GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

[ VERDICT ] Winner: GeForce RTX 5080 (84/100)

Both devices are evenly matched with an overall score of 84/100.

Why choose GeForce RTX 5080:
  • + Higher Efficiency score (48 vs 43)
  • + Higher Gaming score (88 vs 81)
[ WINNER ]
GeForce RTX 5080
GeForce

GeForce RTX 5080

84/100
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[ WINNER ]
Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
NVIDIA

Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

84/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Efficiency 48.0 Poor WINNER 43.0 Poor
Gaming 88.0 Very Good WINNER 81.0 Very Good

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Fire Strike 75605 62803
Night Raid 199650 148225
Port Royal 23275 19497
Solar Bay 161489 145429
Time Spy 33000 26529
Wild Life Extreme 69617 53640

API

API specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
CUDA 12.0 8.9
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3
DirectX 12.2 12
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
Vulkan 1.4 1.3

Games

Games specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
1080p High 239 220
1080p Ultra 205 186
1440p Ultra 165 149
4K Ultra 96 88
CoD: Modern Warfare III 250244197135 220214174116
Counter-Strike 2 31723817887 31321917383
Cyberpunk 2077 21319213861 19617212358
Far Cry 6 19417115597 17516014891
Forza Horizon 5 250186179138 231168153125
Ghost of Tsushima 16614212682 14812411068
Hogwarts Legacy 18515212467 16413710860
Margin of Error Low High
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 306276214111 287267201109
The Witcher 3 27124417290 24621215280

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Backend DirectML DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 69068 68370
Face Detection (HP) 92863 69004
Framework ONNX ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 15441 13367
Image Segmentation (HP) 47173 32477
Image Super Resolution (Q) 43223 42056
Machine Translation (HP) 7905 5545
Object Detection (SP) 20955 18668
Pose Estimation (Q) 202202 230965
Style Transfer (SP) 349205 520389
Text Classification (SP) 3701 3491

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 319.6 img/sec 618.3 img/sec
Edge Detection 19.5 Gpixels/sec 22.1 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 225 img/sec 399.9 img/sec
Feature Matching 2.33 Gpixels/sec 2.33 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 20.4 Gpixels/sec 26.3 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 13.6 Gpixels/sec 15.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 43676.6 FPS 53494.5 FPS
Stereo Matching 1750 Gpixels/sec 2210 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Build Discrete Discrete
Case Desktop Desktop
GPU Codename GB203-400 AD102
Launch price (MSRP) $999 $6800
Purpose Gaming Professional
Recommended CPU -Intel Core Ultra 7 265Kor above -Intel Core i9 14900Kor above
Released January 7, 2025 December 3, 2022
Segment High-end High-end
Vendor Nvidia Nvidia

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Base Clock 2295 MHz 915 MHz
Boost Clock 2617 MHz 2505 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 84 142
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 64MB shared 96MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 84 142
Render Output Units (ROPs) 112 192
Shading Units 10752 18176
Tensor Cores 336 568
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 336 568

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Bus 256-bit 384-bit
ECC No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 Mbps 20000 Mbps
Memory Clock 1875 MHz 2500 MHz
Memory Size 16 GB 48 GB
Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR6

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
DirectX 11 327 FPS 284 FPS
DirectX 12 145 FPS 102 FPS
G2D Mark 1397 1008
GPU Compute 19034 Ops/s 22495 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Die Size 378 mm² 609 mm²
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
TGP 360 W 300 W
Transistor Count 45.6 billion 76 billion
Transistor Density 120.63 MTr/mm² 124.79 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Pixel Fill Rate 293 GPixel/s 481 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTexel/s 1423 GTexel/s

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-06-01(Nowh) Cinebench 2024 —

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