GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)

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

GeForce RTX 5080 leads overall with a score of 84/100 compared to Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell) (39/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Why choose GeForce RTX 5080:
  • + Higher Gaming score (88 vs 34)
Why choose Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell):
  • + Higher Efficiency score (78 vs 48)

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
Efficiency 48.0 Poor 78.0 Good WINNER
Gaming 88.0 Very Good WINNER 34.0 Poor

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
Fire Strike 75605 —
Night Raid 199650 —
Port Royal 23275 —
Solar Bay 161489 —
Time Spy 33000 —
Wild Life Extreme 69617 —

API

API specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
CUDA 12.0 12
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4
DirectX 12.2 12.2
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
Vulkan 1.4 1.4

Games

Games specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
1080p High 239 —
1080p Ultra 205 —
1440p Ultra 165 —
4K Ultra 96 —
CoD: Modern Warfare III 250244197135 —
Counter-Strike 2 31723817887 —
Cyberpunk 2077 21319213861 —
Far Cry 6 19417115597 —
Forza Horizon 5 250186179138 —
Ghost of Tsushima 16614212682 —
Hogwarts Legacy 18515212467 —
Margin of Error Low —
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 306276214111 —
The Witcher 3 27124417290 —

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
Backend DirectML DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 69068 23945
Face Detection (HP) 92863 27767
Framework ONNX ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 15441 4878
Image Segmentation (HP) 47173 15282
Image Super Resolution (Q) 43223 12309
Machine Translation (HP) 7905 3958
Object Detection (SP) 20955 6278
Pose Estimation (Q) 202202 44436
Style Transfer (SP) 349205 70513
Text Classification (SP) 3701 2471

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 319.6 img/sec 112.8 img/sec
Edge Detection 19.5 Gpixels/sec 3 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 225 img/sec 66.5 img/sec
Feature Matching 2.33 Gpixels/sec 0.85 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 20.4 Gpixels/sec 3.67 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 13.6 Gpixels/sec 2.36 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 43676.6 FPS 9494.1 FPS
Stereo Matching 1750 Gpixels/sec 287.1 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Build Discrete Discrete
Case Desktop Laptop
GPU Codename GB203-400 GB207-300-A1
Launch price (MSRP) $999 —
Purpose Gaming Professional
Recommended CPU -Intel Core Ultra 7 265Kor above -Intel Core Ultra 7 255Hor above
Released January 7, 2025 March 18, 2025
Segment High-end Entry-level
Vendor Nvidia Nvidia

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
Base Clock 2295 MHz 1357-1792 MHz (configurable)
Boost Clock 2617 MHz 1792-2332 MHz (configurable)
Compute Units (Pipelines) 84 14
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 64MB shared 24MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 84 14
Render Output Units (ROPs) 112 24
Shading Units 10752 1792
Tensor Cores 336 56
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 336 56

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
Bus 256-bit 96-bit
ECC No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 Mbps 24000 Mbps
Memory Clock 1875 MHz 1500 MHz
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR7

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
DirectX 11 327 FPS 97 FPS
DirectX 12 145 FPS 67 FPS
G2D Mark 1397 691
GPU Compute 19034 Ops/s 4961 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
Die Size 378 mm² 149 mm²
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
TGP 360 W 35-75 W (configurable)
Transistor Count 45.6 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor Density 120.63 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
Pixel Fill Rate 293 GPixel/s 43-56 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTexel/s 100-131 GTexel/s

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5080 Nvidia RTX Pro 500 Laptop (Blackwell)
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-06-01(Nowh) Cinebench 2024 —

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