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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 · Photo source

NVIDIA · GeForce

GeForce RTX 5080

Released January 2025

NVIDIA's second-tier Blackwell graphics card, with 16 GB of GDDR7, aimed at high-refresh 1440p and 4K gaming.

Model history · 2 models, 2024–2025
  1. 2024GeForce RTX 4080 SUPERCompare
  2. 2025GeForce RTX 5080
Memory
16 GB
Shaders
10,752
Boost clock
2,617 MHz
Bandwidth
960 GB/s
Power
360 W

What reviewers say

Reviewers agree it is fast, cool and quiet, with an excellent Founders Edition design and useful Multi Frame Generation, at the RTX 4080 Super's price. Most were disappointed that it is only around 12 to 15 per cent faster than that card, and well behind the RTX 5090; Tom's Hardware also noted just 16 GB of memory and launch driver issues.

From tomshardware.com, pcgamer.com, techradar.com and kitguru.net

Specifications

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Performance

Chip maker
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Shader cores
10,752
Boost clock
2,617 MHz
Architecture
GB203 GPU; 84 SMs
Manufacturing process
TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 45.6 billion transistors; 378 mm² die
Ray tracing
84 fourth-generation RT Cores; 171 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
336 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 1801 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
2.30 GHz
Cache
64 MB L2

Memory

Video memory
16 GB GDDR7
Memory bus
256-bit
Memory bandwidth
960 GB/s
Memory detail
GDDR7 at 30 Gbps

Connections and power

Board power
360 W
Interface
PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
1 × 450 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 3 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
850 W
Slot width
2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
304 × 137 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
2 × ninth-generation NVENC, 2 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode

Pros and cons

Pros

  • 16 GB of 30 Gbps GDDR7 on a 256-bit bus (960 GB/s)
  • Founders Edition is a two-slot card, 304 mm long
  • Two ninth-generation NVENC encoders for video work

Cons

  • Half the CUDA cores and memory of the RTX 5090
  • 360 W total graphics power; NVIDIA asks for an 850 W power supply

Closest rivals

Model
MemoryShadersBoost clockBandwidthPowerReleased
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5070 Ti
16 GB8,9602,452 MHz896 GB/s300 WFeb 2025
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
16 GB10,2402,550 MHz736 GB/s320 WJan 2024
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
16 GB8,4482,610 MHz672 GB/s285 WJan 2024

Previous model: GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER.

Sources

  1. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/rtx-5080
  2. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/compare
  3. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/news/rtx-50-series-graphics-cards-gpu-laptop-announcem…
  4. nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-50-series-graphics-cards-gpu-laptop-announcem…
  5. images.nvidia.com/aem-dam/Solutions/geforce/blackwell/nvidia-rtx-blackwell-gpu-…

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