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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB vs NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation: Comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB and NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation separate most on tdp: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB at 350 W, NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation at 210 W, 67% in favour of NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation. Memory Bandwidth splits them by another 53%, this time favouring NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB. They match on 4 other specifications, including gpu brand, tier and ray tracing support.
Specs
| Specification |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| GPU Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Series | GeForce RTX 30 | RTX Ada Generation |
| Board Partner | NVIDIA Founders Edition, ASUS, MSI, Gigabyte, Zotac, EVGA (legacy) | NVIDIA Reference (workstation, no AIB partners) |
| VRAM | 12 GB-50% | 24 GB |
| Tier | High-End | High-End |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock | 1710 MHz-34% | 2580 MHz |
| Ray Tracing Support | true | true |
| TDP | 350 W-67% | 210 W |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Process Node | Samsung 8nm | TSMC 4N |
| Card Length | 313 mm-17% | 267 mm |
| Slot Width | 2.7-35% | 2 |
| Memory Bus Width | 384 bit | 192 bit-50% |
| Memory Bandwidth | 912 GB/s | 432 GB/s-53% |
| Recommended PSU | 600 W-30% | 460 W |
| Power Connector | 2x 8-pin | 1x 16-pin (12VHPWR) |
| MSRP | 999 | 2250 |
| Launch Date | 2022-01 | 2023-08 |
| Base / Game Clock | 1260 MHz | 1020 MHz |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| CUDA Cores | 8960 | 7680 |
| Display Outputs | 3x DisplayPort 1.4a, 1x HDMI 2.1 | 4x DisplayPort 1.4a |
| Media Engine | 1x NVENC (7th gen), 1x NVDEC | 2x NVENC (8th gen), 2x NVDEC, AV1 encode/decode |
Verdict
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
8.2 / 10 Expert Rating
A genuinely better RTX 3080 - the extra VRAM and bandwidth make it the version to look for on the secondhand market over the original 10GB card.
NVIDIA RTX 4500 Ada Generation
7.8 / 10 Expert Rating
A dependable mid-tier Ada workstation card - now best bought at a discount against the newer RTX PRO Blackwell cards.
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