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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Blackwell's $999 card delivers strong 4K performance with GDDR7 and Multi Frame Generation, but a ~10% gain over the 4080 Super and a 16GB buffer temper the excitement.
Pros
- Strong 4K performance at 360W
- DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation
- 960GB/s of GDDR7 bandwidth
- Notable overclocking headroom
- Half the price of the RTX 5090
Cons
- Only ~10% faster than RTX 4080 Super
- 16GB VRAM feels thin at this tier
- Does not catch the RTX 4090 in raw raster
Good
Computed from specs & benchmarks via our public methodology.
Full specifications
Everything we track for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
General
- Announced
- 2025
- Architecture
- Blackwell
- Process
- 5 nm
- TDP
- 360 W
- Power connector
- 1x 16-pin
Cores & Clocks
- Shading units
- 10,752
- RT cores
- 84
- Tensor / AI cores
- 336
- Base clock
- 2,295 MHz
- Boost clock
- 2,617 MHz
Memory
- VRAM
- 16 GB
- VRAM type
- GDDR7
- Bus width
- 256 bit
- Bandwidth
- 960 GB/s
Benchmarks
- 3DMark Time Spy
- 32,000
- 3DMark Speed Way
- 9,000
- PassMark G3D
- 32,000
- 1080p Ultra
- 212 fps
- 1440p Ultra
- 166 fps
- 4K Ultra
- 100 fps
Features
- Upscaling
- DLSS 4
Quick answers
Is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 good in 2026?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 earns an Inno Score of 67.3/100 (“Good”) based on its specs and benchmark results. Blackwell's $999 card delivers strong 4K performance with GDDR7 and Multi Frame Generation, but a ~10% gain over the 4080 Super and a 16GB buffer temper the excitement.
What are the key specs of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?
VRAM: 16 GB · Boost clock: 2,617 MHz · TDP: 360 W · 3DMark Time Spy: 32,000
What are the closest alternatives to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080?
Its closest rivals on InnoReviews are NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti, AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX — open the comparison pages for a spec-by-spec breakdown.
