GeForce RTX 4090 D vs GTX 1080 Ti

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce GTX 1080 Ti and GeForce RTX 4090 D, covering specs and all relevant benchmarks.

GTX 1080 Ti
2017
11 GB GDDR5X, 250 Watt
48.17

RTX 4090 D outperforms GTX 1080 Ti by an impressive 90% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking702
Place by popularity41not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation20.8417.27
Power efficiency13.2114.79
ArchitecturePascal (2016−2021)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameGP102AD102
Market segmentDesktopDesktop
Release date10 March 2017 (7 years ago)28 December 2023 (less than a year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$699 $1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

GTX 1080 Ti has 21% better value for money than RTX 4090 D.

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores358414592
Core clock speed1481 MHz2280 MHz
Boost clock speed1582 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors11,800 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology16 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)250 Watt425 Watt
Maximum GPU temperature91 °Cno data
Texture fill rate354.41,149
Floating-point processing power11.34 TFLOPS73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs88176
TMUs224456
Tensor Coresno data456
Ray Tracing Coresno data114

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Length267 mm304 mm
Width2-slot3-slot
Recommended system power (PSU)600 Wattno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin1x 16-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount11 GB24 GB
Memory bus width352 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1376 MHz1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth484.4 GB/s1,008 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support+no data
HDMI++
G-SYNC support+-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

GPU Boost3.0no data
Ansel+no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.46.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan+1.3
CUDA+8.9

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 1080 Ti 48.17
RTX 4090 D 91.70
+90.4%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 1080 Ti 18562
RTX 4090 D 35333
+90.4%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD132
−89.4%
250−260
+89.4%
1440p83
−80.7%
150−160
+80.7%
4K66
−81.8%
120−130
+81.8%

Cost per frame, $

1080p5.306.40
1440p8.4210.66
4K10.5913.33

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−81.8%
160−170
+81.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 100
−90%
190−200
+90%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80−85
−80.7%
150−160
+80.7%
Battlefield 5 162
−85.2%
300−310
+85.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95−100
−89.5%
180−190
+89.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−81.8%
160−170
+81.8%
Far Cry 5 122
−88.5%
230−240
+88.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 110−120
−88%
220−230
+88%
Forza Horizon 4 293
−87.7%
550−600
+87.7%
Hitman 3 100−110
−86.3%
190−200
+86.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
−83.2%
350−400
+83.2%
Metro Exodus 144
−87.5%
270−280
+87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
−82.7%
190−200
+82.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 215
−86%
400−450
+86%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
−87.1%
260−270
+87.1%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 145
−86.2%
270−280
+86.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80−85
−80.7%
150−160
+80.7%
Battlefield 5 147
−83.7%
270−280
+83.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 95−100
−89.5%
180−190
+89.5%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−81.8%
160−170
+81.8%
Far Cry 5 96
−87.5%
180−190
+87.5%
Far Cry New Dawn 59
−86.4%
110−120
+86.4%
Forza Horizon 4 284
−76.1%
500−550
+76.1%
Hitman 3 100−110
−86.3%
190−200
+86.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 190−200
−83.2%
350−400
+83.2%
Metro Exodus 144
−87.5%
270−280
+87.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2 100−110
−82.7%
190−200
+82.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 196
−78.6%
350−400
+78.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 95−100
−81.8%
180−190
+81.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
−87.1%
260−270
+87.1%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 71
−83.1%
130−140
+83.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 80−85
−80.7%
150−160
+80.7%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 81
−85.2%
150−160
+85.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 85−90
−81.8%
160−170
+81.8%
Far Cry 5 73
−78.1%
130−140
+78.1%
Forza Horizon 4 120
−83.3%
220−230
+83.3%
Hitman 3 100−110
−86.3%
190−200
+86.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn 153
−89.5%
290−300
+89.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 167
−79.6%
300−310
+79.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 98
−83.7%
180−190
+83.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 130−140
−87.1%
260−270
+87.1%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 121
−90.1%
230−240
+90.1%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5 108
−85.2%
200−210
+85.2%
Far Cry New Dawn 86
−86%
160−170
+86%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 62
−77.4%
110−120
+77.4%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 55−60
−78.6%
100−105
+78.6%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 62
−77.4%
110−120
+77.4%
Cyberpunk 2077 40−45
−78.6%
75−80
+78.6%
Far Cry 5 55
−81.8%
100−105
+81.8%
Forza Horizon 4 265
−88.7%
500−550
+88.7%
Hitman 3 65−70
−84.6%
120−130
+84.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn 118
−86.4%
220−230
+86.4%
Metro Exodus 88
−81.8%
160−170
+81.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 123
−87%
230−240
+87%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 75−80
−86.7%
140−150
+86.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion 210−220
−86.9%
400−450
+86.9%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 98
−83.7%
180−190
+83.7%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5 56
−78.6%
100−105
+78.6%
Far Cry New Dawn 69
−88.4%
130−140
+88.4%
Hitman 3 40−45
−87.5%
75−80
+87.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn 200−210
−72.4%
350−400
+72.4%
Metro Exodus 60
−83.3%
110−120
+83.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 72
−80.6%
130−140
+80.6%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey 40
−87.5%
75−80
+87.5%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla 30−35
−81.8%
60−65
+81.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 37
−89.2%
70−75
+89.2%
Cyberpunk 2077 18−20
−84.2%
35−40
+84.2%
Far Cry 5 31
−77.4%
55−60
+77.4%
Forza Horizon 4 75
−86.7%
140−150
+86.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 72
−80.6%
130−140
+80.6%
Watch Dogs: Legion 24−27
−73.1%
45−50
+73.1%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2 49
−83.7%
90−95
+83.7%

This is how GTX 1080 Ti and RTX 4090 D compete in popular games:

  • RTX 4090 D is 89% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 4090 D is 81% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 4090 D is 82% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 48.17 91.70
Recency 10 March 2017 28 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount 11 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 16 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 250 Watt 425 Watt

GTX 1080 Ti has 70% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 90.4% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 6 years, a 118.2% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 220% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 D is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti in performance tests.


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