GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs GeForce RTX 4080

Intro

Compare those specs to the GeForce RTX 4080, which has GPU clock speed of 2205 MHz, and 16384 MB of GDDR6X memory running at 1400 MHz through a 256-bit bus. It also is comprised of 9728 SPUs, 304 TAUs, and 112 Raster Operation Units.

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Power Usage and Theoretical Benchmarks

Power Consumption (Max TDP)

GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		250 Watts
GeForce RTX 4080		320 Watts
	Difference: 70 Watts (28%)

Memory Bandwidth

In theory, the GeForce RTX 4080 should be 16% quicker than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti in general, because of its greater bandwidth. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4080		734003 MB/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		630784 MB/sec
	Difference: 103219 (16%)

Texel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4080 will be quite a bit (more or less 83%) better at texture filtering than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4080		670320 Mtexels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		367200 Mtexels/sec
	Difference: 303120 (83%)

Pixel Rate

The GeForce RTX 4080 should be much (about 108%) faster with regards to FSAA than the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, and also will be capable of handling higher resolutions better. (explain)

GeForce RTX 4080		246960 Mpixels/sec
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti		118800 Mpixels/sec
	Difference: 128160 (108%)

Please note that the above 'benchmarks' are all just theoretical - the results were calculated based on the card's specifications, and real-world performance may (and probably will) vary at least a bit.

Price Comparison

Specifications

Memory Bandwidth: Bandwidth is the largest amount of information (in units of MB per second) that can be transferred past the external memory interface in a second. It is calculated by multiplying the bus width by its memory clock speed. If the card has DDR type memory, it must be multiplied by 2 again. If it uses DDR5, multiply by ANOTHER 2x. The better the card's memory bandwidth, the better the card will be in general. It especially helps with anti-aliasing, HDR and high resolutions.

Texel Rate: Texel rate is the maximum texture map elements (texels) that are applied in one second. This number is worked out by multiplying the total amount of texture units by the core speed of the chip. The better this number, the better the video card will be at texture filtering (anisotropic filtering - AF). It is measured in millions of texels in one second.

Pixel Rate: Pixel rate is the most pixels the graphics card could possibly write to the local memory per second - measured in millions of pixels per second. The figure is worked out by multiplying the amount of ROPs by the clock speed of the card. ROPs (Raster Operations Pipelines - aka Render Output Units) are responsible for drawing the pixels (image) on the screen. The actual pixel output rate is also dependant on lots of other factors, especially the memory bandwidth of the card - the lower the bandwidth is, the lower the potential to get to the maximum fill rate.