Nvidia RTX 5080 launched: Specs, performance, prices, and more

The Nvidia RTX 5080 was officially launched at CES 2025 with much hype. Nvidia claims it essentially delivers twice the performance of the RTX 4080, which sounds like a generational uplift. This level of performance is possible thanks to the implementation of Blackwell architecture with GDDR7 memory system.

In this article, you will find everything about the RTX 5080.

Note: Some aspects of this article are subjective and solely reflect the writer's opinions.

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What are the specs of the Nvidia RTX 5080?

The Nvidia RTX 50 series GPU die (Image via Nvidia)

The Nvidia RTX 5080 brings a significant increase in hardware capabilities. Everything from the number of CUDA cores to memory bandwidth is higher compared to its predecessor, RTX 4080.

Here are the specs of the Nvidia RTX 5080:

Specifications	Details
Architecture	Blackwell
Shader cores	10752
RT cores	84
TMUs	336
ROPs	128
Base core clock speeds	2295 MHz
Boost core clock speeds	2617 MHz
Memory capacity	16 GB GDDR7
Memory bus width	256-bit
Memory bandwidth	960 GB/s
Manufacturing node	4nm
Thermal design power (TDPs)	360W

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What is the price of the Nvidia RTX 5080?

The Nvidia RTX 50 series pricing (Image via Nvidia)

The RTX 5080 will cost $999, which is the same price as the RTX 4080 Super. However, the original RTX 4080 did launch at $1,199. Compared to this, the new RTX 5080 GPU is $200 cheaper despite offering better performance and all the new bells and whistles.

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When will the Nvidia RTX 5080 launch?

The RTX 5080 will launch on January 30, 2025, and you will be able to buy it from all major US retailers like Amazon, Newegg, and Best Buy. Alternatively, you can also buy it from the Nvidia store.

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How does the Nvidia RTX 5080 perform?

When it comes to performance, Nvidia claims the new RTX 5080 will deliver double the performance of its predecessor, the RTX 4080, which is unprecedented. This level of gaming performance is only achieved using DLSS 4's Multi Frame Gen technology, which greatly increases the FPS in supported games.

However, the actual gen-for-gen performance improvements can only be evaluated when DLSS is turned off, which is not the case in the official performance benchmark slides.

Therefore, you must wait for third-party benchmarks to get a better perspective on what kind of performance improvement we can expect from the new GPU. We will learn more when the RTX 5080 goes on sale by the end of this month.