RTX 5080

Measured performance for RTX 5080 across 3 verified WhatFPS runs. Every number is measured in our benchmark suite — not estimated, not self-reported. GPU score (the card's own performance): 16,640 on average over the best run per rig, best run 16,718 — #3 of 59 measured graphics cards. The best rig we measured it in scored 15,624 GAMING (that number reflects the whole PC, not just RTX 5080). Most often paired with AMD Ryzen 9 9900X 12-Core Processor.

RTX 5080 across four graphics APIs

  • Earth II (Vulkan): 74.3 FPS
  • Mission to Earth II (DirectX 12): 86.2 FPS
  • Earth II Landing (DirectX 12 Ultimate, ray tracing + mesh shaders + VRS, locked 4K): 77.7 FPS
  • Supernova (DirectX 11, draw call storm): 129.1 FPS

Specifications

  • VRAM: 16 GB
  • Measured peak clock: 3,225 MHz
  • Ray tracing: Yes
  • Mesh shaders: Yes (1,768)
  • VRS: Yes (1,321)
  • Upscaler: DLSS
  • Board partner (seen): MSI
  • Driver (seen): 32.0.16.1656

Raw values

  • ALU (compute): 672,700
  • Memory bandwidth: 360 GB/s
  • Draw calls/s (DX11): 15,484,338

What the numbers mean

The GAMING score is a geometric mean of GPU (63 %), CPU (30 %), RAM (5 %) and drive (2 %) — a weak part cannot hide behind a strong one. The GPU score is the hardware's own performance and what we rank on. Every run is HMAC-signed in the app and scored on the server. The full methodology is open at https://whatfps.com/metodik

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