NVIDIA RTX 4080vsNVIDIA RTX 3090
NVIDIA RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA RTX 3090: Specs, Benchmarks & Cloud Pricing
Full technical comparison of NVIDIA RTX 4080 and NVIDIA RTX 3090 — VRAM, memory bandwidth, FP16 TFLOPS, TDP, and live cloud pricing across all providers. Updated July 2026.
Technical Specifications
Spec
NVIDIA RTX 4080
NVIDIA RTX 3090
Architecture
Ada Lovelace
Ampere
VRAM
16 GB GDDR6X
24 GB GDDR6X
Memory bandwidth
717 GB/s
936 GB/s
FP16 performance
97 TFLOPS
71 TFLOPS
TDP
320 W
350 W
NVLink support
No
No
Release year
2022
2020
Green = better value for that metric.
NVIDIA RTX 4080
The RTX 4080 offers 16GB GDDR6X and Ada Lovelace efficiency at a lower price than the RTX 4090.
Best For
- Budget fine-tuning
- Small model inference
- Consumer AI
NVIDIA RTX 3090
The RTX 3090 remains a popular budget option for AI workloads with 24GB GDDR6X.
Best For
- Budget fine-tuning
- Small model inference
- Hobbyist AI