NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 5080 sales 30 January 2025 at a recommended price of $999 . This is a high-end Blackwell 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 4 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 16 GB of GDDR7 memory clocked at 1.88 GHz are supplied, and together with 256 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 5.0 x16 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 304 mm. 1x 16-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 360 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 5080: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	3
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	40.56
Power efficiency	17.90	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	GB203
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 5080's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 5080's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	10752	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	2295 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	45,600 million	of 208,000 million (B200 SXM 192 GB)
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	360 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	879.3	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	56.28 TFLOPS	of 104.8 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	128	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	336	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	336	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	84	of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 5080 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	304 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 5080: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	256 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 5080. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 5080, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.8
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.4
CUDA	10.1
DLSS	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 5080. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 5080 93.99

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

RTX 5080 36127

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 5080 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	193
1440p	159
4K	109

Cost per frame, $

1080p	5.18
1440p	6.28
4K	9.17

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart	240−250
Counter-Strike 2	200−210
Cyberpunk 2077	220−230

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart	240−250
Battlefield 5	190−200
Counter-Strike 2	200−210
Cyberpunk 2077	220−230
Far Cry 5	200−210
Fortnite	300−350
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
Forza Horizon 5	240−250
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	600−650

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart	240−250
Battlefield 5	190−200
Counter-Strike 2	200−210
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	270−280
Cyberpunk 2077	220−230
Far Cry 5	200−210
Fortnite	300−350
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
Forza Horizon 5	240−250
Grand Theft Auto V	170−180
Metro Exodus	220−230
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	400−450
Valorant	600−650

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	190−200
Counter-Strike 2	222
Cyberpunk 2077	220−230
Far Cry 5	200−210
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	289
Valorant	600−650

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

300−350

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	140−150
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	500−550
Grand Theft Auto V	160−170
Metro Exodus	170−180
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	450−500

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	190−200
Cyberpunk 2077	140−150
Far Cry 5	190−200
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	244

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

150−160

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart	90
Counter-Strike 2	109
Grand Theft Auto V	180−190
Metro Exodus	120−130
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	242
Valorant	300−350

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	130−140
Counter-Strike 2	36
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75
Far Cry 5	150−160
Forza Horizon 4	300−350
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	95−100

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

75−80

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 5080's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce RTX 4090 106.39

GeForce RTX 5090 105.32

GeForce RTX 5080 100

GeForce RTX 4080 95.66

GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 94.95

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER 88.02

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti 87.91

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 5080 is Radeon RX 7900 XTX, which is slower by 14% and lower by 5 positions in our ranking.