NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 VS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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

Brand

16GB GDDR7

Memory

10752

Cores

960 GB/s

Bandwidth

GeForce RTX 5080

$999.99 Jan 2025 View Details

$999.99

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

32GB GDDR7 575W $2,955.99 Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 5090

$1999 • Jan 2025

GeForce RTX 5080

$999 • Jan 2025

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

16GB GDDR7 360W $999.99 Jan 2025

Specs Comparison

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

53022 (+47%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

36148

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Geekbench 6

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

OpenCL Score

419309 (+41%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

297747

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

GFXBench 5.0

Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs

Aztec Ruins High (FPS)

624.6 FPS (+52%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

410.9 FPS

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

PassMark G2D

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

G2D Mark

39505 (+8%)

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

36508

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Game Benchmarks Comparison (273 benchmarks)

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH Background

DEATH STRANDING 2: ON THE BEACH

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS, Nixxes Software

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+18%)

AVG 148 FPS

MIN 128 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 125 FPS

MIN 106 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+37%)

AVG 137 FPS

MIN 115 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+52%)

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 83 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 63 FPS

MIN 52 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)

AVG 123 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 95 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+54%)

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+69%)

AVG 66 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 39 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+49%)

AVG 450 FPS

MIN 407 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 303 FPS

MIN 280 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+53%)

AVG 381 FPS

MIN 351 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 249 FPS

MIN 242 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+45%)

AVG 281 FPS

MIN 262 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 194 FPS

MIN 181 FPS

Winner

Loser

Crimson Desert

7.5 2026 • Action, Adventure • Pearl Abyss

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+43%)

AVG 156 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 109 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+53%)

AVG 122 FPS

MIN 100 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 80 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+66%)

AVG 73 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 44 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

Winner

Loser

Resident Evil Requiem

8.7 2026 • Action, Adventure • CAPCOM Co., Ltd.

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+27%)

AVG 238 FPS

MIN 187 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 187 FPS

MIN 150 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+36%)

AVG 191 FPS

MIN 163 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 140 FPS

MIN 122 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+51%)

AVG 127 FPS

MIN 112 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 84 FPS

MIN 73 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)

AVG 518 FPS

MIN 453 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 401 FPS

MIN 349 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+35%)

AVG 483 FPS

MIN 404 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 358 FPS

MIN 314 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+41%)

AVG 398 FPS

MIN 350 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 283 FPS

MIN 253 FPS

Winner

Loser

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

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 273 benchmarks across 73 games

146

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090

+36.5%

107

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080