NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 2,944)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher VRAM (32 GB vs 8 GB)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 448 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 46)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 has lower TDP (215 W vs 575 W)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM8 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width256 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores2,94421,760▲
RT cores46170▲
Tensor / AI cores368680▲
Base clock1515 MHz2010 MHz▲
Boost clock1710 MHz2410 MHz▲
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 2DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP215 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU650 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin + 6-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length267 mm▲304 mm
Slot width2 slots▲2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 1.4, 1× HDMI 2.03× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b