NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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GeForce RTX 4080 compared with GeForce RTX 5090

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5090
Overview
Released
Released	November 2022	January 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	9,728	21,760
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,510 MHz (better)	2,407 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	AD103; 76 Streaming Multiprocessors. Specifications describe NVIDIA's reference card; the photo shows PNY's original RTX 4080 VERTO Triple Fan, whose cooler and dimensions differ.	GB202 GPU; 170 SMs, 680 texture units, 176 ROPs
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	TSMC 4N; 45.9 billion transistors; 378.6 mm² die	TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 92.2 billion transistors; 750 mm² die
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	76 third-generation RT Cores; 113 RT TFLOPS	170 fourth-generation RT Cores; 318 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	304 fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 780 AI TOPS	680 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 3352 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and 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	2.21 GHz on the current NVIDIA specification page; PNY's stock-clock VERTO lists 2,205 MHz base, while NVIDIA's Ada architecture whitepaper gives 2,505 MHz boost (current page rounds boost to 2.51 GHz)	2.01 GHz
Cache
Cache	65,536 KB L2	96 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	16 GB GDDR6X	32 GB GDDR7 (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	256-bit	512-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	716.8 GB/s	1,792 GB/s (better)
Memory detail
Memory detail	22.4 Gbps GDDR6X	GDDR7 at 28 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	320 W (better)	575 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC and HDR	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	3 × PCIe 8-pin cables through the included adapter, or 1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (Founders Edition)	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	750 W; NVIDIA recommends another 36 mm of clearance for the power cable	1000 W
Slot width
Slot width	3-slot (Founders Edition)	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	304 × 137 mm, 3-slot; NVIDIA's system-clearance guide specifies 61 mm thickness (Founders Edition)	304 × 137 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	2 × eighth-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode	3 × ninth-generation NVENC, 2 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode