NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

nvidia

Brand

16GB GDDR7

Memory

10752

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5080

$999.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$999.99

nvidia

Brand

32GB GDDR7

Memory

21760

Cores

1790 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5090

$2,955.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$2,955.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

Specification	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Memory Size	16 GB	32 GB
Memory Type	GDDR7	GDDR7
TDP	360 W	575 W
Core Clock	N/A	N/A
Boost Clock	2617 MHz	2407 MHz
Memory Bandwidth	960 GB/s	1790 GB/s
Process Size	5nm	5nm
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Blackwell 2.0
Shading Units	10752	21760
RT Cores	84	170
TMUs	336	680
ROPs	112	176
Memory Bus	256-bit	512-bit
Memory Clock	1875 MHz	1750 MHz
Pixel Rate	293.1 GPixel/s	423.6 GPixel/s
Texture Rate	879.3 GTexel/s	1636.8 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance	56.28 GFLOPS	104.8 GFLOPS
L2 Cache	64.00 MB	96.00 MB
Die Size	378 mm²	750 mm²
Transistors	45600 Million	92200 Million
Required PSU	750 W	950 W
Power Connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Bus Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
DirectX	12.2	12.2
Vulkan	1.4	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

36148

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

53022 (+47%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

297747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

419309 (+41%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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

624.6 FPS (+52%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

36508

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

39505 (+8%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

Game Benchmarks Comparison (255 benchmarks)

Styx: Blades of Greed

7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure • Cyanide Studio

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+43%)

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 125 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 97 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+47%)

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+58%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 45 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

Winner

Loser

CODE VEIN II DEMO

7.8 2026 • Action, RPG • Bandai Namco Studios Inc.

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+19%)

AVG 165 FPS

MIN 151 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 139 FPS

MIN 124 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+46%)

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 121 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: vDemo

GeForce RTX 5090 (+67%)

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 70 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

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 5090 (+40%)

AVG 153 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+54%)

AVG 120 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+50%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 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 5090 (+33%)

AVG 173 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 120 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+39%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 129 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 104 FPS

MIN 95 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+54%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 94 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 61 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories Background

Assassin's Creed Mirage Valley of Memories

8 2025 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Bordeaux

1080p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+32%)

AVG 211 FPS

MIN 165 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 160 FPS

MIN 138 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+31%)

AVG 181 FPS

MIN 155 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| Patch: v1.1.0

GeForce RTX 5090 (+43%)

AVG 142 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

Winner

Loser

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy Background

Company of Heroes 3: Endure & Defy

8.5 2025 • Action, Strategy • Relic Entertainment

1080p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+0%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080 (+0%)

AVG 276 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+24%)

AVG 268 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 217 FPS

MIN 49 FPS

2160p

| high

GeForce RTX 5090 (+66%)

AVG 198 FPS

MIN 51 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 255 benchmarks across 70 games

103

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

+36.1%

140

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090