ASUS GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER ROG Strix 16GB GDDR6X

The ROG Strix RTX 4080 SUPER posts a PassMark G3D score of 34,446, landing in the 91st percentile for raster and 94th for ray tracing. The cooling is top-tier with thermals in the 92nd percentile. But the AI LLM score of 67/100 is weak, and the EUR 941 price spread across vendors means you need to shop carefully before committing.

Let's talk raw numbers. The PassMark G3D score of 34,446 puts this card well above average for rasterization, and the 24.72 TFLOPS of FP32 compute means it's no slouch in workloads that lean on traditional shader math. The 2,670MHz boost clock in OC mode is a solid factory overclock, and ASUS pairs it with a vapor chamber and a massive fin array that keeps thermals in the 92nd percentile. That's the kind of cooling headroom that lets the card hold its boost clocks longer instead of throttling after five minutes of load.

Ray tracing is where this card really shines. The 94th percentile RT score comes from those 58 third-gen RT cores, and combined with DLSS 3, you're looking at frame rates in heavy RT titles that would make a 30-series card weep. The 232 Tensor cores also handle DLSS frame generation well, which is a big part of why the gaming scores at 1080p and 1440p both land in the 90th percentile range. Where it stumbles is AI and compute. The 67/100 AI LLM score is the weakest area by a wide margin, and the 71st percentile compute ranking means this isn't the card you buy for machine learning or heavy productivity work. It's a gaming card first, and the numbers back that up.

Stacked against the competition, the ROG Strix 4080 SUPER is in an awkward spot. The Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD and the ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity ZT-B50800B-10P are both RTX 5080 cards, which means they're a full generation ahead in architecture. The Strix wins on raw cooling and factory overclocking, with thermals in the 92nd percentile, but the 5080 cards are going to beat it on AI workloads and compute efficiency. The MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC is the budget play in this group, and while it won't match the Strix on pure raster performance, it's likely to offer better price-to-performance for most gamers. The PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O is another 5080 option that undercuts the Strix on price in most markets. If you're buying today, the Strix only makes sense if you find it at the low end of that EUR range and you specifically want the ROG cooling solution.

Here's where things get tricky. The EUR pricing across our tracked listings spans from EUR 3,918 to EUR 4,859, which is a EUR 941 spread depending on where you shop. That's a massive gap, and if you're in France or Spain, you'll want to hunt for the lower end of that range before pulling the trigger. The CAD listing at CAD 2,903 and the GBP listing at GBP 3,057 are separate markets, so don't try to compare those directly. What we can say is that paying top dollar for a 4080 SUPER right now is a tough sell when newer cards are hitting shelves. The performance is undeniably strong, but the value proposition hinges entirely on finding a good deal. If you're paying near the EUR 4,859 mark, you're overpaying for what you get.

The ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4080 SUPER posts a PassMark G3D score of 34,446, which lands it in the 91st percentile for raster performance in our database. That's a serious number, and it translates to a card that chews through 1440p and 4K gaming without breaking a sweat. The 16GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus delivers 432 GB/s of memory bandwidth, and with 7,424 CUDA cores plus a 2,670MHz boost clock in OC mode, this thing has headroom for days. Ray tracing sits at the 94th percentile, so if you're into path-traced eye candy, this card is one of the best on the market right now.

But here's the thing. This is a last-gen card being sold in a world where RTX 50-series GPUs are already shipping. The feature set scores in the 96th percentile, efficiency in the 95th, and thermals in the 92nd, so ASUS clearly built this Strix variant to squeeze every drop out of the Ada Lovelace architecture. The 3.5-slot cooler with its vapor chamber and three Axial-tech fans keeps things surprisingly cool for the power this thing pulls. Just don't expect it to be a value play, especially with the AI and compute scores sitting at 73rd and 71st percentiles respectively.

Skip this card if you're doing AI work or heavy compute tasks. The 67/100 AI LLM score is the weakest area by a significant margin, and the 71st percentile compute ranking means you're paying a premium for gaming performance that doesn't translate to productivity workloads. Also skip it if you're building in a compact case, because the 3.5-slot design is chunky and will rule out a lot of smaller enclosures. And if you're paying anywhere near the EUR 4,859 top end of the price range, you're better off putting that money toward an RTX 5080 instead.

The ASUS ROG Strix RTX 4080 SUPER is a fantastic card that's arriving at an awkward time. The PassMark score of 34,446 and the 94th percentile ray tracing performance are nothing to sneeze at, and the cooling solution is genuinely one of the best we've seen on an air-cooled card. But with RTX 5080 cards already in the wild and this Strix commanding premium pricing, it's hard to recommend unless you find a deal at the lower end of the EUR 3,918 to EUR 4,859 range. If you're a gamer who prioritizes ray tracing and thermal headroom over AI and compute, and you can snag this at a discount, it's still a beast. Just don't pay full freight for last-gen silicon.