NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
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MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition has 10752 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.62 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 56.28 TFLOPS.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT has 10752 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.63 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 56.45 TFLOPS.

GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is equipped with a graphics chip of the Blackwell architecture, which has 84 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is based on the Blackwell architecture and is equipped with 84 execution units.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition GPU MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GB203-400-A1 GPU Chip GB203-400-A1
Blackwell Architecture Blackwell
84 Streaming Multiprocessors 84
10752 Shader 10752
128 Render Output Units 128
336 Texture Units 336
84 Raytracing Cores 84

Memory

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is equipped with a 16 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.875 GHz clocks.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT has a 16 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.875GHz.

16 GB Memory Size 16 GB
GDDR7 Memory Type GDDR7
1.875 GHz Memory Clock 1.875 GHz
30.0 Gbps Memory Speed 30.0 Gbps
960 GB/s Memory bandwidth 960 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 256 bit

Clock Speeds

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition has a turbo clock of 2.617 GHz. The turbo frequency of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is 2.625 GHz.

2.295 GHz Base Clock 2.295 GHz
2.617 GHz Boost Clock 2.625 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition 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 88 °C.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT 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.

360 W TDP 360 W
-- TDP (up) --
88 °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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition are cooled with a Air cooling.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 110 mm Fan 1 2 x 120 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x 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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT 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
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

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 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition is 48 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT is 48 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

304 mm Length 319 mm
137 mm Height 150 mm
48 mm Width 60 mm
3 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight 1898 g
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 16
Yes SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition was released in Q1/2025.

The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 EXPERT published in Q3/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

-- Part-no --
Q1/2025 Release date Q3/2025
1,169 $ (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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