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GeForce RTX 4080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4080 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 4% to 63%, including 19% in 3DMark Time Spy (32,642 vs 27,392). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 4080 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. MSRP range: $1,199 · $999. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecGeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
vram gb 1616
vram type GDDR6XGDDR7
tdp w 320360
cuda cores 972810752
rt cores 76—
tensor cores 304—
process nm 5—

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Overclocking.com, KitGuru, LanOC Reviews, Wccftech, 3DMark, HWBOT, Hyper Cyber, HWCooling, Tom's Hardware, Notebookcheck and PassMark; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkGeForce RTX 4080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
3DMark DirectX Raytracing (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com		 85 FPS—
3DMark DirectX Raytracing feature test (higher is better)
Source: KitGuru		 85 FPS—
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews		 48,524 points79,045 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews		 —39,871 points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews		 —21,262 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech, 3DMark, HWBOT, Hyper Cyber, HWCooling		 17,650 points24,924 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews		 7,376 points9,010 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, LanOC Reviews		 6,595 points8,568 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: 3DMark, LanOC Reviews, Tom's Hardware		 27,392 points32,642 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Wccftech, LanOC Reviews		 14,078 points16,244 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —32,701 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,250 pts1,407 pts

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

GeForce RTX 4080

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 4080 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 4080 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 4% to 63%, including 19% in 3DMark Time Spy (32,642 vs 27,392).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

What did the GeForce RTX 4080 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 cost at launch?

The GeForce RTX 4080 launched at a $1,199 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 at $999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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