GeForce RTX 5080 | Specifications, Price, Availability, and Everything We Know So Far

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The next generation of NVIDIA graphics cards is on the horizon, with an announcement expected at CES 2025 in early January. Although the Green Team has made no official mention, numerous rumors have already given us an idea of what to expect from the GeForce RTX 50 series. With that in mind, here’s everything we know so far about the GeForce RTX 5080, the high-end GPU of the upcoming Blackwell generation.

As is often the case in the hardware industry, rumors and leaks emerge before the official announcement, giving us an idea of what to expect in terms of specifications. Considering that many of these details come from leakers and insiders with solid track records, we might even be looking at the final configurations.

Reports from September indicated that the RTX 5080 had entered the final stages of production, alongside the RTX 5090. Additionally, other rumors suggest that laptop manufacturers already have the GPU in hand for the start of notebook production.

Various rumors, spaced months apart, point to a launch happening during CES 2025, though an exact date is yet to be confirmed. The RTX 5080 is expected to arrive before the top-tier GPU, marking a departure from NVIDIA’s usual generational debut strategy.

It’s not hard to imagine this decision being influenced by the fact that the strongest GPU in a series typically doesn’t attract the largest audience—most consumers opt for less powerful, and thus more affordable, models.

Specifications of the GeForce RTX 5080

Like the RTX 4080, its successor is expected to have appeal for artificial intelligence tasks. With each new RTX generation comes a new iteration of Tensor Cores, alongside increasingly powerful AI capabilities, so it’s reasonable to anticipate that the RTX 5080 will target this segment in addition to gaming. The same applies to Ray Tracing processing and the new generation of RT Cores.

Although the specifics of these cores—such as whether they’ll deliver significantly better performance—remain unclear, this is a reasonable expectation based on NVIDIA's past practices. However, one thing we do know is the number of CUDA cores: 10,752, an increase of 1,024 over the RTX 4080.

As for video memory, we have complete unofficial details. The GeForce RTX 5080 will reportedly be equipped with 16 GB of VRAM, the same as the RTX 4080, but it will use the new GDDR7 technology, marking the debut of these modules in the graphics card market.

These memory modules are expected to operate at speeds of up to 32 Gbps and, via a 256-bit interface, deliver bandwidth of up to 1,024 GB/s. This makes it the first gaming GPU to surpass the 1 TB/s barrier, benefiting gaming, AI applications, and content creation.

Likely manufactured using the same 5 nm TSMC process (4NP) as the RTX 4080, the GeForce RTX 5080 will have a higher TDP, reaching 400W—an increase of 80W. Therefore, graphics cards using this GPU will require a 16-pin 12V-2*6 power connection, supporting up to 600W.

Performance and Price of the GeForce RTX 5080

Based solely on technical specifications, it’s difficult to determine the exact performance of a graphics card. However, given how NVIDIA’s GPUs evolve with each generation, the GeForce RTX 5080 is expected to offer performance similar to the RTX 4090, or even exceed it, while consuming less power.

In the worst-case scenario, the high-end Blackwell GPU could deliver performance comparable to the RTX 4080 SUPER. In any case, it will be a graphics card capable of handling demanding 4K games, even with Ray Tracing enabled. Depending on the complexity of the game, the GPU may also rely on NVIDIA DLSS.

Pricing remains challenging to predict. NVIDIA launched the GeForce RTX 3080 at $699 but nearly doubled the price for the RTX 4080, which debuted at $1,199. This significant price hike drew widespread criticism at the time. As such, expectations are that the RTX 5080 will be released at a lower price than its predecessor.

All indications suggest that we’ll know if these details hold true on January 6 during the presentation by NVIDIA’s CEO, Jensen Huang, at CES 2025.

 

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