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.
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 4080 SUPER | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 16 |
| vram type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | 320 | 360 |
| cuda cores | 10240 | 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 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.
| Benchmark | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: LanOC Reviews |
55,495 points | 79,045 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 points | 24,924 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews |
7,558 points | 9,010 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: LanOC Reviews, 3DMark |
6,621 points | 8,568 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews |
27,024 points | 32,642 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews |
13,324 points | 16,244 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 32,701 points |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,279 pts | 1,407 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
34,256 pts | 35,697 pts |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
1 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 4080 SUPER
- llama2:7b: 148.3 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA scoreboard, Discussion #15013))
- llama2:7b: 147.1 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub Discussions)
- gpt-oss:20b: 139.1 tok/s (Hardware Corner)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
- Llama 3.2 1B Instruct: 196.8 tok/s (LocalScore)
- 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 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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