NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (16% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 takes 1 (8% in PassMark G2D Mark). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. Released 2022 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090), 2025 (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080). MSRP range: $1,599 · $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 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 24 | 16 |
| vram type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | 450 | 360 |
| cuda cores | 16384 | 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, HWBOT, 3DMark, Overclock3D, HWCooling, Overclocking.com, The FPS Review, UL Benchmarks, [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread, TechPowerUp and Notebookcheck; 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 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: LanOC Reviews |
— | 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: HWBOT, 3DMark, Overclock3D, HWCooling |
25,820 points | 24,924 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews |
10,527 points | 9,010 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: The FPS Review, LanOC Reviews, UL Benchmarks |
27,805 points | 8,568 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better) Source: The FPS Review |
11,287 points | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread, LanOC Reviews, 3DMark |
37,979 points | 32,642 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp, LanOC Reviews, The FPS Review |
29,321 pts | 16,244 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp |
19,000 pts | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy GPU (higher is better) Source: TechPowerUp |
35,200 pts | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
— | 32,701 points |
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 4090
- llama3.1:8b: 2550.0 tok/s (Spheron Blog)
- qwen3:32b: 650.0 tok/s (Spheron Blog)
- llama3:8b: 440.0 tok/s (LocalLLaMA)
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 4090 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 leads on 4 of 5 shared benchmarks (16% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 takes 1 (8% in PassMark G2D Mark).
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 4090 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 launched at a $1,599 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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