The Nvidia RTX 5080 is a slower card than the RTX 4090, with a performance increase of about 13% over its predecessor. Priced at $999/£979 for the Founders Edition, it offers better value than the RTX 4090 and RTX 5090. The industrial design is excellent, with a two-slot, relatively small graphics card. The RTX 5080 features 10,752 CUDA cores, a 360W power usage, and faster GDDR7 memory.
The performance gap between the RTX 5080 and RTX 5090 is significant due to architectural differences. The RTX 5080 processor can be seen as half of the 5090, with a 256-bit interface and slightly faster GDDR7. The RTX 5080 has similarities to the RTX 4080 Super, with 10,752 CUDA cores and 360W power usage. Comparisons with the RTX 4090 show fewer CUDA cores but higher clocks and only a small reduction in bandwidth.
Benchmarks results were obtained using a high-end system with an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, Corsair DDR5-6000 CL30 memory, Asus ROG Crosshair X870E Hero motherboard, and a 1000W Corsair power supply. Further analysis includes RT and game benchmarks for titles like Cyberpunk 2077 and Hitman: World of Assassination, as well as DLSS 4 and Path Tracing tests.
Game Benchmarks
This study used Hitman: World of Assassination and A Plague Tale: Requiem for benchmarking to evaluate the system’s performance.
DLSS 4 and Path Tracing
The research also analyzed the performance of DLSS 4 and Path Tracing in games like Cyberpunk 2077 and Alan Wake 2, emphasizing their impact on visual quality and performance.
About the Author
