Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080: Two-minute review
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080: Price & availability
- How much is it? MSRP is $999 / £939 / AU$2,019
- When can you get it? The RTX 5080 goes on sale January 30, 2025
- Where is it available? The RTX 5080 will be available in the US, UK, and Australia at launch
Where to buy the RTX 5080
Looking to pick up the RTX 5080? Check out our Where to Buy RTX 5080 live blog for updates to find stock in the US and UK.
The Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 goes on sale on January 30, 2025, starting at $999 / £939 / AU$2,019 for the Founders Edition card from Nvidia, as well as select AIB partner cards. Third-party overclocked (OC) cards and those with other extras like liquid cooling and RGB will ultimately cost more.
The RTX 5080 launches at a much lower price than the original RTX 4080, which had a launch MSRP of $1,199 / £1,189 / AU$2,219, though the RTX 5080 does come in at the same price as the Nvidia RTX 4080 Super.
It’s worth noting that the RTX 5080 is fully half the MSRP of the Nvidia RTX 5090 that launches at the same time, and given the performance of the RTX 5080, a lot of potential buyers out there will likely find the RTX 5080 to be the better value of the two cards.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080: Specs & features
- GDDR7 and PCIe 5.0
- Slightly higher SM count than RTX 4080 Super
- Moderate increase in TDP, but nothing like the RTX 5090
| Header Cell – Column 0 | Nvidia RTX 5080 | Nvidia RTX 4080 Super | Nvidia RTX 4080 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Process Technology | TSMC 4nm | TSMC 5nm | TSMC 5nm |
| Transistors (Billion) | 45.6 | 45.9 | 45.9 |
| Compute units | 84 | 80 | 76 |
| Shaders | 10752 | 10240 | 9728 |
| AI/Matrix cores | 336 | 320 | 304 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 84 | 80 | 76 |
| Render Output Units | 128 | 112 | 112 |
| Texture Mapping Units | 336 | 320 | 304 |
| Boost Clock (MHz) | 2617 | 2550 | 2505 |
| Memory type | GDDR7 | GDDR6X | GDDR6X |
| VRAM (GB) | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| VRAM Bus Width | 256 | 256 | 256 |
| VRAM Speed (Gbps) | 28 | 23 | 22.4 |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 1210 | 736.3 | 716.8 |
| TDP (watts) | 360 | 320 | 320 |
| PCIe Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080: Design
- Slim, dual-slot form factor
- Better cooling
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080: Performance
A note on my data
The charts shown below are the most recent test data I have for the cards tested for this review and may change over time as more card results are added and cards are retested. The ‘average of all cards tested’ includes cards not shown in these charts for readability purposes.
Should you buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080?
| Category | Notes | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Value | Row 0 – Cell 1 | / 5 |
| Specs & features | Row 1 – Cell 1 | / 5 |
| Design | Row 2 – Cell 1 | / 5 |
| Performance | Row 3 – Cell 1 | / 5 |
| Final score | Row 4 – Cell 1 | / 5 |
Buy the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 if…
Don’t buy it if…
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How I tested the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
- I spent about a week and a half with the RTX 5080
- I used my complete GPU testing suite to analyze the card’s performance
- I tested the card in everyday, gaming, creative, and AI workload usage
Test System Specs
Here are the specs on the system I used for testing:
Motherboard: ASRock Z790i Lightning WiFi
CPU: Intel Core i9-14900K
CPU Cooler: Gigabyte Auros Waterforce II 360 ICE
RAM: Corsair Dominator DDR5-6600 (2 x 16GB)
SSD: Crucial T705
PSU: Thermaltake Toughpower PF3 1050W Platinum
Case: Praxis Wetbench
- Originally reviewed January 2024
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