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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
Ada's second-in-command delivered superb 4K performance and remarkable efficiency, but its $1,199 sticker was indefensible — the $999 RTX 4080 Super exists as the apology.
Pros
- Excellent 4K raster and ray tracing
- Very efficient for a 320W flagship
- 16GB GDDR6X with 717GB/s of bandwidth
- Cool, quiet Founders Edition
Cons
- $1,199 launch price never made sense
- Replaced by the cheaper 4080 Super
- Huge triple-slot footprint
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
General
- Announced
- 2022
- Architecture
- Ada Lovelace
- Process
- 5 nm
- TDP
- 320 W
- Power connector
- 1x 16-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 9,728
- RT cores
- 76
- Tensor / AI cores
- 304
- Base clock
- 2,205 MHz
- Boost clock
- 2,505 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 16 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR6X
- Bus width
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 717 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 28,000
- 3DMark Speed Way
- 7,300
- PassMark G3D
- 27,900
- 1080p Ultra
- 194 fps
- 1440p Ultra
- 149 fps
- 4K Ultra
- 88 fps
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS 4 (no MFG)
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 good in 2026?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 earns an Inno Score of 61.1/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Ada's second-in-command delivered superb 4K performance and remarkable efficiency, but its $1,199 sticker was indefensible — the $999 RTX 4080 Super exists as the apology.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?
VRAM: 16 GB · Boost clock: 2,505 MHz · TDP: 320 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 28,000
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
