NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
2.1x more core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Around 49% higher boost clock speed: 2617 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Around 10% higher texture fill rate: 879.3 GTexel/s vs 800.3 GTexel/s
Around 18% higher memory clock speed: 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective vs 1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective

Launch date	30 Jan 2025 vs 22 Mar 2022
Core clock speed	2295 MHz vs 1095 MHz
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz vs 1755 MHz
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s vs 800.3 GTexel/s
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective vs 1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB

Around 36% higher pipelines: 14592 vs 10752
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 3% lower typical power consumption: 350 Watt vs 360 Watt
5x more maximum memory size: 80 GB vs 16 GB
Around 7% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 281515 vs 263511

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	14592 vs 10752
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	350 Watt vs 360 Watt
Maximum memory size	80 GB vs 16 GB
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	281515 vs 263511

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GPU 2: NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

263511

281515

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB
PassMark - G2D Mark	1401
PassMark - G3D Mark	36147
Geekbench - OpenCL	263511	281515
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8637

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Hopper
Code name	GB203	GH100
Launch date	30 Jan 2025	22 Mar 2022
Place in performance rating	6	3
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz	1755 MHz
Core clock speed	2295 MHz	1095 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	10752	14592
Pixel fill rate	293.1 GPixel/s	42.12 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s	800.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	360 Watt	350 Watt
Transistor count	45600 million	80000 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b	No outputs
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	268 mm, 10.6 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt	750 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches	111 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6
Shader Model	6.8
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	80 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	2,039 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	5120 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective	1593 MHz, 3.2 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR7	HBM2e