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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
44 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080
vs
GeForce RTX 2080

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
125
80
68
50
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
143
118
86
47
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
207
155
118
62
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
110
99
79
46
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
80
68
52
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
98
92
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
77
61
44
27
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
86
79
46
21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
132
119
88
48
Avg FPS
1080p High238118
1080p Ultra20397
1440p Ultra16372
4K Ultra9741
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Time Spy3305711083
Solar Bay15490850002
Port Royal231636458
Fire Strike7499427670
Night Raid200409100441
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Background Blur319.6 frames/s191.8 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s115.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec4.74 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec6.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec6.56 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.3 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec499.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps15858.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
G2D Mark1396908
DirectX 11322 fps157 fps
DirectX 12148 fps72 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s8009 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps600.3 fps
Car Chasen/a525.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a499.8 fps
T-Rexn/a2729 fps
ALU 2n/a3179.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283.6 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3279.3
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 20, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB203-400 TU104
Price n/a 699

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1515 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1710 MHz
Shader Units 10752 2944
TMUs 336 184
ROPs 112 64
Execution Units 84 46
Ray Tracing Cores 84 46
Tensor Cores 336 368
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 109 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 315 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 360 W 215 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 545 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 13 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 23.85 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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