NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
About GPU
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is a powerhouse GPU that delivers top-of-the-line performance for desktop gaming and graphics-intensive applications. With a base clock of 2205MHz and a boost clock of 2505MHz, this GPU ensures smooth and lag-free gameplay even in the most demanding titles.
The 16GB of GDDR6X memory and a memory clock of 1400MHz provide ample memory bandwidth for handling large textures and assets, making it ideal for high-resolution gaming and content creation. With 9728 shading units and 64MB of L2 cache, the RTX 4080 offers lightning-fast rendering and real-time ray tracing capabilities.
Despite its impressive performance, the RTX 4080 maintains a TDP of 320W, making it relatively power-efficient compared to previous generation GPUs. The 48.74 TFLOPS theoretical performance further solidifies its position as one of the most powerful GPUs on the market.
In benchmark tests, the RTX 4080 shines, scoring an impressive 28134 in 3DMark Time Spy and delivering exceptional frame rates in popular titles such as GTA 5, Battlefield 5, Cyberpunk 2077, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p resolution.
Overall, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 is a game-changing GPU that offers unparalleled performance, making it a perfect choice for gamers and content creators who demand the best. Its combination of high clock speeds, massive memory bandwidth, and impressive benchmark scores make it a worthy investment for anyone looking for top-tier graphics performance.
Basic
Label Name
NVIDIA
Platform
Desktop
Launch Date
September 2022
Model Name
GeForce RTX 4080
Generation
GeForce 40
Base Clock
2205MHz
Boost Clock
2505MHz
Bus Interface
PCIe 4.0 x16
Transistors
45,900 million
RT Cores
76
Tensor Cores
?
Tensor Cores are specialized processing units designed specifically for deep learning, providing higher training and inference performance compared to FP32 training. They enable rapid computations in areas such as computer vision, natural language processing, speech recognition, text-to-speech conversion, and personalized recommendations. The two most notable applications of Tensor Cores are DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling) and AI Denoiser for noise reduction.
304
TMUs
?
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) serve as components of the GPU, which are capable of rotating, scaling, and distorting binary images, and then placing them as textures onto any plane of a given 3D model. This process is called texture mapping.
304
Foundry
TSMC
Process Size
5 nm
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Memory Specifications
Memory Size
16GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
Memory Bus
?
The memory bus width refers to the number of bits of data that the video memory can transfer within a single clock cycle. The larger the bus width, the greater the amount of data that can be transmitted instantaneously, making it one of the crucial parameters of video memory. The memory bandwidth is calculated as: Memory Bandwidth = Memory Frequency x Memory Bus Width / 8. Therefore, when the memory frequencies are similar, the memory bus width will determine the size of the memory bandwidth.
256bit
Memory Clock
1400MHz
Bandwidth
?
Memory bandwidth refers to the data transfer rate between the graphics chip and the video memory. It is measured in bytes per second, and the formula to calculate it is: memory bandwidth = working frequency × memory bus width / 8 bits.
716.8 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
Pixel Rate
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Pixel fill rate refers to the number of pixels a graphics processing unit (GPU) can render per second, measured in MPixels/s (million pixels per second) or GPixels/s (billion pixels per second). It is the most commonly used metric to evaluate the pixel processing performance of a graphics card.
280.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
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Texture fill rate refers to the number of texture map elements (texels) that a GPU can map to pixels in a single second.
761.5 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)
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An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy.
48.74 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy, while single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
761.5 GFLOPS
FP32 (float)
?
An important metric for measuring GPU performance is floating-point computing capability. Single-precision floating-point numbers (32-bit) are used for common multimedia and graphics processing tasks, while double-precision floating-point numbers (64-bit) are required for scientific computing that demands a wide numeric range and high accuracy. Half-precision floating-point numbers (16-bit) are used for applications like machine learning, where lower precision is acceptable.
47.765
TFLOPS
Miscellaneous
SM Count
?
Multiple Streaming Processors (SPs), along with other resources, form a Streaming Multiprocessor (SM), which is also referred to as a GPU's major core. These additional resources include components such as warp schedulers, registers, and shared memory. The SM can be considered the heart of the GPU, similar to a CPU core, with registers and shared memory being scarce resources within the SM.
76
Shading Units
?
The most fundamental processing unit is the Streaming Processor (SP), where specific instructions and tasks are executed. GPUs perform parallel computing, which means multiple SPs work simultaneously to process tasks.
9728
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
64MB
TDP
320W
Vulkan Version
?
Vulkan is a cross-platform graphics and compute API by Khronos Group, offering high performance and low CPU overhead. It lets developers control the GPU directly, reduces rendering overhead, and supports multi-threading and multi-core processors.
1.3
OpenCL Version
3.0
OpenGL
4.6
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
CUDA
8.9
Power Connectors
1x 16-pin
Shader Model
6.7
ROPs
?
The Raster Operations Pipeline (ROPs) is primarily responsible for handling lighting and reflection calculations in games, as well as managing effects like anti-aliasing (AA), high resolution, smoke, and fire. The more demanding the anti-aliasing and lighting effects in a game, the higher the performance requirements for the ROPs; otherwise, it may result in a sharp drop in frame rate.
112
Suggested PSU
700W
Benchmarks
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
Score
129
fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1440p
Score
251
fps
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1080p
Score
295
fps
Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
Score
72
fps
Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
Score
119
fps
Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
Score
176
fps
Battlefield 5 2160p
Score
122
fps
Battlefield 5 1440p
Score
165
fps
Battlefield 5 1080p
Score
188
fps
GTA 5 2160p
Score
130
fps
GTA 5 1440p
Score
177
fps
GTA 5 1080p
Score
174
fps
FP32 (float)
Score
47.765
TFLOPS
3DMark Time Spy
Score
27571
Vulkan
Score
207930
OpenCL
Score
239769
Compared to Other GPU
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 2160p
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Cyberpunk 2077 2160p
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Cyberpunk 2077 1440p
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Cyberpunk 2077 1080p
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Battlefield 5 2160p
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Battlefield 5 1080p
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GTA 5 2160p
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GTA 5 1440p
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GTA 5 1080p
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FP32 (float)
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3DMark Time Spy
Vulkan
OpenCL