NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 and NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation 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 RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
2.5x more core clock speed: 2295 MHz vs 915 MHz
Around 4% higher boost clock speed: 2617 MHz vs 2505 MHz
617.9x more texture fill rate: 879.3 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 1401 vs 976
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 36147 vs 28791

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	30 Jan 2025 vs 3 Dec 2022
Core clock speed	2295 MHz vs 915 MHz
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz vs 2505 MHz
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s vs 1,423 GTexel/s
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	1401 vs 976
PassMark - G3D Mark	36147 vs 28791

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

Around 69% higher pipelines: 18176 vs 10752
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 5 nm
Around 20% lower typical power consumption: 300 Watt vs 360 Watt
3x more maximum memory size: 48 GB vs 16 GB
Around 33% higher memory clock speed: 2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective
Around 20% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 317204 vs 263511

Specifications (specs)
Pipelines	18176 vs 10752
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 5 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	300 Watt vs 360 Watt
Maximum memory size	48 GB vs 16 GB
Memory clock speed	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective vs 1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
Geekbench - OpenCL	317204 vs 263511

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
GPU 2: NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

1401

976

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

36147

28791

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

263511

317204

Name	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
PassMark - G2D Mark	1401	976
PassMark - G3D Mark	36147	28791
Geekbench - OpenCL	263511	317204
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score	8637

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
Essentials
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GB203	AD102
Launch date	30 Jan 2025	3 Dec 2022
Place in performance rating	6	4
Technical info
Boost clock speed	2617 MHz	2505 MHz
Core clock speed	2295 MHz	915 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	4 nm
Pipelines	10752	18176
Pixel fill rate	293.1 GPixel/s	481.0 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	879.3 GTexel/s	1,423 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	360 Watt	300 Watt
Transistor count	45600 million	76300 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b	4x DisplayPort 1.4a
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Form factor	Dual-slot	Dual-slot
Height	40 mm, 1.6 inches
Interface	PCIe 5.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Length	304 mm, 12 inches	267 mm, 10.5 inches
Recommended system power (PSU)	750 Watt	700 Watt
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-pin	1x 16-pin
Width	137 mm, 5.4 inches	112 mm, 4.4 inches
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.8	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	16 GB	48 GB
Memory bandwidth	960.0 GB/s	960.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	256 bit	384 bit
Memory clock speed	1875 MHz, 30 Gbps effective	2500 MHz, 20 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR7	GDDR6