NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

GeForce RTX 5080 specifications

What these numbers mean for the GeForce RTX 5080

On our index the GeForce RTX 5080 scores 85.0, which places it 3rd of the 89 graphics cards we track and puts it faster than roughly 98% of them.

The nearest part below the GeForce RTX 5080 is the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER at 82.0, 3.5% slower, and a margin of 3.5% sits inside the run to run variance you would see replaying the same scene in most games.

16 GB of memory means video memory will never be the GeForce RTX 5080 limiting factor at any resolution it is fast enough to run, including 4K with high texture settings and ray tracing switched on.

At 360 W the GeForce RTX 5080 deserves real attention on power: a card in this bracket draws brief spikes well above its 360 W rating, and an older ATX 2.x supply can trip its own protection at a total wattage that looks safe on paper. Budget roughly 750 W for a machine built around a GeForce RTX 5080, and treat the ATX 3.0 or 3.1 label as mattering more than that number.

GeForce RTX 5080 frame rate at each resolution

The GeForce RTX 5080 paired with the Ryzen 7 9850X3D on the High preset with 16 GB of system memory. The card is the limit throughout, so the GeForce RTX 5080 falls the full 56% from 153 fps to 67 fps as the pixel count rises.

How the GeForce RTX 5080 compares

6 cards sit within 30% of the GeForce RTX 5080 on our gaming index, running from the GeForce RTX 4090 at +18% to the Radeon RX 9070 XT at -14%, a window narrow enough that price, memory and power decide it rather than raw speed.

What to pair with the GeForce RTX 5080, and when to upgrade

Best CPU for the GeForce RTX 5080

When the GeForce RTX 5080 becomes the limit, the GeForce RTX 5090 is the next step worth paying for: 135.0 on our index against 85.0, a jump of 59%, which is roughly where an upgrade stops being something you have to look at a counter to notice. See its specs.

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