NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR6X

Memory

9728

Cores

716.8 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4080

$959.00 Sep 2022 View Details

$959.00

nvidia

Brand

32GB GDDR7

Memory

21760

Cores

1790 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5090

$2,955.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$2,955.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

16GB GDDR6X 320W $959.00 Sep 2022

GeForce RTX 4080

$1199 • Sep 2022

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Memory Size	16 GB	32 GB
Memory Type	GDDR6X	GDDR7
TDP	320 W	575 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2505 MHz	2407 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	1790 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	9728	21760
RT Cores	76	170
TMUs	304	680
ROPs	112	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	512-bit
Memory Clock	1400 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	280.6 GPixel/s	423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	716.8 GTexel/s	1636.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	48.74 GFLOPS	104.8 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	64.00 MB	96.00 MB
Die Size	379 mm²	750 mm²
Transistors	45900 Million	92200 Million
Required PSU	700 W	950 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.3	1.4
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Foundry	TSMC	TSMC

Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks

3DMark Time Spy

Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads

Graphics Score

30216

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

53022 (+75%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Geekbench 6

Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs

OpenCL Score

217712

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

419309 (+93%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

320.9 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

624.6 FPS (+95%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

PassMark G2D

Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations

G2D Mark

34519

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

39505 (+14%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (312 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+54%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 41 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+70%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 30 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+81%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+17%)

AVG 163 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 117 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+36%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+59%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 54 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+41%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 107 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+55%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 75 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+68%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+46%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+59%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+73%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 37 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+48%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+49%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+60%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 57 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+25%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+50%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+91%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 37 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+25%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 135 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+49%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 101 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+63%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+227%)

AVG 614 FPS

MIN 555 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 188 FPS

MIN 166 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+280%)

AVG 558 FPS

MIN 499 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 147 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+309%)

AVG 474 FPS

MIN 413 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+48%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 126 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+64%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+81%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

AVG 47 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 312 benchmarks across 80 games

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

+58.4%

150

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090