ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090
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ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080


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ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090
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ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080

GPU comparison with benchmarks

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 has 21760 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.44 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 106.11 TFLOPS.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 has 10752 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.67 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 57.42 TFLOPS.

GPU

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 is equipped with a graphics chip of the Blackwell architecture, which has 170 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 is based on the Blackwell architecture and is equipped with 84 execution units.
ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 GPU ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080
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 TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 is equipped with a 32 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 has a 16 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.
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 TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 has a turbo clock of 2.437 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 is 2.670 GHz.
2.017 GHz Base Clock 2.295 GHz
2.437 GHz Boost Clock 2.670 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 has 1 x 16-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 90 °C.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 is equipped with a 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.
575 W (Reference) TDP 360 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
90 °C Tjunction max 88 °C
1 x 16-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 16-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 is cooled by a Air cooling.
Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 110 mm Fan 1 3 x 110 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.
4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 2x HDMI v2.1b
3x DP v2.1b DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).
7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
ASUS Aura Sync LED ASUS Aura Sync

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.
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 TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 is 72 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 is 72 mm and thus requires the space of 4 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.
348 mm Length 358 mm
146 mm Height 149 mm
72 mm Width 76 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 4 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5090 was released in Q1/2025.

The ASUS ROG Astral GeForce RTX 5080 published in Q1/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.
TUF-RTX5090-32G-GAMING 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)

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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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