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GeForce RTX 5080 vs GTX 1080

GeForce RTX 5080
VS
GeForce GTX 1080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
GB203-400
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
GP104

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5080 16 GB with 84 pipelines and 10752 shaders against the 8 years and 9 months older GTX 1080 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Gaming performance
  4. Benchmarks
  5. AI
  6. Specs
  7. Comments

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
16 GB GDDR7
VS
8 GB GDDR5X
53.9
(Average)
Value Index
20.7
(Mediocre)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of GTX 1080 over RTX 5080
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5080
  • Performs significantly better (up to 5x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 6.3x higher maximum theoretical performance (56.3 vs 8.9 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • Shows 3.4x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 165 vs 49 FPS
  • Ray-tracing support with 84 dedicated RT cores

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions
GPU
RTX 5080
vs
GTX 1080

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
250
186
179
138
103
60
50
33
The Witcher 3
271
244
172
90
106
84
60
31
Counter-Strike 2
317
238
178
87
160
114
85
38
Far Cry 6
194
171
155
97
85
75
56
29
Hogwarts Legacy
185
152
124
67
58
48
32
18
CoD: Modern Warfare III
250
244
197
135
71
62
43
27
Ghost of Tsushima
166
142
126
82
55
42
31
18
Cyberpunk 2077
213
192
138
61
56
53
31
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
306
276
214
111
95
83
57
30
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 239 88
1080p Ultra 205 69
1440p Ultra 165 49
4K Ultra 96 26
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
RTX 5080 +397%
36188
GTX 1080
7282
Time Spy 33000 7592
Solar Bay 161489 19994
Port Royal 23275 1676
Fire Strike 75605 22750
Wild Life Extreme 69617 15147
Night Raid 199650 82345
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
RTX 5080 +365%
297747
GTX 1080
63994
Background Blur 319.6 img/sec 152.4 img/sec
Face Detection 225 img/sec 71.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 13.6 Gpixels/sec 2.73 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 19.5 Gpixels/sec 4.15 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 20.4 Gpixels/sec 5.03 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 2.33 Gpixels/sec 0.32 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 1750 Gpixels/sec 238.9 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 43676.6 FPS 6716.4 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
RTX 5080 +2361%
95861
GTX 1080
3895

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
RTX 5080 +128%
35618
GTX 1080
15609
G2D Mark 1397 889
DirectX 11 327 FPS 125 FPS
DirectX 12 145 FPS 55 FPS
GPU Compute 19034 Ops/s 7627 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 19559 & 42364 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
RTX 5080 +1407%
9139.16
GTX 1080
606.47
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 3654 & 1005 samples
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Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5080
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-06-01 (Nowh)Cinebench 202495861
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GeForce GTX 1080
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Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
RTX 5080 +317%
38994
GTX 1080
9341
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 5080 +631%
66609
GTX 1080
9110
GB6 ML Quantized
RTX 5080 +328%
29206
GTX 1080
6830
Image Classification (SP) 15441 2591
Image Segmentation (HP) 47173 5497
Image Super Resolution (Q) 43223 11914
Face Detection (HP) 92863 9841
Pose Estimation (Q) 202202 53922
Text Classification (SP) 3701 1732
Machine Translation (HP) 7905 2662
Object Detection (SP) 20955 3255
Depth Estimation (Q) 69068 16431
Style Transfer (SP) 349205 112226
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5080 and GTX 1080

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released January 7, 2025 May 27, 2016
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $599
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
GPU Codename GB203-400 GP104
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon RX 5600 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5080
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 7 265K or above - Intel Core i7 7700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (4th and 71st place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2295 MHz 1607 MHz
Boost Clock 2617 MHz 1733 MHz
Shading Units 10752 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 336 160
Render Output Units (ROPs) 112 64
Compute Units (Pipelines) 84 20
Tensor Cores 336 No
Ray-tracing Cores 84 No
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 48KB per cluster
L2 Cache 64MB shared 2MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 GPixel/s 111 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTexel/s 277 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RTX 5080 +533%
56.3 TFLOPS
GTX 1080
8.9 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 360 W 180 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 4 nm 16 nm
Die Size 378 mm² 314 mm²
Transistor Count 45.6 billion 7 billion
Transistor Density 120.63 MTr/mm² 22.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR5X
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1875 MHz 1251 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 30000 Mbps 10000 Mbps
Bus 256-bit 256-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
RTX 5080 +200%
960 GB/s
GTX 1080
320.3 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 12.0 6.1
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a

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