Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 4K gamers and creators who want Blackwell performance without the 5090's price and power demands.
Full details →Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 1440p gamers who want near-flagship performance at a fraction of the flagship price, and entry-level 4K gamers.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 5080 | NVIDIA RTX 5070 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | Enthusiast | High-end |
| Generation | RTX 5000 | RTX 5000 |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| TDP | 360W | 250W |
| Upscaling | DLSS4 | DLSS4 |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $999 | $549 |
| Released | Jan 30, 2025 | Mar 6, 2025 |
| Cycle length | ~850 days | ~850 days |
| Cycle advice | Buy | Buy |
| Deals advice | Caution | Caution |
| Successor | — | — |
Delivers excellent 4K frame rates at a lower TDP and price than the 5090 — the practical enthusiast choice.
Same DLSS 4 technology as the flagship, dramatically boosting frame rates in supported titles.
Runs on a 750W PSU comfortably, unlike the 5090's 1000W recommendation.
NVIDIA's most disruptive price-to-performance ratio this generation — a generational leap accessible to mainstream budgets.
Lower power draw than the RTX 4070 Super it replaces, while delivering dramatically more performance.
Full Blackwell AI features including multi-frame generation — exclusive to RTX 5000 series.