NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER compared with GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080 SUPER	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Overview
Released
Released	July 2019	January 2024
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Ada Lovelace
Shader cores
Shader cores	3,072	10,240
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,815 MHz	2,550 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	NVIDIA reference specifications. The photo shows PNY's stock-clock 8 GB Blower, whose cooler differs from the Founders Edition geometry below.	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Hardware RT Cores	Third-generation RT Cores; 121 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	Tensor Cores	Fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 836 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1650 MHz base; 1815 MHz boost	2.29 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	64 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	16 GB GDDR6X (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	256-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	496 GB/s	736 GB/s (better)
Memory detail
Memory detail	15.5 Gbps GDDR6	GDDR6X at 23 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	250 W (better)	320 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 4.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	NVIDIA lists DisplayPort 1.4a and HDMI 2.0b, up to 4 displays and HDCP 2.2. Its feature list includes USB-C while the connector table omits it; the pictured PNY Blower specifies 3 × DisplayPort 1.4 and 1 × HDMI 2.0b without USB-C. Check the board manufacturer for its connectors.	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320; DisplayPort supports 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz with DSC	4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC, HDR
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 6-pin and 1 × PCIe 8-pin (reference)	1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 3 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	650 W, based on NVIDIA's 3.2 GHz Intel Core i7 test system	750 W
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (Founders Edition)	3-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	266.74 × 115.7 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)	304 × 137 mm, 3-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVENC; no hardware AV1 encoding	2 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode