GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE
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ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE has 9728 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.57 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 49.91 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition has 16384 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.64 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 86.51 TFLOPS.

GPU

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ada Lovelace architecture, which has 76 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 128 execution units.
GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE GPU ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
AD103-300-A1 GPU Chip AD102-300-A1
Ada Lovelace Architecture Ada Lovelace
76 Streaming Multiprocessors 128
9728 Shader 16384
112 Render Output Units 176
304 Texture Units 512
76 Raytracing Cores 128

Memory

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.400 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.400 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
22.4 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
717 GB/s Memory bandwidth 1008 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE has a turbo clock of 2.565 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition is 2.640 GHz.

2.205 GHz Base Clock 2.235 GHz
2.565 GHz Boost Clock 2.640 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE has 1 x 16-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 90 °C.

320 W TDP 450 W
-- TDP (up) 450 W
90 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE are cooled with a AIO water cooling.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial (Radiator) Fan-Type Axial
3 x 120 mm Fan 1 3 x 110 mm
-- Fan 2 --
AIO water cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
0 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1a
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
GIGABYTE RGB Fusion LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode AV1 Decode
Decode VP8 Decode
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE is 40 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition is 40 mm and thus requires the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

236 mm Length 358 mm
146 mm Height 149 mm
40 mm Width 70 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, GIGABYTE AORUS GeForce RTX 4080 16GB XTREME WATERFORCE was released in Q4/2022.

The ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 4090 OC Edition published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

GV-N4080AORUSX W-16GD Part-no ROG-STRIX-RTX4090-O24G-GAMING
Q4/2022 Release date Q4/2022
1,199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 2,029 $
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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