Component comparison

GeForce RTX 5060 vs GeForce RTX 4080

GeForce RTX 5060 vs GeForce RTX 4080 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 5060
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+198 mm²)
  • + Energy efficiency (+27.4)
B GeForce RTX 4080
  • + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+750 MHz)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+268 GB/s)
  • + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+65 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-1 nm)
  • + Transistors (M) (+24,000M)
  • + CUDA cores (+5888)
  • + TMUs (+184)
  • + ROPs (+64)
  • + RT cores (+46)
  • + Tensor cores (+184)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+29.56 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+160.70 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+461.90 GTexel/s)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+8004)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+10065)
  • + Normalized score (+22.5)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 5060
Component B
GeForce RTX 4080
Release year 2025 (+2) 2023
VRAM (GB) 8 GB 12 GB (+4 GB)
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz 2250 MHz (+750 MHz)
Bandwidth (GB/s) 448 GB/s 716 GB/s (+268 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 256 bit (+128 bit)
TGP / TDP (W) 45 W 110 W (+65 W)
Lithography (nm) 5 nm 4 nm (-1 nm)
Transistors (M) 21,900M 45,900M (+24,000M)
Die size (mm²) 181 mm² (+198 mm²) 379 mm²
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 3,840 9,728 (+5888)
TMUs 120 304 (+184)
ROPs 48 112 (+64)
RT cores 30 76 (+46)
Tensor cores 120 304 (+184)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 19.18 TFLOPS 48.74 TFLOPS (+29.56 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 119.90 GPixel/s 280.60 GPixel/s (+160.70 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 299.60 GTexel/s 761.50 GTexel/s (+461.90 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 69.2 (+27.4) 41.8
PassMark (overall) 16,749 24,753 (+8004)
3DMark Time Spy — 18,534
3DMark Fire Strike 31,366 41,431 (+10065)
Geekbench OpenCL — —
Geekbench Vulkan — —
Normalized score 50.3 72.8 (+22.5)

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 5060 GeForce RTX 4080 Delta
Battlefield 5 130 FPS 160 FPS 23.1% (B)
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 220 FPS 290 FPS 31.8% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 95 FPS 149 FPS 56.8% (B)
Escape from Tarkov 120 FPS 120 FPS ≈
Far Cry 5 130 FPS 171 FPS 31.5% (B)
Fortnite 170 FPS 270 FPS 58.8% (B)
Forza Horizon 4 150 FPS 230 FPS 53.3% (B)
Forza Horizon 5 255 FPS 249 FPS +2.4% (A)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 95 FPS 146 FPS 53.7% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 110 FPS 170 FPS 54.5% (B)
The Witcher 3 140 FPS 334 FPS 138.6% (B)
Valorant 230 FPS 300 FPS 30.4% (B)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 4080 wins 18 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).