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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 0% to 72%, including 72% in 3DMark Speed Way (15,488 vs 9,010). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $999 · $1,999. 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 5080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
vram gb 1632
vram type GDDR7GDDR7
tdp w 360575
cuda cores 1075221760

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, TechPowerUp, 3DMark, HWBOT, HWCooling, Overclocking.com, UL Benchmarks, 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.

BenchmarkNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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: TechPowerUp, 3DMark, HWBOT, HWCooling		 24,924 points41,238 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews		 9,010 points15,488 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews, UL Benchmarks, 3DMark		 8,568 points11,906 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (4K) (higher is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 —14,133 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, 3DMark, LanOC Reviews		 32,642 points39,365 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews		 16,244 points—
3DMark Time Spy Graphics (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 32,701 points—
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,407 pts1,412 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 35,697 pts38,935 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.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 0% to 72%, including 72% in 3DMark Speed Way (15,488 vs 9,010).

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 5080 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 cost at launch?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 launched at a $999 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 at $1,999. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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