The Nvidia RTX 4080 could near power consumption of the 3090 Ti
Originally uncovered by VideoCardz, we may have some news regarding the upcoming Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. In a recent Twitter post by frequent Nvidia leaker @kopite7kimi, the user speculates that the upcoming PG139-SKU360 model of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 could have a 420W TDP (Thermal Design Power) at full usage. This would greatly surpass the prior generation’s RTX 3080 reference design. The current-gen RTX 3080 requires 100W less than the rumored 420W TDP of the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080.
Rumors are still far from consistent at this point, as Nvidia tends to be proficient at keeping final specs secret. Target performance goals and specs can also change due to the complex development cycles for components such as graphics cards. With this in mind, it’s important to not take this rumor as fact.
We can however look at rumors from a distance and observe some consistent trends at this point. Nearly all industry sources expect Nvidia to push the RTX 4000 Series harder in terms of power consumption. This has been the sentiment for over a year now.
The reasoning for this is simple enough. The overwhelming popularity of the RTX 3080 and other high power consumption graphics cards showed Nvidia that plenty of gamers want more performance at the cost of performance-per-watt efficiency.
Nvidia can essentially sell its GPUs as if overclocked, while providing consumers with guaranteed stability and warranties. The downsides to this philosophy are that performance doesn’t usually scale as efficiently past certain frequencies, and larger coolers are required to keep the GPUs and memory cool.
High power RTX 4000 Series graphics cards will likely be pricey and huge like this Gigabyte RTX 3090 Ti, but are expected to seriously perform.
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