Nvidia finally released yesterday Official Gaming Benchmarks for the RTX 40 Series (opens in new tab) — Has real frame rate stats and no artificial frame generation (in the form of DLSS 3) enabled.Benchmark results showed overwatch 2 There is a 2x frame rate increase from the RTX 4090 compared to Nvidia’s previous generation RTX 3080.
Nvidia has neglected to display raw benchmark data in the form of frames per second (fps) since the official announcement of the RTX 40 series at GTC a few weeks ago. Nvidia limited the amount of benchmark data it showed at the event to only include performance improvements in percentage points.
Unfortunately not all Nvidia overwatch 2 was a performance metric for the game — because the game launched on the very same day. However, this shows just how fast Nvidia’s Ada Lovelace GPU architecture is in pure, raw, pure rasterized performance without any RTX or DLSS features enabled.
Nvidia has benchmarked six GPUs including the RTX 3060, RTX 3070, RTX 3080*, RTX 4080 12GB, RTX 4080 16GB and RTX 4090. 10GB or 12GB version.
Our test setup included a running Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake CPU. overwatch 2 At ultra high quality settings with a target resolution of 1440P.
From the bottom, the RTX 3060 put out 122 fps. RTX 3070, 195fps. RTX 3080, 249fps. RTX 4080 12GB, 296fps. RTX 4080 16GB, 368fps. Finally an RTX 4090, 507 fps.
The RTX 4090 tops out at 507 fps, 103% faster than Nvidia’s previous generation RTX 3080 and 37.7% faster than the RTX 4080 16GB.
This is not to say that the RTX 4080 16GB is a slow card. The 4080 offers a 48% performance improvement over its direct predecessor, the RTX 3080, which is a positive result. This represents a healthy lead between generations. of performance.
The RTX 4080 12GB is the least impressive, performing slightly better by 18% than the RTX 3080. This makes him wonder why Nvidia is calling this GPU a 4080 in the first place (although the 4080 12GB is 51% more performant than his RTX 3070).
Unfortunately, Nvidia didn’t include results for the RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090, and RTX 3090 Ti.
Awful performance per dollar
| model | frame rate | price | FPS per dollar |
| GeForce RTX 4090 | 507 | $1599 | 0.32 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 16GB | 368 | $1199 | 0.31 |
| GeForce RTX 4080 12GB | 296 | $899 | 0.33 |
| MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 3080 12GB | 249 | $769 (as of October 5) | 0.32 |
| Gigabyte Gaming OC RTX 3070 | 195 | $549 (as of October 5) | 0.36 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 3060 12GB | 122 | $369 (as of October 5) | 0.33 |
Unfortunately, Nvidia’s impressive rasterization performance isn’t impressive when it comes to cost efficiency. Cost wise, he won’t get more frames per second in the RTX series.
Nearly all RTX 40-series and RTX 30-series GPUs run around 0.32 frames per dollar, with the exception of the RTX 3070 which has 0.36 frames per dollar.
The RTX 40-series GPU prices were taken from Nvidia’s listed MSRPs, while the RTX 30-series prices were taken from the actual prices on Newegg.com (to show what you can buy right now). Of course, Nvidia probably didn’t test their 30-series GPUs with AIB partner cards, but all AIB partner and Founders Edition cards behave pretty much the same, so this data is relatively accurate regardless. should be.
This is not what we want to see from the new generation of GPUs. Pricing-wise, Nvidia’s RTX 40-series GPUs look more like his RTX 30-series GPUs, which are higher up, than generational upgrades.
This also means cards like the RTX 3080 Ti, RTX 3090, and RTX 3090 Ti will compete directly with the RTX 4080 12GB (and possibly the RTX 4080 16GB) thanks to the big price cuts we’ve seen recently. .
We can learn more about Ada Lovelace’s performance in our full review (coming soon), but it doesn’t look great based on this new one. overwatch 2 Benchmark data.
