Nvidia’s RTX 4080 GPU is available in two flavors, as you’re doubtless conscious, and Crew Inexperienced has simply offered some benchmarks that are a place to begin for illustrating the relative efficiency that these graphics playing cards will ship.

As flagged up by Overclock3D (opens in new tab) (by way of VideoCardz (opens in new tab)), each the RTX 4080 16GB and the 12GB lower-tier mannequin have been proven benchmarked in three video games – A Plague Story: Requiem, F1 22 and Microsoft Flight Simulator (all of that are among the many first titles with DLSS three help).

As measured by Nvidia, in these video games, the RTX 4080 16GB is 21%, 27% and 21% quicker than the 12GB graphics card respectively (about 23% faster on common). That is working at 4K decision with no ray tracing (rasterization efficiency, with DLSS turned on), in a PC with an Intel Core i9-12900Ok processor.

What’s fascinating is benchmarks for current-gen graphics playing cards are additionally included, and we see that within the battle of the RTX 3080 versus the RTX 3070, the previous is 29%, 30%, and 15% quicker in those self same exams, averaging at 25% faster.

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Why contemplate the distinction between the RTX 3080 and 3070 right here? Properly, with the RTX 3080 being 25% quicker than the 3070, we will drawn a comparability to the RTX 4080 16GB versus 12GB with the previous being 23% faster on common.

Which is to say that the distinction between the 2 RTX 4080 GPUs is nearly the identical because the gulf between the RTX 3080 and 3070 (at the least on this three-game set of benchmarks). Or to place it one other approach, the lower-tier RTX 4080 suits kind of with the efficiency of what might have been the RTX 4070.

As you could understand, the specs of the RTX 4080 12GB are significantly minimize down – it really makes use of a unique GPU to the 16GB taste, a chip that was anticipated to energy the RTX 4070 – and one concept is that Nvidia meant this to be the 4070, and cranked it as much as be a 4080 variant late within the day. A concept which the above comparability to the talked about RTX 3000 playing cards quite backs up.

In fact, we do have to keep in mind that 4K decision is the place the extra highly effective RTX 4080 will shine brighter, with extra grunt required from the GPU than lesser resolutions. However nonetheless, these benchmarks appear to underline the efficiency hole between the 2 4080 fashions, and the way the lower-end providing appears very a lot to be positioned within the efficiency envelope of a would-be (should-have-been?) RTX 4070.

What we additionally see right here is that the RTX 4080 12GB actually wants that enhance from DLSS three to outdo the RTX 3090 Ti – with out the body charge booster, it’s really a bit slower than the present quickest Ampere card. (Bear in mind, the 3090 Ti can solely use DLSS 2, which doesn’t enhance it as a lot as DLSS three that the 4080 advantages from when upscaling tech comes into play – however upscaling received’t be the norm, after all).

At any charge, whenever you have a look at the relative pricing of the RTX 4080 16GB versus 12GB, that’s in line (kind of) with the efficiency distinction right here. However the price ticket pinned on the RTX 4080 12GB continues to be inflicting fairly the controversy on-line, with probably the most reasonably priced preliminary Lovelace providing being removed from really reasonably priced as such. And naturally, if this mannequin had been an RTX 4070 as some have theorized was the unique plan, that frustration would’ve been compounded (to say the least – taking into account the RTX 4080 12GB prices 80% greater than the MSRP of the RTX 3070).

A part of Nvidia’s technique right here is to maintain promoting RTX 3000 fashions, after all – Crew Inexperienced referred to the overlap between Lovelace and Ampere as a ‘layered’ launch – however the firm actually must be cautious to not alienate of us an excessive amount of with pricing, significantly as we transfer deeper into what appear to be extra economically difficult and unsure instances. Lest avid gamers flip to AMD and what RDNA three would possibly deliver forth quickly, together with a possibility for Crew Purple to place the stress on with pricing, one which we sincerely hope Nvidia’s huge rival takes.

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