GeForce RTX 4090 Ti vs RTX 2080 Mobile

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking112not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-10067
Power efficiency17.97no data
ArchitectureTuring (2018−2022)Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code nameTU104BAD102
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date29 January 2019 (5 years ago)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 cores294418176
Core clock speed1380 MHz2325 MHz
Boost clock speed1590 MHz2565 MHz
Number of transistors13,600 million76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology12 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)150 Watt600 Watt
Texture fill rate292.61,457
Floating-point processing power9.362 TFLOPS93.24 TFLOPS
ROPs64192
TMUs184568
Tensor Cores368568
Ray Tracing Cores46142

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 sizelargeno data
InterfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16
Lengthno data336 mm
Widthno data3-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data2x 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 typeGDDR6GDDR6X
Maximum RAM amount8 GB24 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed14000 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth384.0 GB/s1.15 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x 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.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_1)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.56.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL1.23.0
Vulkan1.2.1311.3
CUDA7.58.9

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 24 GB
Chip lithography 12 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 150 Watt 600 Watt

RTX 2080 Mobile has 300% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 Ti, on the other hand, has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile and GeForce RTX 4090 Ti. We've got no test results to judge.

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


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
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