GeForce RTX 4080 vs XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | 5 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 29.10 |
| Power efficiency | no data | 19.09 |
| Architecture | XG4 (2003−2005) | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) |
| GPU code name | XG40 | AD103 |
| Market segment | Desktop | Desktop |
| Release date | 15 September 2003 (21 year ago) | 20 September 2022 (2 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $1,199 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
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 | no data | 9728 |
| Core clock speed | 350 MHz | 2205 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | no data | 2505 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 110 million | 45,900 million |
| Manufacturing process technology | 130 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | no data | 320 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 2.800 ×2 | 761.5 |
| Floating-point processing power | no data | 48.74 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 4 ×2 | 112 |
| TMUs | 8 ×2 | 304 |
| Tensor Cores | no data | 304 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | no data | 76 |
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 | AGP 8x | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Length | no data | 310 mm |
| Width | 1-slot | 3-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x Molex | 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 | DDR2 | GDDR6X |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB ×2 | 16 GB |
| Memory bus width | 256 Bit ×2 | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 500 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 32 GB/s ×2 | 716.8 GB/s |
| Shared memory | no data | - |
| Resizable BAR | - | + |
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 DVI, 1x VGA, 1x S-Video | 1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 9.0 | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | no data | 6.7 |
| OpenGL | 1.5 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | N/A | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | N/A | 1.3 |
| CUDA | - | 8.9 |
| DLSS | - | + |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 15 September 2003 | 20 September 2022 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 256 MB | 16 GB |
| Chip lithography | 130 nm | 5 nm |
RTX 4080 has an age advantage of 19 years, a 6300% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 2500% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between XGI Volari Duo V8 Ultra and GeForce RTX 4080. We've got no test results to judge.
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