GeForce RTX 5080
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How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
Performance breakdown
FPS Across Resolutions
Average FPS across all PC games
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($999) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
What Owners Say
Fans love the big leap in ray tracing and DLSS quality. The main gripe is the price hike feels too steep for just a gen-on-gen refresh.
- Handles 4K gaming with total ease
- Runs cool under heavy long sessions
- New features feel smooth and responsive
- Great value for high-end ray tracing
- VRAM is tight for 4K gaming
- Power draw is surprisingly high
- Price increase over last generation
Supported technologies
Full specifications
- Architecture
- Blackwell 2.0
- Process node
- 5 nm
- Transistors
- 45.6 B
- SM Count
- 84
- Release date
- 2025
- Launch price
- $999
- CUDA Cores
- 10,752
- RT Cores
- 84
- Tensor Cores
- 336
- TMUs
- 336
- ROPs
- 112
- L2 cache
- 64 MB
- Size
- 16 GB
- Type
- GDDR7
- Bus width
- 256-bit
- Bandwidth
- 960 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1875 MHz
- Base clock
- 2295 MHz
- Boost clock
- 2617 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 56.28 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 56.28 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 293 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 879.3 GTexel/s
- TDP
- 360W
- Suggested PSU
- 700W
- Power connectors
- 1x 16-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 5.0 x16
- Length
- 304 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.8
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.4
- CUDA
- 12.0
Our verdict on the RTX 5080
The RTX 5080 is a high-end graphics card with Blackwell architecture that runs notably hot and loud under heavy load.
Get it if you're building a top-tier gaming or creative rig and want the latest features without paying the absolute flagship premium. Skip it if you already have a recent high-end card, as the real-world gains for gaming alone are modest.
Buy it if…
- You want a high-end 4K gaming rig that stays relevant for years.
- You need fast ray tracing for creative 3D or rendering work.
- You game at high refresh rates with an ultrawide or multi-monitor setup.
Its place in the overall top
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