NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
nvidia
Brand32GB GDDR7
Memory21760
Cores1790 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 5090
VS
nvidia
Brand11GB GDDR6
Memory4352
Cores616 GB/s
BandwidthGeForce RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025
GeForce RTX 5090
$1999 • Jan 2025
VS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
$999 • Sep 2018
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
11GB GDDR6 250W N/A Sep 2018
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Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 11 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 575 W | 250 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 2407 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1790 GB/s | 616 GB/s |
| Process Size | 5nm | 12nm |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Turing |
| Shading Units | 21760 | 4352 |
| RT Cores | 170 | 68 |
| TMUs | 680 | 272 |
| ROPs | 176 | 88 |
| Memory Bus | 512-bit | 352-bit |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 423.6 GPixel/s | 136 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 1636.8 GTexel/s | 616 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 104.8 GFLOPS | 13.45 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 96.00 MB | 5.50 MB |
| Die Size | 750 mm² | 754 mm² |
| Transistors | 92200 Million | 18600 Million |
| Required PSU | 950 W | 600 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 16-pin | 2x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 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
53022 (+273%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
14203
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
419309 (+190%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
144745
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
624.6 FPS (+278%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
165.2 FPS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
39505 (+83%)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
21619
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Game Benchmarks Comparison (255 benchmarks)
DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH
8 2026 • Action, Adventure KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+229%)
AVG 148 FPS
MIN 128 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 45 FPS
MIN 40 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+261%)
AVG 137 FPS
MIN 115 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+284%)
AVG 96 FPS
MIN 83 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 25 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+262%)
AVG 123 FPS
MIN 103 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+329%)
AVG 103 FPS
MIN 93 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 24 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+371%)
AVG 66 FPS
MIN 60 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 14 FPS
MIN 12 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+603%)
AVG 450 FPS
MIN 407 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 64 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+606%)
AVG 381 FPS
MIN 351 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 49 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss 4 quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+726%)
AVG 281 FPS
MIN 262 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 34 FPS
MIN 30 FPS
Winner
Loser
Crimson Desert
7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure Pearl Abyss
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+255%)
AVG 156 FPS
MIN 135 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 44 FPS
MIN 35 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+281%)
AVG 122 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 32 FPS
MIN 26 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+306%)
AVG 73 FPS
MIN 57 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 18 FPS
MIN 14 FPS
Winner
Loser
Resident Evil Requiem
8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure CAPCOM Co., Ltd.
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+201%)
AVG 238 FPS
MIN 187 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 79 FPS
MIN 63 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+224%)
AVG 191 FPS
MIN 163 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 59 FPS
MIN 50 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
GeForce RTX 5090 (+253%)
AVG 127 FPS
MIN 112 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 36 FPS
MIN 31 FPS
1080p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+350%)
AVG 518 FPS
MIN 453 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 115 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+408%)
AVG 483 FPS
MIN 404 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 95 FPS
MIN 85 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| RTX
| dlss quality
| Frame Gen
GeForce RTX 5090 (+485%)
AVG 398 FPS
MIN 350 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 68 FPS
MIN 58 FPS
Winner
Loser
Styx: Blades of Greed
7.2 2026 • Action, Adventure Cyanide Studio
1080p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+266%)
AVG 139 FPS
MIN 125 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 38 FPS
MIN 33 FPS
1440p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+276%)
AVG 109 FPS
MIN 100 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 29 FPS
MIN 22 FPS
2160p
| ultra
GeForce RTX 5090 (+274%)
AVG 71 FPS
MIN 62 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 13 FPS
Winner
Loser
CODE VEIN II DEMO
7.8 2026 • Action, RPG Bandai Namco Studios Inc.
1080p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5090 (+206%)
AVG 165 FPS
MIN 151 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 54 FPS
MIN 47 FPS
1440p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5090 (+268%)
AVG 136 FPS
MIN 121 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 37 FPS
MIN 32 FPS
2160p
| ultra
| Patch: vDemo
GeForce RTX 5090 (+332%)
AVG 82 FPS
MIN 70 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 19 FPS
MIN 17 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 (+212%)
AVG 153 FPS
MIN 133 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 49 FPS
MIN 43 FPS
1440p
| high
GeForce RTX 5090 (+264%)
AVG 120 FPS
MIN 109 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 33 FPS
MIN 29 FPS
2160p
| high
GeForce RTX 5090 (+255%)
AVG 78 FPS
MIN 72 FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
AVG 22 FPS
MIN 19 FPS
Winner
Loser
No more benchmarks available for this comparison
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!
Based on 255 benchmarks across 72 games
144
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 5090
VS
+219.1%
45
Avg FPS
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
NVIDIA • 32GB GDDR7
253
Wins
144
Avg FPS
121
Min FPS
99%
Win Rate
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
NVIDIA • 11GB GDDR6
0
Wins
45
Avg FPS
37
Min FPS
0%
Win Rate
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