NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 8% to 90%, including 70% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (16,244 vs 9,535). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 generates 85.0 tokens/s (per Local AI Master) against 20.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $549 · $999. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
*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
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 12 | 16 |
| vram type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | 250 | 360 |
| cuda cores | 6144 | 10752 |
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, WorthPlaying, 3DMark, HWBOT, HWCooling, Overclocking.com, 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.
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: LANOC, WorthPlaying |
41,611 points | 79,045 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) Source: LANOC |
— | 39,871 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: LANOC |
— | 21,262 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: 3DMark, HWBOT, WorthPlaying, HWCooling |
13,939 points | 24,924 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, LANOC, WorthPlaying |
5,787 points | 9,010 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: LANOC, WorthPlaying, 3DMark |
5,154 points | 8,568 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: LANOC |
22,221 points | 32,642 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: LANOC, WorthPlaying |
9,535 points | 16,244 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 32,701 points |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,299 pts | 1,407 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
28,758 pts | 35,697 pts |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
812 rank | 1 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 5070
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (knightli.com)
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard))
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
- Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: 196.8 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- llama2:7b: 184.7 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard))
- llama2:7b: 182.0 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 8% to 90%, including 70% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (16,244 vs 9,535).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 generates 85.0 tokens/s (per Local AI Master) against 20.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.
What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 launched at a $549 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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