NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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GeForce RTX 2080 compared with GeForce RTX 5090

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5090
Overview
Released
Released	September 2018	January 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Turing	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,944	21,760
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,710 MHz or 1,800 MHz	2,407 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	Main figures follow NVIDIA's reference specification. Founders Edition raises boost clock and board power. Photo shows MSI's stock-clocked RTX 2080 AERO 8G partner board, which uses a blower rather than the Founders Edition's dual axial fans.	GB202 GPU; 170 SMs, 680 texture units, 176 ROPs
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 92.2 billion transistors; 750 mm² die
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Dedicated first generation RT Cores	170 fourth-generation RT Cores; 318 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	Dedicated Tensor Cores	680 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 3352 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	NVIDIA DLSS Super Resolution; no DLSS Frame Generation	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1515 MHz for both reference and Founders Edition	2.01 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	96 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	32 GB GDDR7 (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	512-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	448 GB/s	1,792 GB/s (better)
Memory detail
Memory detail	14 Gbps GDDR6	GDDR7 at 28 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	215 W or 225 W	575 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	Founders Edition supports DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.0b and USB-C/VirtualLink; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. MSI AERO 8G has 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × USB-C.	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × 6-pin and 1 × 8-pin	1 × 600 W PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 4 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	650 W	1000 W
Slot width
Slot width	2 slots (Founders Edition)	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	266.74 × 115.7 mm (Founders Edition); 268 × 114 × 41 mm and 879 g (pictured MSI AERO 8G partner board)	304 × 137 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	Turing NVENC encoder	3 × ninth-generation NVENC, 2 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode