GeForce RTX 5080 vs RTX 4080
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
GB203-400
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
AD103
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5080 with 84 pipelines and 10752 shaders against the 2 years and 4 months older RTX RTX 4080 that utilizes 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5080
- Performs better (up to 20%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
- Shows 11% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 165 vs 148 FPS
- 16% higher maximum theoretical performance (56.3 vs 48.7 TFLOPS)
- Achieves 37% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (297K vs 217K)
- Has 34% higher memory bandwidth: 960 vs 716.8 GB/s
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 250 186 179 138 |
229 170 154 120 |
| The Witcher 3 | 271 244 172 90 |
245 210 157 81 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 317 238 178 87 |
306 220 168 85 |
| Far Cry 6 | 194 171 155 97 |
181 163 143 88 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 185 152 124 67 |
162 136 109 59 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 250 244 197 135 |
217 213 167 111 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 166 142 126 82 |
148 126 109 69 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 213 192 138 61 |
192 177 119 54 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 306 276 214 111 |
290 265 204 107 |
| 1080p High | 239 | 219 |
| 1080p Ultra | 205 | 187 |
| 1440p Ultra | 165 | 148 |
| 4K Ultra | 96 | 86 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 33000 | 28155 |
| Solar Bay | 161489 | 136995 |
| Port Royal | 23275 | 17984 |
| Fire Strike | 75605 | 64637 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 69617 | 59123 |
| Night Raid | 199650 | 185072 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 319.6 img/sec | 250.4 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 225 img/sec | 190 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 13.6 Gpixels/sec | 9.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 19.5 Gpixels/sec | 12.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 20.4 Gpixels/sec | 15.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.33 Gpixels/sec | 1.97 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1750 Gpixels/sec | 1130 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 43676.6 FPS | 28795.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1397 | 1250 |
| DirectX 11 | 327 FPS | 313 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 145 FPS | 133 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 19034 Ops/s | 20319 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-01 (Nowh) | Cinebench 2024 | 95861 |
GeForce RTX 4080
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-05-02 (Rennsport) | GeekBench | 267332 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 15441 | 13466 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 47173 | 34767 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 43223 | 42687 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 92863 | 70927 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 202202 | 239350 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3701 | 3606 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 7905 | 6519 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 20955 | 18153 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 69068 | 65667 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 349205 | 414848 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5080 and RTX 4080General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | September 20, 2022 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $999 | $1199 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | GB203-400 | AD103 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 265K or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (4th and 10th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2295 MHz | 2205 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2617 MHz | 2505 MHz |
| Shading Units | 10752 | 9728 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 336 | 304 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 84 | 76 |
| Tensor Cores | 336 | 304 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 84 | 76 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | 64MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 293 GPixel/s | 281 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 879 GTexel/s | 762 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 360 W | 320 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 378 mm² | 379 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 45.6 billion | 45 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.63 MTr/mm² | 118.73 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1875 MHz | 1400 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 30000 Mbps | 22400 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 256-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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