GeForce RTX 4090 vs GeForce RTX 2080

Prices and Stock
MSRP $1599

VIPERA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Graphic Card

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX™ 4090 BTF OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6X, Exclusive to BTF ATX Motherboards

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 4090, 24GB GDRR6X, 384-Bit, Extreme Clock: 2595 MHz, HDMI/DP Nvlink Tri-Frozr 3 Ada Lovelace Architecture OC Graphics Card (RTX 4090 Gaming X Slim 24G)

ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, DLSS3 Support, Supports 4K)

ASUS TUF GAMING NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (24GB GDDR6X, PCIe 4.0, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a, Dual Ball Bearing Axial Fans)

Prices and Stock
MSRP $699

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2080 8GB GDRR6 256-bit VR Ready Graphics Card (RTX 2080 GAMING X TRIO)

EVGA PowerLink, Support All NVIDIA Founders Edition & All EVGA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti/2080/2070*/2060*/Super*/GTX 1660 Ti*/1660*/1650/1080 Ti/1080/1070 Ti/1070/1060 0600-Pl-2816-Lr

Key Differences

In short — GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms GeForce RTX 2080 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce RTX 2080 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 4090 is 1461 days newer than GeForce RTX 2080.

Advantages of GeForce RTX 4090

Performs up to 112% better in Starfield than GeForce RTX 2080 - 87 vs 41 FPS
Up to 200% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 - 24 vs 8 GB

Advantages of GeForce RTX 2080

Up to 43% better value when playing Starfield than GeForce RTX 4090 - $19.09 vs $33.65 per FPS
Consumes up to 52% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 - 215 vs 450 Watts

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Starfield

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

FPS

100%

Value, €/FPS

€33.65/FPS

57%

Price, €

€2927.92

100%

FPS Winner

VIPERA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition Graphic Card

Buy for €2,927.92 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 230 minutes ago

GeForce RTX 2080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018

FPS

47%

Value, €/FPS

€19.09/FPS

100%

Price, €

€782.88

373%

Value Winner

MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 2080 8GB GDRR6 256-bit VR Ready Graphics Card (RTX 2080 GAMING X TRIO)

Buy for €782.88 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 230 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

GeForce RTX 2080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018

1920 x 1080

Ultra

141

FPS

200

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Maximum

191

FPS

238

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Ultra

468

FPS

764

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

High

676

FPS

859

FPS

Minecraft

1920 x 1080

Very High

352

FPS

393

FPS

League of Legends

Theoretical Performance

GeForce RTX 4090

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022

Pixel Fillrate

443.5 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

1290 GTexel/s

100%

GeForce RTX 2080

Desktop • Sep 20th, 2018

Pixel Fillrate

109.4 GPixel/s

25%

Texel Fillrate

314.6 GTexel/s

24%

GeForce RTX 4090	vs	GeForce RTX 2080
Sep 20th, 2022	Release Date	Sep 20th, 2018
GeForce 40	Generation	GeForce 20
$1599	MSRP	$699
1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a	Outputs	1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x USB Type-C
1x 16-pin	Power Connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
24 GB	Memory	8 GB
GDDR6X	Type	GDDR6
384-bit	Bus	256-bit
1010 GB/s	Bandwidth	448 GB/s
2235 MHz	Base Clock Speed	1515 MHz
2520 MHz	Boost Clock Speed	1710 MHz
1313 MHz	Memory Clock Speed	1750 MHz