Recently, we got a card that may be the smallest among the RTX 4080 SUPER graphics cards launched this time. After all, it is much thinner than the public version we got. Therefore, Gamingdeputy is also very curious about its performance and power consumption, so let’s take a look with us.
First, let’s introduce this test platform. The specific configuration is shown in the figure above.
Appearance design
Since we have reviewed the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER version of this card before, we thought it would be thicker after switching to the RTX 4080 SUPER. Unexpectedly, the size this time has remained at 30.7*12*5.9cm, which is the same as the RTX 4070 Ti SUPER version. The white of the moon is almost the same, and suddenly it feels small. The Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC moon white paint still uses a fresh and elegant moon white color scheme, and its appearance is still outstanding.
Looking from the front, Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC moon white color is very pure. Although there are some subtle texture embellishments on the surface, the overall color is still pure white. 3 The fan surface adopts a bionic shield scale design, which allows for greater wind pressure and smoother operation. Quiet, less noise, and supports smart start and stop.
Looking at the fans closely, each fan has 11 fan blades. The rotation direction of the fans in the middle and on both sides is opposite, which facilitates the formation of forward and reverse air ducts and improves heat dissipation efficiency.
You can see the thick internal heat dissipation grille on one side of the graphics card, which includes the ICESTORM 2.0 three-dimensional cooling system composed of an oversized mirror copper base + thickened heat dissipation grille + 7 heat pipes.
The other side of the graphics card is covered by a large-area heat-dissipating armored side skirt. There is a specially customized Hongqiao phantom light strip area on the side skirt. The rainbow arch bridge design + hollow ZOTAC GAMING will light up when the graphics card is turned on. It supports 16 million Color adjustment, full atmosphere.
The power supply interface of the graphics card is a 12+4Pin composite interface, which can be connected with some ATX3.0 power supplies with one cable, which is beautiful and convenient.
The Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Moon White graphics card back panel is also made of reinforced aluminum alloy. The main area is pure white and the edges are wrapped in silver. There is a gradient design graphic logo on the left side of the back panel.
On the right side of the back panel is a large irregular air outlet, which, combined with the internal heat dissipation fins, allows the air duct to circulate faster and efficiently take away the internal heat.
The I/O interface baffle adopts dark gray color, and the interface is equipped with 3*DP1.4 interface and 1*HDMI2.1 interface, supporting up to 8K60 frame output.
Core analysis
Although GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER is also built based on the AD103 core, its core specifications are quite terrifying. For example, it is equipped with 10,240 CUDA cores. Compared with the RTX 4080’s 9,728 CUDA cores, the number of cores has increased by 5.2%. It also has 52 Shader Core TFLOPS units and 121 RT Core TFLOPS, and the graphics/game performance has been upgraded again. In addition, its 320 Tensor Cores and 836 AI TOPS will provide powerful AI computing power and DLSS performance.
In terms of graphics memory specifications, the GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER is still 16GB GDDR6X, which is consistent with the RTX 4080. However, the 64MB L2 cache allows GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER to fully utilize the gaming performance at 4K resolution. In terms of GPU frequency, the base frequency is 2295MHz and the acceleration frequency is 2550MHz, which are 40MHz and 80MHz higher than the RTX 4080 respectively. Judging from the graphics card specifications and official positioning, GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER is a high-end graphics card positioned for 4K games and has powerful AI computing power.
Of course, GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER still uses the latest NVIDIA Ada architecture and is built based on TSMC 4N NVIDIA custom process, thus achieving a performance-power consumption ratio leap of up to 2 times. Streaming multiprocessor throughput exceeds 2x the previous generation. The DLSS 3 of the third-generation RT Cores can increase light tracing performance by 2 times. The fourth-generation Tensor Cores have a new FP8 engine with Tensor processing performance of up to 1.32 petaflops. DLSS performance can be improved by up to 4 times.
Theoretical performance
For graphics cards of this level, the power consumption will not be too low, but power consumption performance is also of great concern to everyone. After all, a low-power radiator can save some money. We might as well verify it by testing the donut roaster. After baking for 20 minutes, the GPU power consumption remained at about 320W, the core temperature was about 75°C, and the memory temperature was only 68°C. Considering that the Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai graphics card is relatively small, a slightly higher core temperature would be fine. accept.
In the 3D Mark's TimeSpy stress test, which tests the stability of graphics card performance, the Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Moon White final score was 99.5%, showing excellent stability.
Next is the theoretical performance of the GPU. In the 3DMark TimeSpy Extreme DX12 test, the Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai's graphics card score is 14550 points, which is about 69% higher than the RTX 3080's 8602 points. It can be said to be far better. Performance beyond the previous generation.
In the 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme DX11 test, the graphics card score of Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai reached 34620 points, an increase of about 69.8% compared to the RTX 3080's 20382 points, and compared to the 27074 points of the previous generation RTX 3090 Ti. There is also a 27.8% improvement.
In the 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra DX11 test, the Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai graphics card score reached 17905 points, an increase of about 72.7% compared to the RTX 3080's 10365 points, and also ahead of the 13855 points of the previous generation RTX 3090 Ti.
In the 3DMark Portal Royal ray tracing test, Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai scored 18,722 points, an increase of 66.6% compared to the RTX 3080's 11,231 points. The performance of ray tracing games has been greatly improved.
Game actual test
Now that we are talking about games, we have to mention that the NVIDIA platform currently has more than 500 games and applications that support RTX technology, and as DLSS 3 technology becomes more mature and popular, the number of games that support DLSS 3 is also constantly rising. .
For example, this year 14 new games supporting DLSS 3 technology have been added, including well-known games such as “Dragon's Dogma 2”, “Horizon: West”, “Yakuza 8”, and “Half-Life 2 RTX”. In addition, the released “Alan Killer 2”, “Cyberpunk 2077: Shadows of the Past”, “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3”, etc. also support DLSS 3 or DLSS 3.5 technology at the first time. At the same time, the current mainstream popular online competitive games all support NVIDIA Reflex technology. Whether it is for low-end players or e-sports players, these two technologies can greatly improve the gaming experience.
In the next game test session, we will test 6 games for you, including 2 online competitive games, 2 traditional raster games, and 2 ray tracing games that support DLSS 3/3.5. All games are tested at 4K resolution. , to verify its 4K / 4K ray tracing game performance.
The first are two online competitive games. In “CS2”, we used the default high image quality option, played a game at 4K resolution, and recorded the average frame number through Frame View. Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC monthly The average number of frames at 4K resolution can reach 309 frames.
In addition, by turning on the NVIDIA Reflex option in the game settings to On + Enhancement, even at 4K resolution, the average delay of the game is only 12.4ms, which can be said to have very little impact on players.
For the second online competitive game, we chose the popular “Rainbow Six: Siege”. Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai has an average frame rate of 349 frames at 4K resolution and the highest quality. The delay is only 11.8ms, and the gaming experience is also very good.
Then there are two traditional raster games. In the classic narrative adventure game “Red Dead Redemption 2”, the highest image quality is selected. The average number of frames at 4K resolution can reach an average of 100 frames, and the RTX 4080 is 95 frames, which is an improvement. 5.2%.
We also tested Ubisoft's latest game “Assassin's Creed: Visions”, running the game's own performance benchmark at the highest 4K resolution, and the average number of frames in the Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai evaluation. Coming to 100 frames, the average number of frames of RTX 4080 is 92 frames, an increase of about 8.6%. In traditional raster games, the improvement of RTX 4080 SUPER compared to RTX 4080 is relatively limited.
So how does Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC perform in light chasing games? Gamingdeputy has selected two light-tracing games that support DLSS 3/3.5. One of them is the extremely well-optimized Forza Horizon 5. Select the extreme image quality preset in the game and turn on DLSS 3 + DLSS. 2 quality level, the NVIDIA Reflex option will also be turned on by default. As usual, we select Reflex ON+BOOST and run the performance benchmark test that comes with the game.
Enter the game and select 4K resolution extreme image quality, the average frame number can reach 148 frames, and the average game delay is only 17.7ms. The average number of frames of the RTX 4080 is 132 frames, an increase of about 12.1%.
So what is the performance of Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai if we only enable light tracing, do not enable the DLSS option, and turn off the Reflex low-latency option? It can be seen that in the well-optimized Horizon 5, even without DLSS, the average frame rate under 4K light tracing still reaches 125 frames. However, without the blessing of Reflex low-latency technology, the average game delay soars to 23.9ms.
Finally, there is “Cyberpunk: 2077”, which has very high requirements for graphics card performance. This time we tested it three times. For the first time, we selected super ray tracing quality, turned on DLSS 2 quality file + DLSS 3 frame generation, at 4K resolution. Running the built-in benchmark performance test, the average frame rate can reach 81 frames, which is not bad.
The second time we chose ultra-fast ray tracing quality and turned on DLSS 2 quality level + DLSS 3 frame generation + DLSS 3.5 light reconstruction. At this time, at 4K resolution, the average number of frames of Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai was just right. 60 frames, which can be regarded as holding the bottom line of 4K / 60 frames.
Of course, if DLSS is completely turned off and only ray tracing is turned on, the average number of frames in the game under 4K will be only 29 frames. After all, not all games can have the level of optimization of Horizon 5, and the load of image quality on performance is also different. Through comparison, it is not difficult to find that DLSS technology is definitely the most practical technology for gamers.
Turn off light reconstruction
Turn on light reconstruction
So what impact does not turning on DLSS 3.5 have on game image quality? Look at these two pictures. The reflection of the slippery road after rain in the same scene in the game gives us the answer. After turning on light reconstruction, the clarity of the reflection is significantly improved, and the artifacts that were common in the previous pictures are also much reduced. It is obvious that DLSS 3.5 can be said to be the lubricant for high-level ray tracing. While retaining the highest picture effects, it can also achieve the best frame rate performance.
creative production
As we mentioned earlier, the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER's L2 cache also reaches 64MB, the memory bandwidth is up to 23Gbps, and there are up to 836 AI TOPS cores, which provides a strong guarantee for the creative production and AI performance of the GEFORCE RTX 4080 SUPER. Users can also install NVIDIA Studio drivers to accelerate more than 110 of the most popular creative applications, such as Optix, DLSS and Maxine, as well as the full set of NVIDIA Studio creative applications, including NVIDIA Omniverse, Broadcast, Canvas and RTX Remix.
In modeling and rendering software, GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER's 10240 CUDA cores can provide hardware acceleration, improving work efficiency. Almost all modeling software will optimize NVIDIA's GPU, so it can take into account efficiency, stability and compatibility. For example, in the commonly used rendering tool V-Ray, the RTX-accelerated ray tracing function can be used to achieve high-performance final frame rendering. In addition, the GPU equipped with AI noise reduction function can further accelerate interactive rendering and provide a smoother working experience.
In the GPU RTX test project, the final score of Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai graphics card was 4162 points.
In the Benchmark test of another modeling software blender, the three-scenario scores of the Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Moon White graphics card are as shown in the figure. The three-scene scores are 4453, 2108, and 2160, which are also significantly improved.
It can be seen that when the 4K / 60 frame specifications are also exported, the size of the video exported by AV1 encoding is 609MB, and the size of the video exported by H.264 encoding is 800MB. The file size of the video encoded by AV1 is compared with the video encoded by H.264. Nearly a third smaller.
And in terms of image quality, by intercepting the picture details of the two videos and observing them, there is basically no difference between the two encoding methods. It is small and high-definition. AV1 is bound to become the new favorite among encoding formats.
There is also RTX video super-resolution technology, which can upscale online 1080P videos to 4K resolution through GPU AI calculations, achieving the effect of improving clarity through algorithms. We only need to find the video in the NVIDIA control panel – adjust the video image settings, and then we can customize the adjustment. There are 4 levels of super resolution.
↑ From left to right: 480P, VSR1, VSR2, VSR3, VSR4
We played a video posted on the Gamingdeputy B station account, adjusted the resolution to 480P, and then successively increased the super score level to conduct a screenshot test. We can see that the characters become clearer at levels 1-4.
Finally, we briefly tested the performance of this card in AIGC through Stable Diffusion. We used the model based on the SDXL open source model. sd_xl_base_1.0_0.9vae.safetensorsdraw 21 images of girls on snowy mountains in the form of Vincentian diagrams, the image resolution is 1024*1024, the sampling method is Euler a, the number of iteration steps is 50, the total number of batches is 10, and it finally takes 1 minute and 57.02 seconds to complete.
The second time we turned on the TensorRT Engines optimization engine and ran it again with other settings unchanged. This time it only took 1 minute and 02 seconds, saving nearly half.
Summarize
As the replacement for the RTX 4080, Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai has fulfilled its mission very well. The performance in the actual test is balanced, the large cache/DLSS technology brings excellent 4K game performance, large video memory and Tensor The powerful AI computing power and productivity performance built with Core and other specifications, coupled with the price of the first 8099, make it a very suitable purchase to upgrade your configuration if you are still using a 30 series or even older graphics card.
On the other hand, Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai has a good appearance, and its size is relatively small among graphics cards of the same model. For those who like good appearance and small chassis installation, Zotac RTX 4080 SUPER-16GB TRINITY OC Yuebai is also a rare choice.