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

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 4% to 42%, including 22% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (16,244 vs 13,324). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. Released 2024 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER), 2025 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080). MSRP range: $999 · $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

SpecNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
vram gb 1616
vram type GDDR6XGDDR7
tdp w 320360
cuda cores 1024010752

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from LanOC Reviews, Overclocking.com, 3DMark, HWBOT, HWCooling, Notebookcheck, PassMark and Tom's Hardware; 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.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPERNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews		 55,495 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: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, HWBOT, HWCooling		 18,593 points24,924 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews		 7,558 points9,010 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews, 3DMark		 6,621 points8,568 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews		 27,024 points32,642 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews		 13,324 points16,244 points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —32,701 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,279 pts1,407 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 34,256 pts35,697 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 1 rank1 rank

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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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Quick answers

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 4% to 42%, including 22% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (16,244 vs 13,324).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

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

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

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER launched at a $999 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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