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 (330 benchmarks)

The Blood of Dawnwalker

7 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • Rebel Wolves

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+27%)

AVG 93 FPS

MIN 85 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+34%)

AVG 78 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 58 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+56%)

AVG 56 FPS

MIN 51 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 5090 (+24%)

AVG 199 FPS

MIN 183 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 160 FPS

MIN 140 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+38%)

AVG 164 FPS

MIN 149 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 119 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+50%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 96 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 5090 (+31%)

AVG 218 FPS

MIN 195 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 166 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+56%)

AVG 192 FPS

MIN 178 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 113 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+70%)

AVG 121 FPS

MIN 110 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 5090 (+58%)

AVG 106 FPS

MIN 96 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 62 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+66%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 40 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+86%)

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 35 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 21 FPS

MIN 19 FPS

Winner

Loser

The Sinking City 2

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Frogwares

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+28%)

AVG 145 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 97 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+38%)

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 81 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+42%)

AVG 71 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 50 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

Hell Let Loose: Vietnam

7.1 2026 • Action, Simulation, Strategy, Massively Multiplayer • Expression Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 134 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+46%)

AVG 111 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 76 FPS

MIN 68 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+64%)

AVG 72 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 38 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 330 benchmarks across 86 games

108

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

+37.1%

148

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090