Gaming Benchmark @1440p
Credit: GamingTechware

RTX 4080 Gaming benchmark at 4K

Nvidia RTX 4080 4K Gaming Benchmark
Credit: GamingTechware

RTX 4080 Gaming benchmark details in table format

Games1440p
Avg. FPS
1440p
1% Low
4K
Avg. FPS
4K
1% Low
Graphics
Settings
Cyberpunk 20771281106457High
Rainbow Six Siege288215158110V.High
Hunt: Showdown257227121112High
The Outer Worlds21116211995Ultra
AC Valhalla16112210073V.High
Hitman 3206171142122Ultra
Dying Light 21511377871High
FarCry 618113713095High
Watchdogs Legion15411111091V.High, TAA
Horizon Zero Dawn21115211991Ultimate
Halo Infinite16012210389Ultra
F1 202120616111798Ultra High,
RT Med, TAA
SOTR [DX12]206183116109Highest, TAA
Total 13 Games Benchmarked with Nvidia RTX 4080 FE

Nvidia RTX 4080 Ray Tracing 1440p Gaming Benchmark

Nvidia RTX 4080 Ray Tracing 1440P Gaming Benchmark
Credit: GamingTechware

Nvidia RTX 4080 Ray Tracing 4K Gaming Benchmark

Nvidia RTX 4080 Ray Tracing 4K Gaming Benchmark
Credit: GamingTechware

RTX 4080 Ray Tracing Gaming benchmark details in table format

Games1440p
Avg. FPS
1440p
1% Low
4K
Avg. FPS
4K
1% Low
Graphics
Settings
F1 221281146460Ultra High, TAA, RT High
Watch Dogs:
Legion
106845445V.High, TAA,
RT Ultra
Guardian of the Galaxy133947251Ultra, RT Ultra
Dying Light 278653936RT Quality/ Ultra
Cyberpunk 207761533128High, TAA
RT Ultra

Is Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 good for gaming?

The Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 16GB is a good graphics card for 1080p, 1440p, and 4K gaming. It can handle 4K Ray Tracing well enough to run Modern AAA titles at decent FPS.

How much is a RTX 4080?

The Nvidia Geforce RTX 4080 price starts from $1199; which is for Founders Edition and 3rd Party cards can be found at a price tag ranging between $999 to $1500.

What is the Nvidia RTX 4080 equivalent?

AMD RX 7900 XTX is the AMD Equivalent of the Nvidia RTX 4080 Graphics Card.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 GPU by following 3rd Party Companies

The following 3rd Party companies or board partners of Nvidia GPUs are ASUS, Gigabyte, Zotac, Colorful, Inno3D, Galax, MSI, Palit, PNY, Yeston, Gainward, KFA2, Kuroutoshikou, Leadtek, Manli, and Maxsun.

There are some OEM Brands like Dell, Lenovo, and HP also use Nvidia graphics cards.

Nvidia RTX 4080 Founders edition was launched, and available in the market; 3rd party board partners’ GPUs were also launched.

The difference between the Founders Edition and 3rd Party board partner GPUs is that they have higher clock speeds, much better and beefier coolers with triple fan design, and RGB.

Hii, I am Alex, have attained my B.Tech Deg. in CSE. I love to Read about Gaming PCs, Laptops and compare their Specs. A Techie Blogger just want to share my Knowledge about Gaming Hardware.

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