Summary of overseas reviews of NVIDIA's GPU 'RTX 4080 SUPER', how has gaming performance and operation under high load changed compared to RTX 4080?



NVIDIA's desktop PC GPU '

RTX 4080 SUPER ' was released on January 31, 2024, and overseas media that have already obtained the RTX 4080 SUPER are reporting its benchmark results and usability.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Super review: Slightly faster than the 4080, but $200 cheaper | Tom's Hardware
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-super-review

Nvidia RTX 4080 Super review: All you need to know is that it's cheaper than a 4080 | Ars Technica
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/01/nvidia-rtx-4080-super-review-all-you-need-to-know-is-that-its-cheaper-than-a-4080/

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER Review: Chasing RTX 4090, For Under $1K - Page 2 | HotHardware
https://hothardware.com/reviews/nvidia-geforce-rtx-4080-super-review?page=2

RTX 4080 SUPER is a GPU for desktop PCs manufactured by NVIDIA that was announced on January 9, 2024. The RTX 4080 SUPER has been reduced in price by $200 (approximately 29,000 yen) from the previous model 'RTX 4080', but by being equipped with a dedicated AI Tensor core, it has improved processing performance for games, apps, and AI tasks. It is said that it has been strengthened.

NVIDIA announces GPUs 'RTX 4080 SUPER', 'RTX 4070 Ti SUPER', and 'RTX 4070 SUPER' with improved performance and reduced price - GIGAZINE



Below is a table comparing the specifications of RTX 4080 SUPER and RTX 4080, RTX 4090, RTX 4070 Ti SUPER, and RTX 4070 SUPER.

RTX 4080 SUPER RTX 4080 RTX 4090 RTX 4070 Ti SUPER RTX 4070 SUPER
Number of CUDA cores 10,240 9728 16,384 8448 7168
boost clock 2550MHz 2505MHz 2520MHz 2610MHz 2475MHz
memory bandwidth 256bit 256bit 384bit 256bit 192bit
memory clock 1437MHz 1400MHz 1313MHz 1313MHz 1313MHz
memory size 16GB 16GB 24GB 16GB 12GB
power consumption 320W 320W 450W 285W 220W


The image below is the result of ArsTechnica running the benchmark software ' 3DMark '. It can be seen that the RTX 4080 SUPER slightly outperforms the previous model RTX 4080. On the other hand, it has also been reported that the performance is not as good as that of the higher-end model RTX 4090.



Tom's Hardware compares the average frame rate (fps) when playing various games on various GPUs. The image below is the result of running '

Far Cry 6 ' at 4K/Ultra settings. RTX 4080 SUPER also exceeds RTX 4080 in frame rate when actually playing games.



Below is the frame rate when playing '

Cyberpunk 2077 ' with 4K settings and ray tracing turned on. RTX 4080 SUPER has better scores than RTX 4080 for both average frame rate and 1% Low.



Similar results have been reported in AI tests. The number of 768 x 768 pixel images that can be generated per minute using the image generation AI Stable Diffusion is 20.320 images for RTX 4080, while 20.670 images can be generated for RTX 4080 SUPER.



As a result of testing with images of 512 x 512 pixels, the RTX 4080 was able to generate 51.551 images per minute, while the RTX 4080 SUPER was able to generate 54.753 images.



Hot Hardware conducted a benchmark test of the 3D modeling tool '

Blender v4 '. As a result, the RTX 4080 SUPER had better scores than the RTX 4080 in the rendered 'monster', 'junkshop', and 'classroom' categories.



On the other hand, it has been reported that the RTX 4080 SUPER has slightly increased heat generation and noise due to improved performance. According to Tom's Hardware, the RTX 4080 had an average temperature of 59.6 degrees Celsius when booting 15 different games, including Cyberpunk 2077, at 4K settings, while the RTX 4080 SUPER averaged 62.3 degrees Celsius.



Also, when measured 10cm away from the operating GPU, the noise level of the RTX 4080 was 42.6 decibels, while the RTX 4080 SUPER was 43.9 decibels.



However, when the fan rotation speed is fixed at 75%, the noise level of the RTX 4080 is 57.4 decibels, and the RTX 4080 SUPER is 56.3 decibels, and it has been reported that the results for both GPUs are close to each other.



Regarding the question of 'Which one should you buy, RTX 4080 SUPER or RTX 4080?', various media have said, 'RTX 4080 SUPER has improved performance compared to RTX 4080, but is attractive because it is lowered in price by $ 200 from RTX 4080. ” expresses the opinion. On the other hand, there were also comments such as ``the performance improvement is small'' and ``because it is a large GPU, it may not fit in the PC case depending on the size.''

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