Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
228
165
158
124
133
82
74
53
The Witcher 3
241
218
152
83
150
124
88
49
Counter-Strike 2
310
225
168
86
220
166
118
65
Far Cry 6
181
161
148
92
115
102
83
48
Hogwarts Legacy
161
133
109
62
86
68
51
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
219
215
169
114
106
96
68
45
Ghost of Tsushima
152
122
110
71
80
66
48
26
Cyberpunk 2077
201
178
120
56
92
79
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
265
205
107
141
127
94
51
Avg FPS
1080p High219125
1080p Ultra187101
1440p Ultra14975
4K Ultra8843
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
11528
Time Spy2830211623
Solar Bay13844652230
Port Royal183127001
Fire Strike6372528771
Night Raid179276107853
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
122905
Background Blur279.5 frames/s197.1 frames/s
Face Detection220.1 frames/s110.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection11 Gpix/sec5.03 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec6.5 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur16.2 Gpix/sec7.05 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.08 Gpix/sec1.28 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1370 Gpix/sec576.8 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics37199.7 fps15732.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
19515
G2D Mark1267921
DirectX 11303 fps164 fps
DirectX 12133 fps75 fps
GPU Compute19970 Ops/s8363 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
130.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1384.7 fps636.8 fps
Car Chase1210.8 fps560.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)998.7 fps518.5 fps
T-Rex5172 fps2788.7 fps
ALU 29885.2 fps3207.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.1 fps275.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation9573.93375.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 31, 2024 July, 23, 2019
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Turing
Codename AD103 TU104
Price 999 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1650 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2550 MHz 1815 MHz
Shader Units 10240 3072
TMUs 320 192
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 80 48
Ray Tracing Cores 80 48
Tensor Cores 320 384
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 286 Gpix/sec 116 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 816 GTex/s 348 GTex/s
FLOPS 52.2 TFLOPS 11.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 320 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 379 mm² 545 mm²
Transistor count 45 billion 13 billion
Transistor density 118.73 MTr/mm² 23.85 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1438 MHz 1937 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 23000 MB/s 15500 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER
495.9 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 7.5
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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