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 (312 benchmarks)

Gears of War: E-Day Beta

7 2026 • Action, Adventure • The Coalition

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+51%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 65 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 49 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+59%)

AVG 51 FPS

MIN 44 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 32 FPS

MIN 27 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+81%)

AVG 29 FPS

MIN 25 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 16 FPS

MIN 14 FPS

Winner

Loser

Beast of Reincarnation

7.6 2026 • Action, Adventure, RPG • GAME FREAK inc.

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+12%)

AVG 163 FPS

MIN 147 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 146 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+29%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 127 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 99 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+47%)

AVG 100 FPS

MIN 88 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 58 FPS

Winner

Loser

Halo: Campaign Evolved

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Halo Studios

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+35%)

AVG 151 FPS

MIN 135 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 112 FPS

MIN 104 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+41%)

AVG 116 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 75 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+54%)

AVG 74 FPS

MIN 66 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 48 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

Winner

Loser

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced Background

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Barcelona, Ubisoft Bordeaux, Ubisoft Belgrade, Ubisoft Chengdu, Ubisoft India, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Philippines, Ubisoft Quebec, Ubisoft Shanghai

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+28%)

AVG 105 FPS

MIN 93 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 82 FPS

MIN 72 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+35%)

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 68 FPS

MIN 60 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

GeForce RTX 5090 (+49%)

AVG 64 FPS

MIN 50 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 43 FPS

MIN 34 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+25%)

AVG 124 FPS

MIN 114 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 99 FPS

MIN 91 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+23%)

AVG 113 FPS

MIN 102 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 92 FPS

MIN 86 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| RTX

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+36%)

AVG 91 FPS

MIN 78 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 67 FPS

MIN 57 FPS

Winner

Loser

007 First Light

8 2026 • Action, Adventure • IO Interactive A/S

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)

AVG 158 FPS

MIN 133 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 130 FPS

MIN 103 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+47%)

AVG 132 FPS

MIN 109 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 90 FPS

MIN 77 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+65%)

AVG 86 FPS

MIN 71 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 52 FPS

MIN 43 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+22%)

AVG 169 FPS

MIN 152 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 138 FPS

MIN 123 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+46%)

AVG 150 FPS

MIN 130 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 103 FPS

MIN 90 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

GeForce RTX 5090 (+52%)

AVG 117 FPS

MIN 98 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 77 FPS

MIN 64 FPS

1080p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+47%)

AVG 614 FPS

MIN 555 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 418 FPS

MIN 381 FPS

1440p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+55%)

AVG 558 FPS

MIN 499 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 361 FPS

MIN 327 FPS

2160p

| ultra

| dlss 4.5 quality

| Frame Gen

GeForce RTX 5090 (+54%)

AVG 474 FPS

MIN 413 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 307 FPS

MIN 274 FPS

Winner

Loser

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight Background

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight

7.8 2026 • Action, Adventure • TT Games

1080p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+37%)

AVG 186 FPS

MIN 153 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 136 FPS

MIN 107 FPS

1440p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+50%)

AVG 144 FPS

MIN 108 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 96 FPS

MIN 79 FPS

2160p

| ultra

GeForce RTX 5090 (+55%)

AVG 85 FPS

MIN 63 FPS

GeForce RTX 5080

AVG 55 FPS

MIN 36 FPS

Winner

Loser

No more benchmarks available for this comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Wins!

Based on 312 benchmarks across 80 games

150

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5090

+36.9%

109

Avg FPS

GeForce RTX 5080