Ada Lovelace · RTX 40 · AD103

GPU Unlock for RTX 4080

Experimental10de:2704

The RTX 4080 is supported experimentally. Results come from one or a few cards, so check your own log carefully.

Measured BF16 (dense matmul, FP32 accumulate)

+86%BF16
Stock
104 TFLOPS
Unlocked
193 TFLOPS
  • Experimental Ada IDs need their own opt-in flag and an exact PCI address; targets=all never selects them in gpu-unlock-ada.

How to unlock the RTX 4080

01Clone and install the project on Linux.

git clone https://github.com/JustAResearcher/gpu-unlock-ada
cd gpu-unlock-ada
make install

02Add this to your kernel command line. Replace the address with yours from lspci -D.

gpu_unlock.targets=0000:01:00.0 gpu_unlock.rtx4080_experimental=1

03Power off, start again, and check the log.

journalctl -k -b | grep gpu_unlock
Full install guide →

FAQ

Can the RTX 4080 be unlocked on Windows?

No Windows port reports the RTX 4080 yet. Use Linux. WSL2 does not help, because the unlock must run before the Windows driver starts.

Which PCI device IDs does the RTX 4080 use?

10de:2704. Check yours with lspci -nn | grep -i nvidia.