NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR7

Memory

10752

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5080

$999.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$999.99

nvidia

Brand

24GB GDDR6X

Memory

16384

Cores

1010 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 4090

$2,591.99 Sep 2022 View Details

$2,591.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 4090

$1599 • Sep 2022

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

24GB GDDR6X 450W $2,591.99 Sep 2022

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
Memory Size	16 GB	24 GB
Memory Type	GDDR7	GDDR6X
TDP	360 W	450 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2617 MHz	2520 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	960 GB/s	1010 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Shading Units	10752	16384
RT Cores	84	128
TMUs	336	512
ROPs	112	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	384-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	1313 MHz
Pixel Rate	293.1 GPixel/s	443.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	879.3 GTexel/s	1.01 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	56.28 GFLOPS	82.58 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	64.00 MB	72.00 MB
Die Size	378 mm²	609 mm²
Transistors	45600 Million	76300 Million
Required PSU	750 W	850 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.4	1.3
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

36148

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

42193 (+17%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

297747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

316301 (+6%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

GFXBench 5.0

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

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

410.9 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

615.9 FPS (+50%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

36508

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

38309 (+5%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (318 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)

AVG 54 FPS

MIN 48 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+19%)

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 33 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+31%)

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 18 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+1%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+7%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+15%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 131 FPS

MIN 118 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 84 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 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 4090 (+5%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+9%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+14%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 39 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+3%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+2%)

AVG 94 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+7%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

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

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5080 (+2%)

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 128 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+23%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+25%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 53 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+2%)

AVG 141 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 4090 (+25%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 80 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+92%)

AVG 418 FPS

MIN 381 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 196 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+104%)

AVG 361 FPS

MIN 327 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 177 FPS

MIN 158 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5080 (+112%)

AVG 307 FPS

MIN 274 FPS

GeForce RTX 4090

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 125 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 4090 (+9%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+14%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+20%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 318 benchmarks across 81 games

109

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

+4.5%

114

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090