Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
241
218
152
83
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
310
225
168
86
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
181
161
148
92
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
161
133
109
62
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
219
215
169
114
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
152
122
110
71
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
201
178
120
56
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
265
205
107
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High219179
1080p Ultra187153
1440p Ultra149119
4K Ultra8870
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy2830219630
Solar Bay13844696489
Port Royal1831213261
Fire Strike6372547892
Night Raid179276143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur279.5 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection220.1 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection11 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur16.2 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.08 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1370 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics37199.7 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark12671088
DirectX 11303 fps223 fps
DirectX 12133 fps111 fps
GPU Compute19970 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1384.7 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1210.8 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)998.7 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex5172 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 29885.2 fps6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2282.1 fps296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation9573.96622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 31, 2024 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Ada Lovelace Ampere
Codename AD103 GA102
Price 999 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2550 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 10240 10240
TMUs 320 320
ROPs 112 112
Execution Units 80 80
Ray Tracing Cores 80 80
Tensor Cores 320 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 286 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 816 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 52.2 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 320 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 379 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 45 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 118.73 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1438 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 23000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.3 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 8.6
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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