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Side-by-side comparison of specifications and performance

Performance Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080

89%
89%

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

113%
113%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is approximately 24% faster

Technical Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Graphics ProcessorDifferent
AD103
GB203
CoresDifferent
9728
10752
TMUsDifferent
304
336
ROPs
112
112
Memory Size
16 GB
16 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR7
Bus Width
256 bit
256 bit

Graphics Processor

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GPU NameDifferent
AD103
GB203
GPU VariantDifferent
AD103-300-A1
GB203-400-A1
ArchitectureDifferent
Ada Lovelace
Blackwell 2.0
Foundry
TSMC
TSMC
Process Size
5 nm
5 nm
TransistorsDifferent
45,900 million
45,600 million
DensityDifferent
121.1M / mm²
120.6M / mm²
Die SizeDifferent
379 mm²
378 mm²
Process TypeDifferent
N/A
4N FinFET

Graphics Card

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Release DateDifferent
Sep 20th, 2022
Jan 30th, 2025
AvailabilityDifferent
Nov 16th, 2022
N/A
GenerationDifferent
GeForce 40
GeForce 50
PredecessorDifferent
GeForce 30
GeForce 40
SuccessorDifferent
GeForce 50
N/A
Production
Active
Active
Launch PriceDifferent
1,199 USD
999 USD
Current PriceDifferent
Amazon/Newegg
N/A
Bus InterfaceDifferent
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe 5.0 x16
ReviewsDifferent
50 in our database
72 in our database
AnnouncedDifferent
N/A
Jan 6th, 2025

Clock Speeds

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Base ClockDifferent
2205 MHz
2295 MHz
Boost ClockDifferent
2505 MHz
2617 MHz
Memory ClockDifferent
1400 MHz22.4 Gbps effective
1875 MHz30 Gbps effective

Memory

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Memory Size
16 GB
16 GB
Memory TypeDifferent
GDDR6X
GDDR7
Memory Bus
256 bit
256 bit
BandwidthDifferent
716.8 GB/s
960.0 GB/s

Render Config

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Shading UnitsDifferent
9728
10752
TMUsDifferent
304
336
ROPs
112
112
SM CountDifferent
76
84
Tensor CoresDifferent
304
336
RT CoresDifferent
76
84
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
64 MB
64 MB

Theoretical Performance

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Pixel RateDifferent
280.6 GPixel/s
293.1 GPixel/s
Texture RateDifferent
761.5 GTexel/s
879.3 GTexel/s
FP16 (half)Different
48.74 TFLOPS (1:1)
56.28 TFLOPS (1:1)
FP32 (float)Different
48.74 TFLOPS
56.28 TFLOPS
FP64 (double)Different
761.5 GFLOPS (1:64)
879.3 GFLOPS (1:64)

Board Design

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Slot WidthDifferent
Triple-slot
Dual-slot
LengthDifferent
310 mm12.2 inches
304 mm12 inches
HeightDifferent
140 mm5.5 inches
137 mm5.4 inches
WidthDifferent
61 mm2.4 inches
40 mm1.6 inches
TDPDifferent
320 W
360 W
Suggested PSUDifferent
700 W
750 W
OutputsDifferent
1x HDMI 2.13x DisplayPort 1.4a
1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Power Connectors
1x 16-pin
1x 16-pin
Board NumberDifferent
PG139 SKU 360
PG147 SKU 45

Graphics Features

FeatureNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
VulkanDifferent
1.3
1.4
CUDADifferent
8.9
12.0
Shader Model
6.8
6.8

Comparison Summary

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