NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 graphics comparison: performance score, cores and clock speeds, VRAM, TGP, cache, and RT and AI units. The better value in each row is highlighted in green.
Summary
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB offers a higher boost clock (2347 MHz vs 2287 MHz). NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 offers more compute units (CUDA cores: 7680 vs 4608), more VRAM (16 GB vs 12 GB), a wider memory bus (256 bit vs 128 bit), higher memory bandwidth (896 GB/s vs 384 GB/s), and more L2 cache (64 MB vs 32 MB).
Performance score
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Key specs
CUDA cores4608
CUDA cores7680
Boost2347 MHz
Boost2287 MHz
VRAM12 GB
VRAM16 GB
Memory bus128 bit
Memory bus256 bit
TGP50–115 W
TGP80–175 W
MemoryGDDR7
MemoryGDDR7
General
SeriesRTX 50 Mobile
SeriesRTX 50 Mobile
GPU architectureBlackwell
GPU architectureBlackwell
GPU chipGB206
GPU chipGB203
Chip variantGN22-X6-A1
Chip variantGN22-X9-A1
FoundryTSMC
FoundryTSMC
Process node5 nm
Process node5 nm
Die size181 mm²
Die size378 mm²
Transistors21.9 billion
Transistors45.6 billion
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x8
InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16
Release dateApril 28, 2026
Release dateJanuary 6, 2025
Cores and clocks
CUDA cores4608
CUDA cores7680
36× SM
60× SM
Boost clock (max)2347 MHz
Boost clock (max)2287 MHz
Boost clock (min)1425 MHz
Boost clock (min)1500 MHz
Memory
VRAM12 GB
VRAM16 GB
MemoryGDDR7
MemoryGDDR7
Memory bus128 bit
Memory bus256 bit
Memory speed24 Gb/s
Memory speed28 Gb/s
Bandwidth384 GB/s
Bandwidth896 GB/s
TGP
TGP range50 - 100 W
TGP range80 - 150 W
Dynamic Boost15 W
Dynamic Boost25 W
Cache
L2 cache32 MB
L2 cache64 MB
L1 cache128 KB
L1 cache128 KB
Units
TMUs144
TMUs240
ROPs48
ROPs96
RT cores36
RT cores60
Tensor cores144
Tensor cores240
SM blocks36
SM blocks60
AI
AI performance798 TOPS
AI performance1334 TOPS