GeForce RTX 4090 D vs RTX 2080

Place in the ranking	64	2
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	27.73	18.33
Power efficiency	15.69	15.89
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	TU104	AD102
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	20 September 2018 (6 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.

RTX 2080 has 51% 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 cores	2944	14592
Core clock speed	1515 MHz	2280 MHz
Boost clock speed	1710 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	13,600 million	76,300 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	425 Watt
Texture fill rate	314.6	1,149
Floating-point processing power	10.07 TFLOPS	73.54 TFLOPS
ROPs	64	176
TMUs	184	456
Tensor Cores	368	456
Ray Tracing Cores	46	114

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).

Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	267 mm	304 mm
Width	2-slot	3-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 6-pin + 1x 8-pin	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	1,008 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 Connectors	1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort, 1x USB Type-C	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

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API compatibility

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

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	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 48.70

RTX 4090 D 97.52
+100%

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.

RTX 2080 18793

RTX 4090 D 37631
+100%

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	142 −97.2%	280−290 +97.2%
1440p	98 −93.9%	190−200 +93.9%
4K	74 −89.2%	140−150 +89.2%

Cost per frame, $

1080p	4.92	5.71
1440p	7.13	8.42
4K	9.45	11.42

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Cyberpunk 2077

85−90
−91%

170−180

+91%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	105 −100%	210−220 +100%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	98 −93.9%	190−200 +93.9%
Battlefield 5	194 −80.4%	350−400 +80.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	132 −97%	260−270 +97%
Cyberpunk 2077	85−90 −91%	170−180 +91%
Far Cry 5	127 −96.9%	250−260 +96.9%
Far Cry New Dawn	165 −81.8%	300−310 +81.8%
Forza Horizon 4	262 −90.8%	500−550 +90.8%
Hitman 3	135 −100%	270−280 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	263 −90.1%	500−550 +90.1%
Metro Exodus	144 −94.4%	280−290 +94.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	109 −92.7%	210−220 +92.7%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	215 −86%	400−450 +86%
Watch Dogs: Legion	253 −97.6%	500−550 +97.6%

Full HD
High Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	153 −96.1%	300−310 +96.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	83 −92.8%	160−170 +92.8%
Battlefield 5	182 −92.3%	350−400 +92.3%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	117 −96.6%	230−240 +96.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	85−90 −91%	170−180 +91%
Far Cry 5	102 −96.1%	200−210 +96.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	126 −98.4%	250−260 +98.4%
Forza Horizon 4	243 −85.2%	450−500 +85.2%
Hitman 3	131 −98.5%	260−270 +98.5%
Horizon Zero Dawn	254 −96.9%	500−550 +96.9%
Metro Exodus	144 −94.4%	280−290 +94.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	117 −96.6%	230−240 +96.6%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	180−190 −87.2%	350−400 +87.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−110 −98%	200−210 +98%
Watch Dogs: Legion	243 −85.2%	450−500 +85.2%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	68 −91.2%	130−140 +91.2%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	73 −91.8%	140−150 +91.8%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	90 −100%	180−190 +100%
Cyberpunk 2077	85−90 −91%	170−180 +91%
Far Cry 5	81 −97.5%	160−170 +97.5%
Forza Horizon 4	132 −97%	260−270 +97%
Hitman 3	115 −100%	230−240 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	169 −77.5%	300−310 +77.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	180−190 −87.2%	350−400 +87.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	106 −98.1%	210−220 +98.1%
Watch Dogs: Legion	79 −89.9%	150−160 +89.9%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

99
−91.9%

190−200

+91.9%

1440p
High Preset

Battlefield 5	123 −95.1%	240−250 +95.1%
Far Cry New Dawn	88 −93.2%	170−180 +93.2%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	58 −89.7%	110−120 +89.7%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	60 −100%	120−130 +100%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	69 −88.4%	130−140 +88.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	40−45 −97.7%	85−90 +97.7%
Far Cry 5	70 −100%	140−150 +100%
Forza Horizon 4	212 −88.7%	400−450 +88.7%
Hitman 3	80 −100%	160−170 +100%
Horizon Zero Dawn	129 −93.8%	250−260 +93.8%
Metro Exodus	89 −91%	170−180 +91%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	120−130 −93.5%	240−250 +93.5%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	75−80 −94.8%	150−160 +94.8%
Watch Dogs: Legion	239 −88.3%	450−500 +88.3%

1440p
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

95
−100%

190−200

+100%

4K
High Preset

Battlefield 5	66 −97%	130−140 +97%
Far Cry New Dawn	50 −100%	100−105 +100%
Hitman 3	48 −97.9%	95−100 +97.9%
Horizon Zero Dawn	117 −96.6%	230−240 +96.6%
Metro Exodus	82 −95.1%	160−170 +95.1%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	76 −97.4%	150−160 +97.4%

4K
Ultra Preset

Assassin's Creed Odyssey	41 −95.1%	80−85 +95.1%
Assassin's Creed Valhalla	38 −97.4%	75−80 +97.4%
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare	38 −97.4%	75−80 +97.4%
Cyberpunk 2077	18−20 −84.2%	35−40 +84.2%
Far Cry 5	39 −92.3%	75−80 +92.3%
Forza Horizon 4	81 −97.5%	160−170 +97.5%
Shadow of the Tomb Raider	70−75 −100%	140−150 +100%
Watch Dogs: Legion	35 −100%	70−75 +100%

4K
Epic Preset

Red Dead Redemption 2

59
−86.4%

110−120

+86.4%

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

RTX 4090 D is 97% faster in 1080p
RTX 4090 D is 94% faster in 1440p
RTX 4090 D is 89% faster in 4K

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	48.70	97.52
Recency	20 September 2018	28 December 2023
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	24 GB
Chip lithography	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	215 Watt	425 Watt

RTX 2080 has 97.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 4090 D, on the other hand, has a 100.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 5 years, a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 140% more advanced lithography process.

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

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