GeForce RTX 5080 vs GeForce RTX 5090

[ VERDICT ] Winner: GeForce RTX 5090 (96/100)

GeForce RTX 5090 leads overall with a score of 96/100 compared to GeForce RTX 5080 (84/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce

GeForce RTX 5080

84/100
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GeForce RTX 5090
GeForce

GeForce RTX 5090

96/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
Efficiency 48.0 Poor 48.0 Poor
Gaming 88.0 Very Good 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
Fire Strike 75605 87569
Night Raid 199650 206648
Port Royal 23275 38202
Solar Bay 161489 236689
Time Spy 33000 46873
Wild Life Extreme 69617 108751

API

API specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
CUDA 12.0 12.0
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4
DirectX 12.2 12.2
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
Vulkan 1.4 1.4

Games

Games specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
1080p High 239 299
1080p Ultra 205 254
1440p Ultra 165 207
4K Ultra 96 125
CoD: Modern Warfare III 250244197135 334322260184
Counter-Strike 2 31723817887 36326520299
Cyberpunk 2077 21319213861 26123316077
Far Cry 6 19417115597 237202190121
Forza Horizon 5 250186179138 336247233187
Ghost of Tsushima 16614212682 221185175113
Hogwarts Legacy 18515212467 24919916697
Margin of Error Low Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 306276214111 329302238128
The Witcher 3 27124417290 364327237123

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
Backend DirectML DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 69068 85572
Face Detection (HP) 92863 114685
Framework ONNX ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 15441 18948
Image Segmentation (HP) 47173 55109
Image Super Resolution (Q) 43223 58478
Machine Translation (HP) 7905 8184
Object Detection (SP) 20955 27802
Pose Estimation (Q) 202202 344729
Style Transfer (SP) 349205 687080
Text Classification (SP) 3701 4464

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 319.6 img/sec 333 img/sec
Edge Detection 19.5 Gpixels/sec 33.7 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 225 img/sec 298.5 img/sec
Feature Matching 2.33 Gpixels/sec 2.53 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 20.4 Gpixels/sec 34.5 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 13.6 Gpixels/sec 21.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 43676.6 FPS 59146.9 FPS
Stereo Matching 1750 Gpixels/sec 2850 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Build Discrete Discrete
Case Desktop Desktop
GPU Codename GB203-400 GB202-300
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $1999
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Recommended CPU -Intel Core Ultra 7 265Kor above -Intel Core Ultra 9 285Kor above
Released January 7, 2025 January 7, 2025
Segment High-end High-end
Vendor Nvidia Nvidia

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
Base Clock 2295 MHz 2017 MHz
Boost Clock 2617 MHz 2407 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 84 170
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 64MB shared 96MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 84 170
Render Output Units (ROPs) 112 176
Shading Units 10752 21760
Tensor Cores 336 680
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 336 680

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
Bus 256-bit 512-bit
ECC No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 Mbps 28000 Mbps
Memory Clock 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Memory Size 16 GB 32 GB
Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR7

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
DirectX 11 327 FPS 341 FPS
DirectX 12 145 FPS 179 FPS
G2D Mark 1397 1410
GPU Compute 19034 Ops/s 24360 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
Die Size 378 mm² 750 mm²
Fabrication Process 4 nm 4 nm
Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
TGP 360 W 575 W
Transistor Count 45.6 billion 92.2 billion
Transistor Density 120.63 MTr/mm² 122.93 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
Pixel Fill Rate 293 GPixel/s 424 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTexel/s 1637 GTexel/s

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5090
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-06-01(Nowh) Cinebench 2024 —

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