News Leaked RTX 4080 12GB Benchmarks Seemingly Justify Nvidia Retreat

[Admin]

A user from the Chiphell forums managed to snag one of Nvidia's cancelled RTX 4080 12GB GPUs and run it through a few benchmarks, showing us very poor performance for a 4080 class GPU.

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[TCA_ChinChin]

Don't know how reputable that source is but if it is true, then the RTX-4080 12GB (really the RTX-4070) is sorely disappointing.

 

[helper800]

Don't know how reputable that source is but if it is true, then the RTX-4080 12GB (really the RTX-4070) is sorely disappointing.

Die size comparison really makes the 4080 12GB a 4060 tier card IMO.

 

[trance77]

I would be surprised if that is true considering the performance of the 4090 being 50-77% higher than the 3090 TI.

 

[pclaughton]

I would be surprised if that is true considering the performance of the 4090 being 50-77% higher than the 3090 TI.

But this is akin to saying that you a doubt a Nissan Frontier review because the GT-R goes much faster. Nvidia crippled the "4080 12GB" to the point where these results are completely believable if still worth a grain of salt.

 

[AgentBirdnest]

If you look at the average scores, instead of the high scores, this "4080 12GB" result is 15% faster than an average 3080 12GB, and 5-7% faster than the average 3090. 4-5% worse than the average 3090 Ti.

 

[btmedic04]

Sigh, at least get the specs right Aaron. The 4080 12gb used AD104 and had a 192 bit memory bus whereas the 4080 16gb uses AD103 and a 256 bit memory bus

 

[trance77]

But this is akin to saying that you a doubt a Nissan Frontier review because the GT-R goes much faster. Nvidia crippled the "4080 12GB" to the point where these results are completely believable if still worth a grain of salt.

Not really, if the 4090 has such a big increase in performance from the last generation you would expect the other cards to also have a big increase, not necessarily the same but still significant. Previous example would be a 3060 TI being equal to a 2080 Super. I'm not saying its not true but would be surprising and also they will be in big trouble.

 

[cfbcfb]

I would be surprised if that is true considering the performance of the 4090 being 50-77% higher than the 3090 TI.

Pretty sure that the real world #'s have turned out to show that Nvidia may have been leaning on the scale with DLSS for a lot of the 4090 performance claims?

I think the real numbers are around 25% to 50%, with the wind blowing in the right direction?

In any case, the author is correct. 3080ti deals are to be had. So I bought one yesterday for a bit over $700 new. Might be lacking in some ray tracing performance vs the 4xxx series at the same performance/$ level, but I'd have to wait on the 4080 to come down or the 4070 to be a better performer than the 4080 12GB? Which it won't?

I'll check back in with the 5000 series at launch. See if they've figured out by then to not try and save $10 on a cable for a $1600 video card?

 

[trance77]

Pretty sure that the real world #'s have turned out to show that Nvidia may have been leaning on the scale with DLSS for a lot of the 4090 performance claims?

I think the real numbers are around 25% to 50%, with the wind blowing in the right direction?

In any case, the author is correct. 3080ti deals are to be had. So I bought one yesterday for a bit over $700 new. Might be lacking in some ray tracing performance vs the 4xxx series at the same performance/$ level, but I'd have to wait on the 4080 to come down or the 4070 to be a better performer than the 4080 12GB? Which it won't?

I'll check back in with the 5000 series at launch. See if they've figured out by then to not try and save $10 on a cable for a $1600 video card?

The 50-77% I quoted was from the review Jayztwocents did and DLSS was turned off. Also similar from Tomshardware review -

'The RTX 4090 and Ada Lovelace are, frankly, impressive as hell. From a performance and technology perspective, Nvidia has pushed things further than we've likely ever seen between GPU architectures. In our testing, we saw performance improvements of over 50% at 4K ultra, and a 78% increase in ray tracing heavy games. Toss in DLSS and DLSS 3 Frame Generation and the potential gains are even more impressive.'

That's why I am doubting this report but of course it could be true.

Anyway that looks like a good deal for a 3080TI and you can get on with gaming. The price increases are also extreme, in the UK the 3080 FE was £649 retail at launch and the 4080 FE is £1269!

 

[The Historical Fidelity]

To the Author: your rtx 4080 12GB core specs are incorrect, you are using the 16 GB core count.

 

[BaRoMeTrIc]

I thought the RTX 4080 12GB was 192bit memory bus not 256 when they announced it?

 

[The Historical Fidelity]

I thought the RTX 4080 12GB was 192bit memory bus not 256 when they announced it?

You are correct, it’s a typo, the specs used in this article are for the 4080 16GB