GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE has 9728 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.51 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 48.74 TFLOPS.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition has 5888 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.48 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 29.15 TFLOPS.

GPU

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

The graphics card NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 46 execution units.
GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
AD103-300-A1 GPU Chip AD104-250-A1
Ada Lovelace Architecture Ada Lovelace
76 Streaming Multiprocessors 46
9728 Shader 5888
112 Render Output Units 64
304 Texture Units 184
76 Raytracing Cores 46

Memory

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition has a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 12 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 504 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 192 bit

Clock Speeds

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE has a turbo clock of 2.505 GHz. The turbo frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition is 2.475 GHz.

2.205 GHz Base Clock 1.920 GHz
2.505 GHz Boost Clock 2.475 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders 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 (Reference) TDP 200 W
-- TDP (up) --
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 GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE are cooled with a Air cooling.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders 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 1x HDMI v2.1
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders 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
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE is 56 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition is 56 mm and thus requires the space of 2 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

330 mm Length 244 mm
136 mm Height 112 mm
56 mm Width --
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 4080 16GB WINDFORCE was released in Q1/2023.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Founders Edition published in Q2/2023 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

GV-N4080WF3-16GD Part-no --
Q1/2023 Release date Q2/2023
1,199 $ (Reference) Launch Price 599 $
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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