GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
[ VERDICT ]
Winner: GeForce RTX 5080 (84/100)
GeForce RTX 5080 leads overall with a score of 84/100 compared to Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.
Why choose GeForce RTX 5080:
- + Higher Gaming score (88 vs 47)
Why choose Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada:
- + Higher Efficiency score (58 vs 48)
Benchmark Performance Comparison
Normalized Lab Scores| Benchmark | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Efficiency | 48.0 Poor | 58.0 Below Average WINNER |
| Gaming | 88.0 Very Good WINNER | 47.0 Poor |
Detailed Technical Specifications
3D Mark
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Fire Strike | 75605 | 37396 |
| Night Raid | 199650 | 158480 |
| Port Royal | 23275 | 8974 |
| Solar Bay | 161489 | 65875 |
| Time Spy | 33000 | 14438 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 69617 | — |
API
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.9 |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 3 |
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
Games
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| 1080p High | 239 | 147 |
| 1080p Ultra | 205 | 122 |
| 1440p Ultra | 165 | 92 |
| 4K Ultra | 96 | 53 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 250244197135 | 1261198856 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 31723817887 | 25320113580 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 21319213861 | 112966430 |
| Far Cry 6 | 19417115597 | 13112310158 |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 250186179138 | 149989163 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 16614212682 | 94796133 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 18515212467 | 102826634 |
| Margin of Error | Low | High |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 306276214111 | 17515711965 |
| The Witcher 3 | 27124417290 | 17714310354 |
GeekBench 6 ML
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 69068 | 36574 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 92863 | 40416 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Image Classification (SP) | 15441 | 9717 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 47173 | 19365 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 43223 | 29227 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 7905 | 4193 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 20955 | 10820 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 202202 | 105639 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 349205 | 200936 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3701 | 3577 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
| Background Blur | 319.6 img/sec | 235.3 img/sec |
| Edge Detection | 19.5 Gpixels/sec | 7.44 Gpixels/sec |
| Face Detection | 225 img/sec | 157.9 img/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.33 Gpixels/sec | 1.58 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 20.4 Gpixels/sec | 7.87 Gpixels/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 13.6 Gpixels/sec | 5.53 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 43676.6 FPS | 22409.2 FPS |
| Stereo Matching | 1750 Gpixels/sec | 737.7 Gpixels/sec |
General
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| GPU Codename | GB203-400 | AD104 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $1250 |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Recommended CPU | -Intel Core Ultra 7 265Kor above | -Intel Core i7 14700Kor above |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | August 9, 2023 |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
Graphics Processing Unit
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Base Clock | 2295 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2617 MHz | 2175 MHz |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 84 | 48 |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | 48MB shared |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 84 | 48 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 80 |
| Shading Units | 10752 | 6144 |
| Tensor Cores | 336 | 192 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 336 | 192 |
Memory
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Bus | 256-bit | 160-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
| Effective Memory Speed | 30000 Mbps | 18000 Mbps |
| Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 20 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
Passmark Graphics
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| DirectX 11 | 327 FPS | 203 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 145 FPS | 93 FPS |
| G2D Mark | 1397 | 1112 |
| GPU Compute | 19034 Ops/s | 11917 Ops/s |
Physical
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Die Size | 378 mm² | 294 mm² |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| TGP | 360 W | 130 W |
| Transistor Count | 45.6 billion | 35 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.63 MTr/mm² | 119.05 MTr/mm² |
Raw Performance
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Pixel Fill Rate | 293 GPixel/s | 174 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 879 GTexel/s | 418 GTexel/s |
Recent User Tests
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Date | Benchmark | — |
| 📘 2026-06-01(Nowh) | Cinebench 2024 | — |
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