NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 10,752)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 84)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 336)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher VRAM (32 GB vs 16 GB)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bus width (512 bit vs 256 bit)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM16 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR7GDDR7
Memory bus width256 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth960 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores10,75221,760▲
RT cores84170▲
Tensor / AI cores336680▲
Base clock2300 MHz▲2010 MHz
Boost clock2617 MHz▲2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP360 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU850 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 5.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length304 mm304 mm
Slot width2.5 slots2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b