NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
In the PassMark G3D benchmark the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 scores 38,050 against 35,633 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, making it about 7 percent faster than the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 carries more video memory (24 GB against 16 GB), which matters at higher resolutions and for larger workloads.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 draws less board power (360 W against 450 W).
Measured as benchmark score per watt, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is the more efficient of the two (99.0 against 84.6 points per watt).
Comparing 16 specifications that differ between these two cards. Coverage: 10/10 recorded for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090, 10/10 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080. Fields neither card records are omitted; fields only one records are shown as "Not recorded".
Specifications compared
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 | |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 16,384 | 10,752 |
| Ray tracing cores | 128 | 84 |
| Tensor cores | 512 | 336 |
| Base clock | 2.24 GHz | 2.30 GHz |
| Boost clock | 2.52 GHz | 2.62 GHz |
| Memory size | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6X | GDDR7 |
| Memory bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 1,010.0 GB/s | 960.0 GB/s |
| Board power | 450 W | 360 W |
| Process node | 5 nm | 4 nm |
| Die size | 609 mm² | 378 mm² |
| Transistors | 76,300 M | 45,600 M |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Blackwell |
| Launch date | 2022-10-12 | 2025-01-30 |
| PassMark G3D | 38,050 | 35,633 |