GeForce RTX 5080 VS GeForce RTX 5070

We are comparing the GeForce RTX 5080 ( NVIDIA ) head-to-head with the GeForce RTX 5070 ( NVIDIA ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.

Note: This comparison of GeForce RTX 5080 vs. GeForce RTX 5070 is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.

Last Updated: June 17, 2026

KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce RTX 5080 AND GeForce RTX 5070

Here’s how GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5070 stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.

GeForce RTX 5080: 5 advantages

Why GeForce RTX 5080 is the best choice:

5
  • 31% higher 4K Ultra FPS (97 vs 74)
  • 28% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (163 vs 127)
  • 27% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (204 vs 161)
  • 4% higher Boost Clock (2617 MHz vs 2512 MHz)
  • 45% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (32982 vs 22672)

SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5080 AND GeForce RTX 5070

Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5070.

Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.

If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.

Specification GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5070
General Info
GPU Name: GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5070
GPU Type: Discrete Discrete
Codename: GB203-400 GB205-300
Vendor: NVIDIA NVIDIA
Foundry: TSMC TSMSC
Architecture: Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Generation: GeForce 50 GeForce 50
Release Date: January 30, 2025 March 4, 2025
Board Design
Bus Interface: PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
PCIe Version: 5.0 5.0
PCIe Lanes: x16 x16
Process Size: 5 nm 5 nm
Transistors: 45.6 billion 31.1 billion
Density: 120.63 MTr/mm² 118.25 MTr/mm²
Die Size: 378 263
Board Length: 304 mm 245 mm
Board Width: 40 mm 40 mm
Board Height: 137 mm 115 mm
Total Graphics Power (TGP): 360 W 250 W
Graphics Processor
Compute Units: 84 80
Shading Units: 10752 6144
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): 336 192
Render Output Units (ROPs): 112 80
Tensor Cores: 336 192
Ray Tracing Cores: 84 48
Base Clock: 2295 2325
Boost Clock: 2617 2512
L1 Cache: 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache: 48MB shared 48MB shared
Raw Performance
Pixel Fill Rate: 293.1 GPixel/s 201.0 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate: 879.3 GTexel/s 482.3 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance: 56.28 30.87 TFLOPs
Memory
Memory Type: GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Size: 16 GB 12 GB
Memory Bus Width: 256-bit 192-bit
Memory Clock: 1875 1750
Effective Memory Speed: 30000 28000
Bandwidth: 960 672
APIs
DirectX: 12.2 12.2
Vulkan: 1.4 1.4
OpenGL: 4.6 4.6
OpenCL: 3.0 3.0
CUDA: 12.0 12.0
Ray Tracing: Yes Yes
DLSS: DLSS 4 DLSS 4
DisplayPort: 2.1b 2.1b
Gaming FPS
1080p Ultra (FPS): 204 161
1440p Ultra (FPS): 163 127
4K Ultra (FPS): 97 74
Benchmarks
3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite 36152 23186
Time Spy 32982 22672
Solar Bay 159749 106341
Port Royal 23151 14348
Fire Strike 75121 58080
Wild Life Extreme 69289 43673
Night Raid 201706 175736
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Compute Score 297747 190967
Background Blur 319.6 img/sec 254.4 img/sec
Face Detection 225 img/sec 180.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection 13.6 Gpixels/sec 7.91 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 19.5 Gpixels/sec 10.2 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 20.4 Gpixels/sec 10.7 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 2.33 Gpixels/sec 1.84 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 1750 Gpixels/sec 975.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 43676.6 FPS 27816.5 FPS
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark 35748 28787
G2D Mark 1411 1304
DirectX 11 327 280
DirectX 12 144 106
GPU Compute 19636 Ops/s 14598 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins High (4K) 410.90 1199.40
Aztec Ruins Normal 1955.90 995.80
Car Chase 859.00
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) 4075.00
T-Rex 6657.70
Tessellation 5998.50
ALU 2 276.30
API Vulkan
OS Windows Windows
Blender (Rendering)
Blender Score 9148 6160
GeekBench 6 ML
Single Precision 38994 30221
Half Precision 66609 30221
Quantized 29206 23474
Image Classification 15441 12270
Image Segmentation 47173 30237
Image Super Resolution 43223 35585
Face Detection 92863 62662
Pose Estimation 202202 145190
Text Classification 3701 4198
Machine Translation 7905 6233
Object Detection 20955 16709
Depth Estimation 69068 58300
Style Transfer 349205 246598
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
FurMark
1080p Vulkan 24089 17361
1440p Vulkan 17793 12595
2160p Vulkan 9566 7899
1080p OpenGL 21448 16477
1440p OpenGL 16787 12295
2160p OpenGL 9566 6339

Tip: indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while indicates a lower-is-better advantage.

PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5080 AND GeForce RTX 5070

The charts below visualize how GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5070 stack up in key performance metrics.

Radar Chart Comparison

Category scores overview (0 to 100)
GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5070

Bullet Chart Comparison

Market Top is the best score found. Colored bars are % of market top (0 to 100).
Market Top
GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce RTX 5070

Release Timeline of GeForce RTX 5080 and GeForce RTX 5070

GeForce RTX 5080
1 month, 2 days
GeForce RTX 5070

GeForce RTX 5080 was released 1 month, 2 days earlier than GeForce RTX 5070.

Value For Money Calculator

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GeForce RTX 5080

16 GB GDDR7
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GeForce RTX 5070

12 GB GDDR7
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Domain Score Summary

Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.

GeForce RTX 5080 GeForce RTX 5070
ALL
Overall
Difference: 32
Leads
GeForce RTX 5080
84
GeForce RTX 5070
52
Gaming
Difference: 44
Leads
GeForce RTX 5080
96
GeForce RTX 5070
52
AI & ML
Difference: 41
Leads
GeForce RTX 5080
97
GeForce RTX 5070
56
Hardware Architecture
Difference: 19
Leads
GeForce RTX 5080
78
GeForce RTX 5070
59
Workstation
Difference: 58
Leads
GeForce RTX 5080
100
GeForce RTX 5070
42
Energy Efficiency
Difference: 0
Tie
GeForce RTX 5080
50
GeForce RTX 5070
50
Note: If a domain shows no data, it usually means required specs are missing for the item.

Our Verdict

In conclusion, the GeForce RTX 5080 dominates overall compared to the GeForce RTX 5070. Its strongest advantages are in Gaming Performance, AI & Machine Learning, Hardware Architecture and Workstation. They are still fairly close in Energy Efficiency.

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