NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 — Specifications and Blender benchmarks

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Differences

Reasons to consider
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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More memory

100% more memory

32 GB 16 GB

Positions in all rankings

Common positions NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Reasons to consider
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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Higher clock speed

Around 14% better clock speed

2.30 GHz 2.01 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 GPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

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Specifications

Technical data

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

General info

Comparison of basic technical data of graphics cards NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, chip, information processing units.

Architecture

Blackwell Blackwell
Based on

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
CUDA Cores

21760 10752
Shader

21760 10752

Memory settings

Video memory capacity, type, bus width and bandwidth describe different properties. These values alone do not determine graphics performance.

Memory Bandwidth

1792 GB/s 960 GB/s
Memory Bus

512 bit 256 bit
Memory Size

32 GB 16 GB
Memory Type

GDDR7 GDDR7

Clock frequency

Published GPU clock frequencies describe different operating modes. Clock speed alone does not determine graphics performance.

Base Clock

2010 MHz 2300 MHz
Boost Clock

2410 MHz 2620 MHz

Thermal Management

Graphics card power limits and recommended system power supply describe different specifications.

Maximum GPU Temperature

90 °C 88 °C
Required System Power

1000 W 850 W
TDP

575 W 360 W

Interfaces

Connectivity and connections.

PCIe Interface

5.0 5.0

Supported Video Codecs

Built-in support for video and image compression standards.

AV1

Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

More information

Comparison of interfaces and release dates for GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090.

Official source

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/rtx-5090/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/rtx-5080/
Specification source

https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/ https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/compare/
Verified on

2026-09-30 2026-09-30

Blender Open Data

Official median of community submissions. Higher is better; each row uses the same version, operating system and compute backend.

Test	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Blender 5.2.0 / OPTIX / Linux	17047.486874 samples/min Submissions: 21	9653.204616 samples/min Submissions: 24
Blender 5.2.0 / OPTIX / Windows	15996.787378 samples/min Submissions: 105	9117.866643 samples/min Submissions: 279

Data snapshot: 2026-09-30. Official source

This aggregates different user systems. Individual measurement dates, RAM, drivers and power limits are unknown. Results are excluded from the legacy composite index.

Benchmarks

Performance tests GPUs

No comparable legacy benchmark results are available.

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.