The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC is equipped with 84 execution and 10752 shader units. With single precision, a theoretical FP32 computing power of 59.03 TFLOPS is achieved.
- GPU Chip
- GB203-400-A1 (Blackwell)
- Streaming Multiprocessors
- 84
- Shader
- 10752
- Render Output Units
- 128
- Texture Units
- 336
- Raytracing Cores
- 84
The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC has a 256 bit wide memory interface, with which a memory bandwidth of 960 GB/s is achieved. In total, 16 GB GDDR7 graphics memory is available for the graphics card.
- Memory Size
- 16 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR7
- Memory Clock
- 1.875 GHz
- Memory Speed
- 30.0 Gbps
- Memory bandwidth
- 960 GB/s
- Memory Interface
- 256 bit
The manufacturer specifies the memory clock of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC with 2.295 GHz (base clock) or with 2.745 GHz (turbo clock). If overclocking is supported (see below), the clock rate can be increased even further.
- Base Clock
- 2.295 GHz
- Boost Clock
- 2.745 GHz+5 %
- Overclocking
- Yes
The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC has 1 x 16-Pin plugs, which supply the graphics card with energy. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 88 °C.
- TDP
- 360 W
- Tjunction max
- 88 °C
- PCIe-Power
- 1 x 16-Pin
The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC is equipped with 3 Axial main fans, which are used to cool the graphics processor and graphics memory.
- Fan-Type
- Axial
- Fan 1
- 3 x 110 mm
- Cooler-Type
- Air cooling
- Noise (Idle)
- 0 dB / Silent
Up to 4 screens can be connected to the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC, whereby the backward-compatible HDCP copy protection is supported in the 2.3 version.
- Max. Displays
- 4
- HDCP
- 2.3
- HDMI
- 1x HDMI 2.1b
- DisplayPort
- 3x DP 2.1b
The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels and the DirectX standard version 12_2 (Ultimate).
- Max. resolution
- 7680x4320
- DirectX
- 12_2 (Ultimate)
- Raytracing
- Yes
- DLSS / FSR
- Yes
- LED
- MSI Mystic Light
Here is a list of which video codecs can be decoded / encoded by the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC in hardware in order to minimize the processor load.
- h264
- Decode / Encode
- h265 / HEVC
- Decode / Encode
- VP8
- Decode / Encode
- VP9
- Decode / Encode
- AV1
- Decode / Encode
The dimensions of the MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC are 357 mm in length, 151 mm in height and 66 mm in width. Thus 4 PCIe-Slots are needed in a case.
- Length
- 357 mm
- Height
- 151 mm
- Width
- 66 mm
- Width (Slots)
- 4 PCIe-Slots
- Weight
- 1945 g
- SFF-Ready
- No
The MSI GeForce RTX 5080 VANGUARD SOC is manufactured in a structure width of 5 nm and has a PCIe 5 x 16 lanes interface. The graphics card was released in Q1/2025.
- GPU Interface
- PCIe 5 x 16
- Release date
- Q1/2025
- Launch Price
- 1,169 $ (Reference)
- Structure size
- 5 nm
