NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 4080 sales 20 September 2022 at a recommended price of $1,199 . This is a high-end Ada Lovelace architecture desktop card based on 5 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 16 GB of GDDR6X memory clocked at 22.4 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 716.8 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is triple-slot card attached via PCIe 4.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 310 mm. 1x 16-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 320 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 4080: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in performance ranking	3
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	17.49
Architecture	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	AD103-300-A1
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 4080's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 4080's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	9728	of 20480 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Core clock speed	2205 MHz	of 2610 (Radeon RX 6500 XT)
Boost clock speed	2505 MHz	of 3599 (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	45,900 million	of 14400 (GeForce GTX 1080 SLI Mobile)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	of 4 (H100 PCIe)
Power consumption (TDP)	320 Watt	of 2400 (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	761.5	of 969.9 (H100 SXM5 96 GB)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 4080 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	310 mm
Width	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 4080: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	of 192 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	22400 MHz	of 23000 (GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER)
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	of 3276 (Aldebaran)
Shared memory	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 4080. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+

API compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 4080, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.3
CUDA	8.9

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 4080. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

RTX 4080 89.69

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark, part of Passmark PerformanceTest suite. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

Benchmark coverage: 25%

RTX 4080 34623

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 4080 143194

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

Benchmark coverage: 17%

RTX 4080 86267

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 4080 57903

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 14%

RTX 4080 185431

3DMark Ice Storm GPU

Ice Storm Graphics is an obsolete benchmark, part of 3DMark suite. Ice Storm was used to measure entry level laptops and Windows-based tablets performance. It utilizes DirectX 11 feature level 9 to display a battle between two space fleets near a frozen planet in 1280x720 resolution. Discontinued in January 2020, it is now superseded by 3DMark Night Raid.

Benchmark coverage: 8%

RTX 4080 769721

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 maya-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 4080 310

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 sw-03

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 4080 120

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 snx-02

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 4080 23

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 catia-04

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 4080 225

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 creo-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 4080 114

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 medical-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 4080 199

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 showcase-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 4080 319

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 energy-01

Benchmark coverage: 3%

RTX 4080 58

SPECviewperf 12 - specvp12 3dsmax-05

Benchmark coverage: 2%

RTX 4080 490

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 4080 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	240
1440p	171
4K	110

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

231

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	160−170
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	262
Battlefield 5	240−250
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130
Cyberpunk 2077	231
Far Cry 5	110−120
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210
Forza Horizon 4	260−270
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−350
Metro Exodus	140−150
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	400−450
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	160−170
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	217
Battlefield 5	240−250
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130
Cyberpunk 2077	210
Far Cry 5	110−120
Far Cry New Dawn	200−210
Forza Horizon 4	260−270
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	300−350
Metro Exodus	140−150
Red Dead Redemption 2	120−130
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	512
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	250−260
Watch Dogs: Legion	140−150

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	160−170
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	189
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	120−130
Cyberpunk 2077	190
Far Cry 5	110−120
Forza Horizon 4	260−270
Hitman 3	120−130
Horizon Zero Dawn	396
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	480
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	259
Watch Dogs: Legion	164

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	160−170
Far Cry New Dawn	140−150

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	110−120
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	153
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	110−120
Cyberpunk 2077	129
Far Cry 5	170−180
Forza Horizon 4	230−240
Hitman 3	130−140
Horizon Zero Dawn	332
Metro Exodus	149
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	390
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	191
Watch Dogs: Legion	95−100

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

120−130

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	85−90
Far Cry New Dawn	65−70
Hitman 3	80−85
Horizon Zero Dawn	150−160
Metro Exodus	110−120
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	187

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	100
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	50−55
Cyberpunk 2077	63
Far Cry 5	50−55
Forza Horizon 4	190−200
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	195
Watch Dogs: Legion	87

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

110−120

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 4080's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce RTX 4090 111.5

GeForce RTX 4090 D 108.69

GeForce RTX 4080 100

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 98.49

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 91.75

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 91.41

Radeon RX 7900 XTX 89.29

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 4080 is Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which is slower by 11% and lower by 4 positions in our ranking.