| Header Cell - Column 0 | Nvidia RTX 5080* | Nvidia RTX 4080 Super | Nvidia RTX 5090* | Nvidia RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU | GB203-400 | AD103-400 | GB202-300 | AD102-300 |
| CUDA Cores | 10752 | 10240 | 21,760 | 16384 |
| SMs | 84 | 80 | 170 | 128 |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR7 | 16 GB GDDR6X | 32 GB GDDR7 | 24 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory bus | 256-bit | 256-bit | 512-bit | 384-BIT |
| Memory bandwidth | 896 GB/s | 736 GB/s | 1792 GB/s | 1008 GB/s |
| TGP | 400 W | 320 W | 600 W | 450 W |
| Row 7 - Cell 0 | * rumoured specs | Row 7 - Cell 2 | Row 7 - Cell 3 | Row 7 - Cell 4 |
The Nvidia RTX 5080 will likely be the second of the company's next-gen GeForce GPUs to be released in 2025, and is expected to form the second tier of its Blackwell architecture gaming generation. The current predictions suggest the card will have effectively half the raw graphical grunt of the top-end RTX 5090 GPU, which might also mean it sits behind the current RTX 4090 in the performance stakes.
The RTX 5080 has not been officially announced as yet, and so everything we have about the card itself is based upon unofficial sources, and so the information on this page will likely change as we get closer to launch.
The current expectation is that we will see the RTX 50-series revealed at CES 2025. The show itself happens at the start of January, but I would still expect the RTX 5090 to launch first that month with the RTX 5080 around a month later. But equally I could see Nvidia unveiling the RTX 5080 ahead of CES alongside the RTX 5090, but even then I doubt we'd be seeing the second-tier Blackwell card released in 2024.
This has been the most controversial thing about the rumoured specs; the GPU make up of the RTX 5080. The RTX 5080 specs look remarkably like those of the RTX 4080, and you've got to be hoping that Blackwell architecture is able to deliver something special when it comes to gaming frame rates, because this doesn't look special. Especially the spec speculation around the 256-bit bus and just 16 GB VRAM.
The original RTX 4080 launched at a ludicrous $1,200. A price so ludicrous, in fact, that I had to just go look it up again to make sure I was remembering it right. That changed with the RTX 4080 Super after significant backlash over the first card's pricing, and that came out at $999. Honestly, I can't see the RTX 5080 coming out at anything above the $999 sticker price, especially not with those rumoured specs.
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