GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB vs RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation

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Primary details

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

Place in the ranking48not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency52.86no data
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Pascal (2016−2021)
GPU code nameAD104GP102
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date21 March 2023 (1 year ago)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 cores61443200
Core clock speed720 MHz1557 MHz
Boost clock speed1560 MHz1670 MHz
Number of transistors35,800 million11,800 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm16 nm
Power consumption (TDP)70 Watt250 Watt
Texture fill rate299.5334.0
Floating-point processing power19.17 TFLOPS10.69 TFLOPS
ROPs8080
TMUs192200
Tensor Cores192no data
Ray Tracing Cores48no data

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 4.0 x16PCIe 3.0 x16
Length168 mm267 mm
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 6-pin + 1x 8-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 typeGDDR6GDDR5X
Maximum RAM amount20 GB12 GB
Memory bus width160 Bit384 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz1376 MHz
Memory bandwidth280.0 GB/s528.4 GB/s

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 Connectors4x mini-DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 (12_1)
Shader Model6.86.7
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA8.96.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 20 GB 12 GB
Chip lithography 5 nm 16 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 70 Watt 250 Watt

RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation has a 66.7% higher maximum VRAM amount, a 220% more advanced lithography process, and 257.1% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation and GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation is a workstation graphics card while GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 12 GB is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA RTX 4000 SFF Ada Generation
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