ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090
vs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 and has 21760 texture shaders and 170 execution units.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080, which has 10752 shaders and 84 execution units.
ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 GPU NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GB202-300-A1 GPU Chip GB203-400-A1
Blackwell Architecture Blackwell
170 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
21760 Shader 10752
176 Render Output Units 128
680 Texture Units 336
170 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 has 32 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR7 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition can access 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s.

32 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR7 Memory Type GDDR7
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
28.0 Gbps Memory Speed 30.0 Gbps
1792 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
512 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 clocks in the base with up to 2.017 GHz. The base frequency of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 2.295 GHz.

2.017 GHz Base Clock 2.295 GHz
2.467 GHz Boost Clock 2.617 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 is 575 W (Reference). The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 1 x 16-Pin connector.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition has a TDP of 360 W and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors.

575 W (Reference) TDP 360 W
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 has a total of 4 Axial fans.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 110 mm Fan 1 2 x 110 mm
1 x 100 mm Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
3x DP v2.1b DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 is 358 mm long, 149 mm high and 76 mm wide.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 304 mm long, 137 mm high and 48 mm wide.

358 mm Length 304 mm
149 mm Height 137 mm
76 mm Width 48 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready Yes

Additional data

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5090 was released in Q1/2025 at a price of 2,329 $ (Reference).

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition was introduced in Q1/2025 at a price of 1,169 $ (Reference).

-- Part-no --
Q1/2025 Release date Q1/2025
2,329 $ (Reference) Launch Price 1,169 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Steel Nomad Light Graphics score

Steel Nomad Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Solar Bay (Raytracing)

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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