In the gpu comparison between the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition and the Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 69 % faster than the Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and has 16384 texture shaders and 128 execution units.
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, which has 9728 shaders and 76 execution units.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream
Memory Size
24 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR6X
GDDR6X
Memory Clock
1.313 GHz
1.400 GHz
Memory Speed
21.0 Gbps
22.4 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
1,008 GB/s
717 GB/s
Memory Interface
384 bit
256 bit
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has 24 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6X and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1008 GB/s.
The Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream can access 16 GB GDDR6X graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 717 GB/s.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream
Base Clock
2.235 GHz
2.205 GHz
Boost Clock
2.520 GHz
2.505 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition clocks in the base with up to 2.235 GHz. The base frequency of the Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream is 2.205 GHz.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream
TDP
450 W
320 W
Tjunction max
90 °C
90 °C
PCIe-Power
--
1 x 16-Pin
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The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 450 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the -- connector.
The Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream has a TDP of 320 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 110 mm
3 x 95 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
Noise (Load)
39 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition has a total of 2 Axial fans.
The Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream has 3 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1
1x HDMI 2.1
DisplayPort
3x DP 1.4a
3x DP 1.4a
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In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition.
The Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream supports a maximum of 4 screens.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
No LED lighting
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode
Decode
VP9
Decode
Decode
AV1
Decode
Decode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream
Length
304 mm
329 mm
Height
137 mm
131 mm
Width
61 mm
64 mm
Width (Slots)
3 Slots
4 Slots
SFF-Ready
No
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition is 304 mm long, 137 mm high and 61 mm wide.
The Palit GeForce RTX 4080 JetStream is 329 mm long, 131 mm high and 64 mm wide.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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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.
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.
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