MSI GeForce RTX 4080 Ventus 16GB GDDR6X
The Ada Lovelace-based RTX 4080 chip and 16GB of GDDR6X memory deliver a 24.7 FP32 TFLOPS compute output, driving strong 4K gaming at 80.5/100. Its triple-fan cooler keeps the 320W TDP in check within a 3-slot design, while AV1 encoding adds value for streamers. This card is best for 4K gamers seeking high frame rates with ray tracing enabled, though its 64.4 AI LLM score makes it less suited for large-model machine learning work.
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Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong rt (94th percentile) 94th
- Strong user sentiment (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong thermal (92nd percentile) 92nd
- Strong raster (91st percentile) 91st
Cons
What owners think
How owner sentiment changed over time
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Based on 13 dated customer reviews, grouped by calendar quarter. Period analysis is in English.
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 4080 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 5 |
Memory
| VRAM | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | 256 |
| Bandwidth | 432 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 9728 |
| Tensor Cores | 232 |
| RT Cores | 58 |
| Base Clock | 1275 |
| Boost Clock | 1665 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 24.72 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 24.72 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 34446 |
| GPU Compute | 20448 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 320 |
| Recommended PSU | 750 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin |
| Cooler | Triple Fan |
| Fans | 3 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 322 |
| Slot Width | 3 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
| Weight | 2.2 kg / 4.8 lbs |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS 3 |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI GeForce RTX 4080 Ventus | ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 | Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD | ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity ZT-B50800B-10P | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 4080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Vram | 16GB GDDR6X | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 1665 | 2730 | 2730 | 2670 | 2620 | 2680 |
| Tdp W | 320 | 150 | 360 | 360 | 360 | 339 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | User Sentiment | Efficiency | Connectivity | Social Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI GeForce RTX 4080 Ventus | 73.1 | 94.1 | 77.2 | 91.1 | 78.1 | 89.9 | 91.6 | 66.1 | 70.5 | 82.6 |
| ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 Compare | 86.7 | 95.8 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 0 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 95.4 |
| Gigabyte AERO GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD Compare | 86.7 | 95.8 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 71.6 | 57.6 | 94 | 88.9 |
| ZOTAC AMP Extreme Infinity ZT-B50800B-10P Compare | 86.7 | 97.6 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 71.6 | 57.6 | 94 | 99.1 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 86.7 | 97.6 | 88.3 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 45 | 57.6 | 94 | 82.6 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.6 | 91.7 | 91.4 | 83.4 | 99.2 | 84.3 | 86.2 | 42.5 | 98.7 | 78.5 |
Usage Scores
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