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 (345 benchmarks)

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

Onimusha: Way of the Sword

8 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+1%)

AVG 162 FPS

MIN 146 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 160 FPS

MIN 140 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+5%)

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+10%)

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 67 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 70 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy Background

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • Asobo Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 173 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+17%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+23%)

AVG 87 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

Winner

Loser

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta Background

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 Beta

8 2026 • Action • Infinity Ward, Beenox, Digital Legends, Activision Shanghai, Raven Software, Treyarch, Sledgehammer Games, High Moon Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+21%)

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+25%)

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 46 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 4090 (+38%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 26 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Wins!

Based on 345 benchmarks across 89 games

108

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

+5%

113

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 4090