nvidia
Brand24GB GDDR6X
Memory16384
Cores1010 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
VS
nvidia
Brand16GB GDDR7
Memory10752
Cores960 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
24GB GDDR6X 450W $1599 Sep 2022
GeForce RTX 4090
$1599 • Sep 2022
VS
GeForce RTX 5080
$999 • Jan 2025
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
16GB GDDR7 360W $999 Jan 2025
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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 (234 benchmarks)
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
Assetto Corsa Rally
8.1 2025 • Racing Supernova Games Studios
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5080 (+1%)
AVG 143 FPS
MIN 124 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 141 FPS
MIN 120 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+4%)
AVG 112 FPS
MIN 94 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 108 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+6%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
Winner
Loser
Anno 117 Pax Romana
7.5 2025 • Simulation, Strategy Ubisoft Mainz
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+25%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 93 FPS
MIN 59 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+27%)
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 55 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 75 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+15%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 55 FPS
MIN 36 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+6%)
AVG 94 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 89 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+18%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 46 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 62 FPS
MIN 42 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+24%)
AVG 46 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
Winner
Loser
Europa Universalis V
8.1 2025 • Strategy Paradox Tinto
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5080 (+3%)
AVG 203 FPS
MIN 169 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 198 FPS
MIN 169 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5080 (+16%)
AVG 138 FPS
MIN 122 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 119 FPS
MIN 106 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5080 (+49%)
AVG 67 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 41 FPS
Winner
Loser
Jurassic World Evolution 3
8 2025 • Simulation, Strategy Frontier Developments
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 119 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 125 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+16%)
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 99 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 99 FPS
MIN 84 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 52 FPS
Winner
Loser
The Outer Worlds 2
8 2025 • Action, Adventure, RPG Obsidian Entertainment
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+18%)
AVG 86 FPS
MIN 80 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 67 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+22%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 4090 (+26%)
AVG 39 FPS
MIN 34 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080 (+0%)
AVG 63 FPS
MIN 54 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 53 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 52 FPS
MIN 48 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 4090 (+19%)
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 31 FPS
MIN 28 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080 (+0%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4090 (+0%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080 (+0%)
AVG 116 FPS
MIN 105 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)
AVG 90 FPS
MIN 82 FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
AVG 80 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!
Based on 234 benchmarks across 64 games
113
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
VS
+10.8%
102
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
NVIDIA • 24GB GDDR6X
205
Wins
113
Avg FPS
95
Min FPS
88%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA • 16GB GDDR7
7
Wins
102
Avg FPS
85
Min FPS
3%
Win Rate
Most Compared GPUs
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