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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — Benchmarks & Specs

16 GB VRAM360W TDP$999 MSRP2025

*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Last updated 2026-07-22. Price and availability subject to change.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is a graphics card from the Blackwell family released in 2025 from NVIDIA. Key on-paper specs include 16 GB of GDDR7 VRAM, 360W TDP. It launched with a $999 MSRP, though street prices typically diverge meaningfully from launch pricing — see the linked product cards below for current Amazon listings. Data on this page draws on 8+ Amazon listings, 10 synthetic benchmark results, 10 community AI inference reports, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).

Synthetic Benchmarks

Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.

3DMark Fire Strike via LanOC Reviews
79,045 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme via LanOC Reviews
39,871 points
PassMark G3D Mark via PassMark
35,697 pts
3DMark Time Spy Graphics via NotebookCheck
32,701 points
3DMark Time Spy via LanOC Reviews
32,642 points
3DMark Port Royal via HWBOT
24,924 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra via LanOC Reviews
21,262 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme via LanOC Reviews
16,244 points
3DMark Speed Way via LanOC Reviews
9,039 points
3DMark Speed Way via Overclocking.com
8,980 points

AI Inference Performance

Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.

llama3.1:8b q4_K_M via Local AI Master
132.0 tok/s
gpt-oss:20b MXFP4 via Windows Central
128.0 tok/s
llama3.2-vision Q4_K_M via Windows Central
120.0 tok/s
Llama 3.2 1B Instruct Q4_K_M via LocalScore
103.0 tok/s
qwen2.5:14b q4_K_M via Local AI Master
85.0 tok/s
gemma3:12b Q4_K_M via Windows Central
71.0 tok/s
deepseek-r1:14b Q4_K_M via Windows Central
70.0 tok/s
gemma4:27b q4_K_S via Markaicode
52.1 tok/s
qwen3:27b q4_K_M via Compute Market
51.0 tok/s
qwen3:235b Q8 via LocalLLaMA
50.0 tok/s

Products Featuring the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Full Specifications

tdp w360
vram gb16
vram typeGDDR7
cuda cores10752
boost clock mhz2617

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 best used for?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is positioned as a 16 GB VRAM Blackwell-family graphics card. Use it for 1440p/4K gaming and mid-tier AI workloads. See the synthetic + AI benchmark tables below for measured performance.
When was the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 released, and what was its launch MSRP?
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 launched in 2025 at a $999 MSRP. Street prices diverge from launch pricing over a product's lifetime — check the linked Amazon listings on this page for current availability.
Where do the benchmark numbers on this page come from?
Synthetic benchmarks are scraped from public databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench Browser, Cinebench leaderboards). AI inference numbers come from the LocalLLaMA community (Reddit threads, llama.cpp / Ollama discussion logs, and Phoronix when available). Every benchmark row carries an inline source citation — click through to verify the original number.
Can the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 run local LLMs?
Yes — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 has 10 AI inference benchmarks on file (see the AI Inference Performance section above for model + tokens-per-second numbers). 16 GB VRAM is enough for 13-17B parameter models at Q4 with comfortable context.
Where can I buy the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?
Amazon listings are linked at the top of this page (in the hero CTA) and in the "Products Featuring this Hardware" section below. SpecPicks earns a small affiliate commission on qualifying purchases.

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