GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile vs RTX 4090

Place in performance ranking	1	44
Place by popularity	7	not in top-100
Value for money	15.02	no data
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Ada Lovelace
GPU code name	AD102-300-A1	GN21-X9
Market segment	Desktop	Laptop
Release date	20 September 2022 (1 year ago)	3 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,599	no data
Current price	$1756 (1.1x MSRP)	no data

Value for money

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

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Technical specs

General performance parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider their benchmark and gaming test results. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	16384	7424
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	1860 MHz
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	2280 MHz
Number of transistors	76,300 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	450 Watt	150 Watt (60 - 150 Watt TGP)
Texture fill rate	1,290	386.3

Size and compatibility

Information on GeForce RTX 4090 and GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop video cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility). For notebook video cards it's notebook size, connection slot and bus, if the video card is inserted into a slot instead of being soldered to the notebook motherboard.

Laptop size	no data	large
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm	no data
Width	3-slot	no data
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	no data

Memory

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	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	24 GB	12 GB
Memory bus width	384 Bit	192 Bit
Memory clock speed	21000 MHz	20000 MHz
Memory bandwidth	1,008 GB/s	432.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Video outputs and ports

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Portable Device Dependent
HDMI	+	no data

API support

List of supported graphics and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.6	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
Vulkan	1.3	1.3
CUDA	8.9	8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark performance comparison. 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 4090 100.00
+90.7%

RTX 4080 Mobile 52.44

RTX 4090 outperforms RTX 4080 Mobile by 91% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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 4090 137170
+23.3%

RTX 4080 Mobile 111294

RTX 4090 outperforms RTX 4080 Mobile by 23% in 3DMark Vantage Performance.

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 4090 104937
+82.2%

RTX 4080 Mobile 57598

RTX 4090 outperforms RTX 4080 Mobile by 82% in 3DMark 11 Performance GPU.

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 4090 73174
+79.8%

RTX 4080 Mobile 40687

RTX 4090 outperforms RTX 4080 Mobile by 80% in 3DMark Fire Strike Graphics.

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 4090 250667
+89.9%

RTX 4080 Mobile 131984

RTX 4090 outperforms RTX 4080 Mobile by 90% in 3DMark Cloud Gate GPU.

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

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

Full HD	265 +61.6%	164 −61.6%
1440p	212 +87.6%	113 −87.6%
4K	150 +108%	72 −108%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

225
+51%

149

−51%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	235 +176%	85−90 −176%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	287 +215%	90−95 −215%
Battlefield 5	190−200 +41.9%	130−140 −41.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	170−180 +25.4%	140−150 −25.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	222 +55.2%	143 −55.2%
Far Cry 5	209 +19.4%	175 −19.4%
Far Cry New Dawn	178 +57.5%	110−120 −57.5%
Forza Horizon 4	300−350 +107%	150−160 −107%
Hitman 3	210−220 +31.1%	160−170 −31.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	275 +141%	110−120 −141%
Red Dead Redemption 2	180−190 +114%	85−90 −114%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	294 +46.3%	201 −46.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	188 +45.7%	129 −45.7%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	221 +160%	85−90 −160%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	248 +173%	90−95 −173%
Battlefield 5	190−200 +41.9%	130−140 −41.9%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	170−180 +25.4%	140−150 −25.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	214 +72.6%	124 −72.6%
Far Cry 5	201 +27.2%	158 −27.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	171 +51.3%	110−120 −51.3%
Forza Horizon 4	300−350 +107%	150−160 −107%
Hitman 3	210−220 +31.1%	160−170 −31.1%
Horizon Zero Dawn	250 +339%	57 −339%
Metro Exodus	226 +54.8%	146 −54.8%
Red Dead Redemption 2	180−190 +114%	85−90 −114%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	288 +54.8%	186 −54.8%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	573 +71.6%	334 −71.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	173 +43%	121 −43%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	179 +111%	85−90 −111%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	220 +86.4%	118 −86.4%
Battlefield 5	190−200 +41.9%	130−140 −41.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	210 +73.6%	121 −73.6%
Far Cry 5	187 +25.5%	149 −25.5%
Far Cry New Dawn	154 +36.3%	110−120 −36.3%
Forza Horizon 4	300−350 +107%	150−160 −107%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	305 +77.3%	172 −77.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	153 +39.1%	110 −39.1%

1440p
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	140−150 +62%	90−95 −62%
Hitman 3	210−220 +101%	100−110 −101%
Horizon Zero Dawn	237 +124%	106 −124%
Metro Exodus	177 +73.5%	102 −73.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	90−95 +107%	45−50 −107%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	271 +89.5%	143 −89.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	155 +172%	55−60 −172%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	183 +96.8%	93 −96.8%
Battlefield 5	190−200 +90.3%	100−110 −90.3%
Cyberpunk 2077	154 +87.8%	82 −87.8%
Far Cry 5	186 +44.2%	129 −44.2%
Far Cry New Dawn	152 +61.7%	90−95 −61.7%
Forza Horizon 4	280−290 +149%	110−120 −149%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	268 +95.6%	137 −95.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion	152 +63.4%	93 −63.4%

4K
High Preset

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	95−100 +81.1%	50−55 −81.1%
Hitman 3	120−130 +121%	55−60 −121%
Horizon Zero Dawn	187 +153%	74 −153%
Metro Exodus	137 +104%	67 −104%
Red Dead Redemption 2	60−65 +121%	27−30 −121%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	186 +121%	84 −121%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	280 +143%	115 −143%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	120 +216%	35−40 −216%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	120 +118%	55 −118%
Battlefield 5	130−140 +109%	65−70 −109%
Cyberpunk 2077	80 +105%	39 −105%
Far Cry 5	173 +108%	83 −108%
Far Cry New Dawn	145 +146%	55−60 −146%
Forza Horizon 4	250−260 +236%	75−80 −236%
Watch Dogs: Legion	117 +109%	56 −109%