GeForce RTX 4090 vs RTX 2080 Super Mobile

Place in the ranking	115	1
Place by popularity	not in top-100	6
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	18.82
Power efficiency	17.94	15.23
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	TU104	AD102
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)	20 September 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$1,599

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

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 cores	3072	16384
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	450 Watt
Texture fill rate	299.5	1,290
Floating-point processing power	9.585 TFLOPS	82.58 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	176
TMUs	192	512
Tensor Cores	384	512
Ray Tracing Cores	48	128

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).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	no data	304 mm
Width	no data	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 16-pin

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 type	GDDR6	GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	384 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	1313 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	1.01 TB/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 Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

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

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.140	1.3
CUDA	7.5	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.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 39.28

RTX 4090 100.00
+155%

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 34876

RTX 4090 104598
+200%

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 69838

RTX 4090 137609
+97%

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 24960

RTX 4090 73447
+194%

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 2080 Super Mobile 141486

RTX 4090 260357
+84%

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 HD	139 −86.3%	259 +86.3%
1440p	95 −111%	200 +111%
4K	64 −123%	143 +123%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	no data	6.17
1440p	no data	8.00
4K	no data	11.18

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70

−231%

225
+231%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	98 −140%	235 +140%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 −328%	287 +328%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −95.2%	240−250 +95.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	109 −10.1%	120−130 +10.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 −226%	222 +226%
Far Cry 5	144 +22%	110−120 −22%
Far Cry New Dawn	157 −28%	200−210 +28%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −52.4%	290−300 +52.4%
Hitman 3	80−85 −55.4%	120−130 +55.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −117%	350−400 +117%
Metro Exodus	144 −7.6%	150−160 +7.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	121 −2.5%	120−130 +2.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 −225%	450−500 +225%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −20.3%	150−160 +20.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −145%	200−210 +145%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 −270%	248 +270%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −95.2%	240−250 +95.2%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	99 −21.2%	120−130 +21.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 −215%	214 +215%
Far Cry 5	107 −10.3%	110−120 +10.3%
Far Cry New Dawn	117 −71.8%	200−210 +71.8%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −52.4%	290−300 +52.4%
Hitman 3	80−85 −55.4%	120−130 +55.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −117%	350−400 +117%
Metro Exodus	144 −7.6%	150−160 +7.6%
Red Dead Redemption 2	91 −36.3%	120−130 +36.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	217 −153%	548 +153%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 −201%	240−250 +201%
Watch Dogs: Legion	278 +80.5%	150−160 −80.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 −189%	179 +189%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 −228%	220 +228%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	74 −62.2%	120−130 +62.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 −209%	210 +209%
Far Cry 5	75 −57.3%	110−120 +57.3%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −52.4%	290−300 +52.4%
Hitman 3	80−85 −55.4%	120−130 +55.4%
Horizon Zero Dawn	154 −156%	394 +156%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	183 −196%	541 +196%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	103 −196%	305 +196%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −19.5%	153 +19.5%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

107

−15.9%

120−130
+15.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 −121%	160−170 +121%
Far Cry New Dawn	81 −38.3%	110−120 +38.3%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	57 −172%	155 +172%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −326%	183 +326%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	57 −43.9%	80−85 +43.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −397%	154 +397%
Far Cry 5	56 −50%	80−85 +50%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −23.7%	270−280 +23.7%
Hitman 3	50−55 −176%	130−140 +176%
Horizon Zero Dawn	121 −221%	388 +221%
Metro Exodus	90 −68.9%	152 +68.9%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	137 −268%	504 +268%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −379%	268 +379%
Watch Dogs: Legion	274 +14.2%	240−250 −14.2%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−50%

120−130
+50%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −126%	85−90 +126%
Far Cry New Dawn	46 −50%	65−70 +50%
Hitman 3	30−35 −159%	80−85 +159%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 +72.4%	105 −72.4%
Metro Exodus	75 −89.3%	140−150 +89.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	76 −270%	281 +270%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38 −216%	120 +216%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −400%	120 +400%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34 −52.9%	50−55 +52.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −515%	80 +515%
Far Cry 5	33 −51.5%	50−55 +51.5%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −374%	250−260 +374%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	78 −262%	282 +262%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −485%	117 +485%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−127%

110−120
+127%

This is how RTX 2080 Super Mobile and RTX 4090 compete in popular games:

RTX 4090 is 86% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 is 111% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 is 123% faster in 4K

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

in Watch Dogs: Legion, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 2080 Super Mobile is 81% faster.
in Cyberpunk 2077, with 4K resolution and the Ultra Preset, the RTX 4090 is 515% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

RTX 2080 Super Mobile is ahead in 4 tests (6%)
RTX 4090 is ahead in 68 tests (94%)

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.28	100.00
Recency	2 April 2020	20 September 2022
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	450 Watt

RTX 2080 Super Mobile has 200% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090, on the other hand, has a 154.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 2 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 4090 is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 4090 is a desktop one.

Should you still have questions concerning choice between the reviewed GPUs, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.