RTX 4000 Ada Generation vs GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile

Place in the ranking	113	29
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	18.25	34.45
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	TU104	AD104
Market segment	Laptop	Workstation
Release date	2 April 2020 (4 years ago)	9 August 2023 (1 year ago)

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	6144
Core clock speed	1365 MHz	1500 MHz
Boost clock speed	1560 MHz	2175 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	35,800 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt
Texture fill rate	299.5	417.6
Floating-point processing power	9.585 TFLOPS	26.73 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	80
TMUs	192	192
Tensor Cores	384	192
Ray Tracing Cores	48	48

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	245 mm
Width	no data	1-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	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	20 GB
Memory bus width	256 Bit	160 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	360.0 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 Connectors	No outputs	4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a
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

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	138 −59.4%	220−230 +59.4%
1440p	95 −57.9%	150−160 +57.9%
4K	62 −61.3%	100−110 +61.3%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

65−70
−61.8%

110−120

+61.8%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	98 −63.3%	160−170 +63.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 −49.3%	100−105 +49.3%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −60%	200−210 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	109 −56%	170−180 +56%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 −61.8%	110−120 +61.8%
Far Cry 5	144 −59.7%	230−240 +59.7%
Far Cry New Dawn	157 −59.2%	250−260 +59.2%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −57.1%	300−310 +57.1%
Hitman 3	80−85 −56.6%	130−140 +56.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −60.5%	260−270 +60.5%
Metro Exodus	144 −59.7%	230−240 +59.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	121 −57%	190−200 +57%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	140−150 −62%	230−240 +62%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −56.3%	200−210 +56.3%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	80−85 −56.6%	130−140 +56.6%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 −49.3%	100−105 +49.3%
Battlefield 5	120−130 −60%	200−210 +60%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	99 −61.6%	160−170 +61.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 −61.8%	110−120 +61.8%
Far Cry 5	107 −58.9%	170−180 +58.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	117 −62.4%	190−200 +62.4%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −57.1%	300−310 +57.1%
Hitman 3	80−85 −56.6%	130−140 +56.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	160−170 −60.5%	260−270 +60.5%
Metro Exodus	144 −59.7%	230−240 +59.7%
Red Dead Redemption 2	91 −53.8%	140−150 +53.8%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	217 −61.3%	350−400 +61.3%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	80−85 −62.5%	130−140 +62.5%
Watch Dogs: Legion	278 −61.9%	450−500 +61.9%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	62 −61.3%	100−105 +61.3%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	65−70 −49.3%	100−105 +49.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	74 −62.2%	120−130 +62.2%
Cyberpunk 2077	65−70 −61.8%	110−120 +61.8%
Far Cry 5	75 −60%	120−130 +60%
Forza Horizon 4	190−200 −57.1%	300−310 +57.1%
Hitman 3	80−85 −56.6%	130−140 +56.6%
Horizon Zero Dawn	154 −62.3%	250−260 +62.3%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	183 −58.5%	290−300 +58.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	103 −55.3%	160−170 +55.3%
Watch Dogs: Legion	120−130 −56.3%	200−210 +56.3%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

107

−58.9%

170−180
+58.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	75−80 −60%	120−130 +60%
Far Cry New Dawn	81 −60.5%	130−140 +60.5%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	57 −57.9%	90−95 +57.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	40−45 −62.8%	70−75 +62.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	57 −57.9%	90−95 +57.9%
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35 −61.3%	50−55 +61.3%
Far Cry 5	56 −60.7%	90−95 +60.7%
Forza Horizon 4	210−220 −59.8%	350−400 +59.8%
Hitman 3	50−55 −60%	80−85 +60%
Horizon Zero Dawn	121 −57%	190−200 +57%
Metro Exodus	90 −55.6%	140−150 +55.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	137 −60.6%	220−230 +60.6%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −60.7%	90−95 +60.7%
Watch Dogs: Legion	274 −46%	400−450 +46%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

86
−62.8%

140−150

+62.8%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	35−40 −53.8%	60−65 +53.8%
Far Cry New Dawn	46 −63%	75−80 +63%
Hitman 3	30−35 −56.3%	50−55 +56.3%
Horizon Zero Dawn	180−190 −60.2%	290−300 +60.2%
Metro Exodus	75 −60%	120−130 +60%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	76 −57.9%	120−130 +57.9%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	38 −57.9%	60−65 +57.9%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	24−27 −45.8%	35−40 +45.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	34 −61.8%	55−60 +61.8%
Cyberpunk 2077	12−14 −61.5%	21−24 +61.5%
Far Cry 5	33 −51.5%	50−55 +51.5%
Forza Horizon 4	50−55 −57.4%	85−90 +57.4%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	78 −53.8%	120−130 +53.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	20−22 −50%	30−33 +50%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

−63.3%

80−85
+63.3%

This is how RTX 2080 Super Mobile and RTX 4000 Ada Generation compete in popular games:

RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 59% faster in 1080p
RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 58% faster in 1440p
RTX 4000 Ada Generation is 61% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	39.26	64.22
Recency	2 April 2020	9 August 2023
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	20 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	150 Watt	130 Watt

RTX 4000 Ada Generation has a 63.6% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 3 years, a 150% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 140% more advanced lithography process, and 15.4% lower power consumption.

The RTX 4000 Ada Generation 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 RTX 4000 Ada Generation is a workstation one.

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