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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada

84 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
VS
51 out 100
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
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
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
257
182
175
135
152
100
90
66
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
172
146
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
248
193
137
81
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
133
121
100
61
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
102
82
65
32
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
128
116
87
57
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
92
77
61
36
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
109
97
64
31
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
175
158
117
65
Avg FPS
1080p High238146
1080p Ultra203121
1440p Ultra16392
4K Ultra9754
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
14565
Time Spy3305714415
Solar Bay15490866759
Port Royal231638898
Fire Strike7499437277
Night Raid200409158480
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
151680
Background Blur319.6 frames/s235.3 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s157.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec5.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec7.44 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec7.87 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.58 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec737.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps22409.2 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
23734
G2D Mark13961102
DirectX 11322 fps208 fps
DirectX 12148 fps98 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s11971 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
132.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps731.5 fps
Car Chasen/a715.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a572.7 fps
T-Rexn/a2821.6 fps
ALU 2n/a4489.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a141.8 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a4685.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080], [Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
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 RTX 4000 Ada
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 August, 9, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD104
Price n/a 1250

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2175 MHz
Shader Units 10752 6144
TMUs 336 192
ROPs 112 80
Execution Units 84 48
Ray Tracing Cores 84 48
Tensor Cores 336 192
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 293 Gpix/sec 174 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 418 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 26.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 360 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 256 bit 160 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 20 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
360 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

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

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