The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 (Blackwell) and has 32 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 1792 GB/s.
The Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro is based on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 (Blackwell) and has 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory with a bandwidth of 960 GB/s.
Quick comparison
In FP32 performance, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is 86 % faster than the Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro.
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition has the GB202-300-A1 graphics chip installed, which is based on the Blackwell architecture.
The Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro is based on the graphics chip GB203-400-A1, which comes from the Blackwell architecture.
Memory
Memory
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro
Memory Size
32 GB
16 GB
Memory Type
GDDR7
GDDR7
Memory Clock
1.750 GHz
1.875 GHz
Memory Speed
28.0 Gbps
30.0 Gbps
Memory bandwidth
1,792 GB/s
960 GB/s
Memory Interface
512 bit
256 bit
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The graphics memory of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition clocks at 1.750 GHz, which corresponds to a speed of 28.0 Gbps.
The graphics memory speed of the Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro is 30.0 Gbps and the clock speed is 1.875 GHz.
Clock Speeds
Clock Speeds
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro
Base Clock
2.017 GHz
2.295 GHz
Boost Clock
2.407 GHz
2.617 GHz
Overclocking
Yes
Yes
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The clock frequency of a graphics card determines the speed in connection with the graphics architecture.
Thermal Design
Thermal Design
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro
TDP
575 W
360 W
TDP (up)
600 W
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Tjunction max
90 °C
88 °C
PCIe-Power
1 x 16-Pin
1 x 16-Pin
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is powered by 1 x 16-Pin connectors. The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the graphics card is 575 W.
The Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro has 1 x 16-Pin PCIe power connectors that supply it with energy. The manufacturer specifies the TDP of the card as 360 W.
Cooler & Fans
Cooler & Fans
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro
Fan-Type
Axial
Axial
Fan 1
2 x 110 mm
3 x 100 mm
Cooler-Type
Air cooling
Air cooling
Noise (Idle)
0 dB
0 dB
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is equipped with a total of 2 Axial main fans.
The Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro has 3 Axial main fans that cool the GPU and memory.
Connectivity
Connectivity
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro
Max. Displays
4
4
HDCP
2.3
2.3
HDMI
1x HDMI 2.1b
1x HDMI 2.1b
DisplayPort
3x DP 2.1b
3x DP 2.1b
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Up to 4 screens can be operated with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition.
The Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro supports the operation of a maximum of 4 monitors.
Featureset
Featureset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro
Max. resolution
7680x4320
7680x4320
DirectX
12_2 (Ultimate)
12_2 (Ultimate)
Raytracing
Yes
Yes
DLSS / FSR
Yes
Yes
LED
No LED lighting
Addressable LED
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With the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition it is possible to operate a screen with a maximum resolution of up to 7680x4320 pixels.
The maximum supported resolution of the Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro is 7680x4320 pixels.
Supported Video Codecs
Supported Video Codecs
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro
h264
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
h265 / HEVC
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP8
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
VP9
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
AV1
Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode
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The support and acceleration of certain video codecs can have a positive impact on the lower energy consumption and less waste heat from the graphics card.
Dimensions
Dimensions
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition
Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro
Length
304 mm
332 mm
Height
137 mm
127 mm
Width
40 mm
60 mm
Width (Slots)
2 Slots
3 Slots
SFF-Ready
Yes
No
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The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition is connected to the system via PCIe 5 x 16 lanes and requires 2 PCIe-Slots space in the housing.
The Palit GeForce RTX 5080 GamingPro needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case and has a PCIe 5 x 16 Lanes interface.
3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.
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.
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