GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile vs RTX 5080

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureBlackwell 2.0 (2025)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGB203GB203
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20252025

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores1075210752
Core clock speed2235 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed2520 MHz2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology0 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)350 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate846.7672.0
Floating-point processing power54.19 TFLOPS43.01 TFLOPS
ROPs128128
TMUs336336
Tensor Cores336336
Ray Tracing Cores8484

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length304 mmno data
Width3-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR7GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount16 GB16 GB
Memory bus width256 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed2400 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth973.8 GB/s1.01 TB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.86.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA10.110.1

Pros & cons summary


Power consumption (TDP) 350 Watt 175 Watt

RTX 5090 Mobile has 100% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 5080 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 5090 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
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