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Key Differences
In short — GeForce RTX 4090 outperforms the cheaper GeForce RTX 3080 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing GeForce RTX 3080 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing GeForce RTX 4090 is 749 days newer than the cheaper GeForce RTX 3080.
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
- Performs up to 43% better in Horizon Zero Dawn than GeForce RTX 3080 - 214 vs 150 FPS
- Up to 140% more VRAM memory than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 - 24 vs 10 GB
Advantages of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
- Up to 41% cheaper than GeForce RTX 4090 - £1104.95 vs £1879.99
- Up to 16% better value when playing Horizon Zero Dawn than GeForce RTX 4090 - £7.37 vs £8.79 per FPS
- Consumes up to 29% less energy than NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 - 320 vs 450 Watts
Horizon Zero Dawn
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
GeForce RTX 4090
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022
FPS
214
100%
Value, £/FPS
£8.79/FPS
83%
Price, £
£1879.99
58%
FPS Winner
ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card White (PCIe 4.0, 24GB GDDR6X, HDMI 2.1a, DisplayPort 1.4a)
Buy for £1,879.99 on Amazon
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GeForce RTX 3080
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
FPS
150
70%
Value, £/FPS
£7.37/FPS
100%
Price, £
£1104.95
100%
Value Winner
Palit GeForce RTX 3080 GamingPro 10GB GDDR6X Ray-Tracing LHR Graphics Card, 8704 Core, 1440MHz GPU, 1710MHz Boost, 3 x DisplayPort, HDMI, Advanced TurboFan 3.0
Buy for £1,104.95 on Amazon
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Updated 6528 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultimate
GeForce RTX 4090
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022
GeForce RTX 3080
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Theoretical Performance
GeForce RTX 4090
Desktop • Sep 20th, 2022
Pixel Fillrate
443.5 GPixel/s
100%
Texel Fillrate
1290 GTexel/s
100%
GeForce RTX 3080
Desktop • Sep 1st, 2020
Pixel Fillrate
164.2 GPixel/s
37%
Texel Fillrate
465.1 GTexel/s
36%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | vs | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 |
|---|---|---|
Sep 20th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 1st, 2020 |
| GeForce 40 | Generation | GeForce 30 |
$1599 | MSRP | $699 |
| 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a | Outputs | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| 1x 16-pin | Power Connectors | 1x 12-pin |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
24 GB | Memory | 10 GB |
| GDDR6X | Type | GDDR6X |
| 384-bit | Bus | 320-bit |
1008 GB/s | Bandwidth | 760.3 GB/s |
2235 MHz | Base Clock Speed | 1440 MHz |
2520 MHz | Boost Clock Speed | 1710 MHz |
1313 MHz | Memory Clock Speed | 1188 MHz |
Builds Using GeForce RTX 4090 or GeForce RTX 3080
Horizon Zero Dawn, 1920 x 1080, Ultimate
214 FPS
£15.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900K
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,300
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134 FPS
£9.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Core i9-11900KF
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,315.2
In Stock
212 FPS
£15.57/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,300
In Stock
214 FPS
£15.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900KF
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,299.95
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130 FPS
£15.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 7 5800X
16 GB, 512 GB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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£1,991.41
In Stock
212 FPS
£16.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,599.95
In Stock
127 FPS
£21.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080
Ryzen 9 5900
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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£2,790
In Stock
215 FPS
£18.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900F
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,962.35
In Stock
214 FPS
£16.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-13900KF
24 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,549.99
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217 FPS
£18.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£4,102.3
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