RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF vs GeForce RTX 4080
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 5 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 38.09 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 19.57 | no data |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | AD103 | GB203 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Workstation |
| Release date | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) | 11 August 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,199 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 9728 | 8960 |
| Core clock speed | 2205 MHz | 790 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2505 MHz | 1337 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 45,900 million | 45,600 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 320 Watt | 70 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 761.5 | 374.4 |
| Floating-point processing power | 48.74 TFLOPS | 23.96 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 112 | 96 |
| TMUs | 304 | 280 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | 280 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 76 | 70 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| Length | 310 mm | 167 mm |
| Width | 3-slot | 1-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 16-pin | None |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit | 192 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1400 MHz | 1125 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 716.8 GB/s | 432.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | 4x mini-DisplayPort 2.1b |
| HDMI | + | - |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 12.0 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 20 September 2022 | 11 August 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 16 GB | 24 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 320 Watt | 70 Watt |
RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF has an age advantage of 2 years, a 50% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 357.1% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 4080 and RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that GeForce RTX 4080 is a desktop graphics card while RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell SFF is a workstation one.
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