NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
vs
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 8960 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.71 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 30.64 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G has 16384 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.54 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 83.07 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 70 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G is based on the Ada Lovelace architecture and is equipped with 128 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB GPU MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
GA102 GPU Chip AD102-300-A1
Ampere Architecture Ada Lovelace
70 Streaming Multiprocessors 128
8960 Shader 16384
112 Render Output Units 176
280 Texture Units 512
70 Raytracing Cores 128

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is equipped with a 12 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.188 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G has a 24 GB large GDDR6X graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.313GHz.

12 GB Memory Size 24 GB
GDDR6X Memory Type GDDR6X
1.188 GHz Memory Clock 1.313 GHz
19.0 Gbps Memory Speed 21.0 Gbps
912 GB/s Memory bandwidth 1008 GB/s
384 bit Memory Interface 384 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has a turbo clock of 1.710 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G is 2.535 GHz.

1.260 GHz Base Clock 2.235 GHz
1.710 GHz Boost Clock 2.535 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G 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.

350 W TDP 450 W
-- TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 90 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G is cooled by a Air cooling.

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

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G 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 v2.1a
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports 3x DP v1.4a
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G 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 MSI Mystic Light

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB is -- wide and therefore needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G is -- and thus requires the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

285 mm Length 337 mm
112 mm Height 140 mm
-- Width 77 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 2170 g
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 4.0 x 16

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB was released in Q1/2022.

The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G published in Q4/2022 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2022 Release date Q4/2022
699 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,979 $
8 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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
60 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
94 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
70 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
186 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
104 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
196 fps (avg)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
38 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
80 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
76 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
143 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
126 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
185 fps (avg)

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)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
107 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
186 fps (avg)

2560x1440 (1440p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
185 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
201 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB
12 GB GDDR6X
200 fps (avg)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G MSI GeForce RTX 4090 GAMING TRIO 24G
24 GB GDDR6X
201 fps (avg)

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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