GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce RTX 5080 for Gaming

FPS Winner

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti is the comparison's loser – it's at least 2x slower gaming GPU than the GeForce RTX 5080 and it's also a much worse value for money, as it's only $651.99 cheaper!

Advantages of the GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Up to 40% cheaper – $998.00 vs $1649.99
Consumes up to 31% less energy – 250 vs 360 Watts

Advantages of the GeForce RTX 5080

At least 2x faster GPU for gaming
A much better value for money for gaming
Up to 167% more VRAM memory – 16 vs 6 GB

GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce RTX 5080 for Gaming

The GPU's performance in selected game and settings

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Jun 2nd, 2015

Average FPS

37%

Min 1% FPS

30%

Price, $

$998

100%

Value, $/FPS

$12.47/FPS

62%

PNY GeForce GTX 980 Ti 6GB CG Edition Graphics Card

MSI Limited GAMING Edition GeForce GTX 980 TI 6GB OC DirectX 12 VR READY (GTX 980TI GAMING 6G GOLDEN EDITION)

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

Average FPS

214

100%

Min 1% FPS

139

100%

Price, $

$1649.99

60%

Value, $/FPS

$7.71/FPS

100%

ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX ™ 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition Gaming Graphics Card (PCIe® 5.0, HDMI®/DP 2.1, 3.6-Slot, Military-Grade Components, Protective PCB Coating, axial-tech Fans, Vapor Chamber)

MSI VGA GEFORCE RTX 5080 16G Ventus 3X OC Plus RTX5080 16GB GDRR7 256 B DX12 PCIE 5.0 X16 (3XDP 1XHDMI)

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 Gaming OC 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2730MHz Core Clock, 3 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, GV-N5080GAMING OC-16GD

Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5080 Master ICE 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256 Bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2805MHz Core Clock, 3 x DP 2.1a, 1 x HDMI 2.1b, NVIDIA DLSS 4, GV-N5080AORUSM ICE-16GD

Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO OC SFF 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256 Bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2730MHz Core Clock, 3 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, GV-N5080AERO OC-16GD

ASUS NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Video Card 16GB GDDR7 PCI Express 5.0 / TUF-RTX5080-O16G-GAMING

Gigabyte Aorus GeForce RTX 5080 Master 16G Graphics Card - 16GB GDDR7, 256 Bit, PCI-E 5.0, 2805MHz Core Clock, 3 x DisplayPort, 1 x HDMI, GV-N5080AORUS M-16GD

MSI GeForce RTX 5080 16G Vanguard SOC Launch Edition Graphics Card VD8973

GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce RTX 5080 in My Games

The FPS you'll get in saved games, click on a game to change it

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Jun 2nd, 2015

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

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Synthetic Benchmarks

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce RTX 5080 in synthetic GPU benchmarks

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Jun 2nd, 2015

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

5789

17%

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

3DMark TimeSpy Graphics Score

33109

100%

Performance Specifications

The GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs GeForce RTX 5080 in core GPU performance specifications

GeForce GTX 980 Ti

Jun 2nd, 2015

Memory

6 GB

38%

Memory Bandwidth

336.6 GB/s

35%

Pixel Fillrate

103.3 GPixel/s

31%

Texture Fillrate

189.4 GTexel/s

22%

FP32

6.06 TFLOPS

11%

GeForce RTX 5080

Jan 30th, 2025

Memory

16 GB

100%

Memory Bandwidth

960 GB/s

100%

Pixel Fillrate

335 GPixel/s

100%

Texture Fillrate

879.3 GTexel/s

100%

FP32

56.28 TFLOPS

100%

Specifications

Comparison of all specifications

GeForce GTX 980 Ti	Specifications Comparison of all specifications	GeForce RTX 5080
General
Jun 2nd, 2015	Release Date	Jan 30th, 2025
$649.00	MSRP	$999.00
GeForce 900	Generation	GeForce 50
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
250 W	Power Consumption	360 W
Memory
6 GB	Memory Size	16 GB
GDDR5	Memory Type	GDDR7
384-bit	Memory Bus	256-bit
336.6 GB/s	Bandwidth	960 GB/s
Theoretical Performance
103.3 GPixel/s	Pixel Fillrate	335 GPixel/s
189.4 GTexel/s	Texture Fillrate	879.3 GTexel/s
6.06 TFLOPS	FP32	56.28 TFLOPS