NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 4090
VS
nvidia
Brand16GB GDDR7
Memory10752
Cores960 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 5080
$999 • Jan 2025
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| TDP | 450 W | 360 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2520 MHz | 2617 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1010 GB/s | 960 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 16384 | 10752 |
| RT Cores | 128 | 84 |
| TMUs | 512 | 336 |
| ROPs | 176 | 112 |
| Memory Bus | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1313 MHz | 1875 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 443.5 GPixel/s | 293.1 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1.01 GTexel/s | 879.3 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 82.58 GFLOPS | 56.28 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 72.00 MB | 64.00 MB |
| Die Size | 609 mm² | 378 mm² |
| Transistors | 76300 Million | 45600 Million |
| Required PSU | 850 W | 750 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
42193 (+17%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
36148
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
316301 (+6%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
297747
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
615.9 FPS (+50%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
410.9 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
38309 (+5%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
36508
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Game Benchmarks Comparison (255 benchmarks)
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora From The Ashes
7.6 2025 • Action, Adventure Massive Entertainment – A Ubisoft Studio, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Toronto, Ubisoft Düsseldorf, Ubisoft Reflections
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+19%)
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 113 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+26%)
AVG 98 FPS
MIN 88 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 68 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+25%)
AVG 65 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 44 FPS
Winner
Loser
PRAGMATA SKETCHBOOK - DEMO
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)
AVG 147 FPS
MIN 134 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 130 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+21%)
AVG 126 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 104 FPS
MIN 95 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+24%)
AVG 84 FPS
MIN 76 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 61 FPS
Winner
Loser
Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories
8 2025 • Action, Adventure Ubisoft Bordeaux
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)
AVG 180 FPS
MIN 155 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 160 FPS
MIN 138 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 137 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 122 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: v1.1.0
GeForce RTX 4090 (+9%)
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 86 FPS
Winner
Loser
Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy
8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy Relic Entertainment
1080p
| high
GeForce RTX 5080 (+0%)
AVG 276 FPS
MIN 66 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)
AVG 276 FPS
MIN 78 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+14%)
AVG 248 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 217 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 4090 (+16%)
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 27 FPS
Winner
Loser
Of Ash and Steel
8.7 2025 • Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG Fire & Frost
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+8%)
AVG 281 FPS
MIN 236 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 260 FPS
MIN 217 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+15%)
AVG 258 FPS
MIN 219 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 225 FPS
MIN 188 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+22%)
AVG 177 FPS
MIN 147 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 145 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
Winner
Loser
Where Winds Meet
8.2 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG, Free To Play Everstone Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+5%)
AVG 194 FPS
MIN 155 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 184 FPS
MIN 155 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+7%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 142 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 146 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+14%)
AVG 107 FPS
MIN 97 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 255 benchmarks across 69 games
115
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+11%
104
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
225
Wins
115
Avg FPS
95
Min FPS
88%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA • 16GB GDDR7
7
Wins
104
Avg FPS
85
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
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