It’s slower than RTX 4090/5090 - but offers a lot more value.
If Nvidia’s RTX 5090 was tricky to review, its 80-class offering is even more challenging.
In many ways, it’s possible for you to think of the new 5080 as a 4080 SuperSuper.
Today, we’re reviewing the Founders Edition card, which is another winner from Nvidia.
Up against the RTX 4080 and RTX 4080 Super, the industrial design is simply fantastic.
That means you get a two-slot, relatively small graphics.
In architectural terms, you might almost think of the 5080 processor as one-half of the 5090’s.
At 360W, the 5080 peaks at around 63 percent of the flagship’s monstrous 575W requirement.
The size of the chip is virtually identical.
RTX 5080 has 10,752 CUDA cores against 4080 Super’s 10,240.
Where there are variations it comes down to power and bandwidth.
RTX 5080 moves up to 360W vs the 4080 Super’s 320W.
RTX 4090 will obviously be faster, but the variation in results does prove intriguing.
We also have 32GB ofCorsair DDR5-6000 CL30memory, a high-endAsus ROG Crosshair X870E Heromotherboard and a1000W Corsair PSU.
With all that said, let’s get into the benchmarks.
