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 (360 benchmarks)

Phantom Blade Zero

7.7 2026 • Action, RPG • S-GAME Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+14%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+21%)

AVG 88 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+25%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 32 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+16%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+26%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 35 FPS

MIN 28 FPS

Winner

Loser

Valor Mortis

8.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • One More Level

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+13%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 89 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 83 FPS

MIN 74 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 45 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered Background

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered

7.5 2026 • Action, RPG • CD PROJEKT RED

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+6%)

AVG 102 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 4090 (+16%)

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 38 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Winner

Loser

SILENT HILL: Townfall

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Screen Burn

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+9%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+20%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+9%)

AVG 159 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 92 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+20%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

Winner

Loser

CONTROL Resonant

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Remedy Entertainment

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+9%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 136 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+11%)

AVG 110 FPS

MIN 101 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+14%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+5%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 69 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+12%)

AVG 65 FPS

MIN 59 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 42 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 36 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 360 benchmarks across 92 games

107

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

+5.3%

112

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090