NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition. Specifications, performance, tests

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition, chip, information processing units.

• Based on
  NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
• GPU Chip
  AD102-300 / AD102-301 (Ada Lovelace) TU102
• Shader
  16384 4352
• Render Output Units
  192 88
• Texture Units
  512 272

Comparison of the amount of memory on board graphics cards. The more the better.

• Memory Size
  24 GB 11 GB
• Memory Type
  GDDR6X GDDR6
• Memory Speed
  21.0 Gbps 1.75 GHz
• Memory Interface
  384 bit 352 bit

Let's compare the memory frequency of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition. The higher the better.

• Base Clock
  2.235 GHz 1.350 GHz
• Boost Clock
  2.520 GHz 1.635 GHz+ 6 %
• Avg (Game) Clock
  --
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes

Connectors, the number of thermal watts emitted in normal mode and at overclocking.

• TDP
  450 W 260 W+ 4 %
• TDP (up)
  450 W-25 % 320 W
• Tjunction max
  90 °C --
• PCIe-Power
  -- 2 x 8-Pin

Types and sizes of coolers for graphics card cooling system NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition.

• Fan-Type
  Axial Axial
• Fan 1
  2 x 110 mm 2 x 90 mm
• Fan 2
  -- --
• Cooler-Type
  Air cooling Air cooling
• Noise (Idle)
  0 dB / Silent 0 dB / Silent
• Noise (Load)
  39 dB 44 dB

Connectivity and connections.

• Max. Displays
  4 4
• HDCP-Version
  2.3 2.2
• HDMI Ports
  1x HDMI v2.1 1x HDMI v2.0b
• DP Ports
  3x DP v1.4a 3x DP v1.4a
• DVI Ports
  -- --
• VGA Ports
  -- --
• USB-C Ports
  -- 1

Technical data that is used to its full potential in computer games.

• Max. resolution
  7680x4320 7680x4320
• DirectX
  12_2 (Ultimate) 12_2
• Raytracing
  Yes Yes
• DLSS / FSR
  Yes Yes
• LED
  No LED lighting No LED lighting

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode
• VP9
  Decode Decode
• AV1
  Decode No

The difference in size, weight and slot of the compared devices

• Length
  304 mm 267 mm
• Height
  137 mm 116 mm
• Width
  61 mm --
• Width (Slots)
  3 PCIe-Slots 2 PCIe-Slots
• Weight
  -- --

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Founders Edition and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090.

• GPU Interface
  PCIe 4.0 x 16 PCIe 3.0 x 16
• Release date
  Q4/2022 Q3/2018
• Structure size
  4 nm 12 nm
• Part-no
  -- --
• Documents
  data sheet --