NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080: Specs, Key Features & Rivals

The RTX 4080 is NVIDIA’s contender in the high-end graphics card class. The RTX 4080 goes up against RX 7900 XTX, RTX 3080 Ti and RX 7900 XT.

VRAM16 GB
Shader units9,728
Boost clock2,505 MHz
Memory bandwidth717 GB/s
Total board power320 W
Launch price (MSRP)$1,199

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Key Specifications

GPU & Performance

GPU & Performance: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Architecture	Ada Lovelace
GPU die	AD103
Process	TSMC 4N
Shader units	9,728
Ray tracing units	76
Base clock	2,205 MHz
Boost clock	2,505 MHz
FP32 computeTheoretical peak; AMD counts dual-issue, so compare within a brand only	48.7 TFLOPS

Memory

Memory: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
VRAM	16 GB
Memory type	GDDR6X
Memory bus	256-bit
Memory bandwidth	717 GB/s

Features

Features: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Upscaling	DLSS Super Resolution
Frame generation	DLSS Frame Generation (2x)
PCIe interface	PCIe 4.0 x16

Power & Thermals

Power & Thermals: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Total board power	320 W
Recommended PSU	750 W
Power connector	1x 16-pin (12VHPWR)

Size & Connectivity

Size & Connectivity: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Reference card length	11.97 in
Slot width	3 slots
Display outputs	3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1

Price

Price: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,199

How It Stacks Up in the High-End Graphics Card Class

Take the class average for shader units, add 20%, and you have roughly where the RTX 4080 sits. For fp32 compute, the RTX 4080 is 7.3% higher than the typical figure in its class. On vram, the RTX 4080 sits right around the average for its class.

Shader units

9,728 · class avg 8,119

FP32 compute

48.7 TFLOPS · class avg 45.4 TFLOPS

VRAM

16 GB · class avg 16 GB

Total board power

320 W · class avg 324 W

Ray tracing units

76 · class avg 81

Memory bandwidth

717 GB/s · class avg 814 GB/s