RTX 5080 Is Worst Ever 80-Series GPU In Terms of Generational Leap

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RTX 5080 Is A 5070 In Disguise!

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  • Comparisons between the past RTX 80-series graphics cards show the RTX 5080 is the worst of the bunch.
  • It is also the only 80-series GPU to fall behind a last-generation flagship.
  • Nvidia seems to have launched a 70-series GPU disguised as an RTX 5080.

Nvidia’s recently launched RTX 5080 is being publicly lambasted for its poor performance uplift over the RTX 4080. In fact, the GPU can sometimes be slower than the RTX 4080 Super.

Comparisons with past generations make the latest release even more disappointing. The RTX 5080 is Nvidia’s worst 80-series GPU in more than a decade, leaving it with nothing but a price advantage over its predecessor.

Why it matters: The Blackwell lineup of gaming graphics cards is proving to be one of Nvidia’s most disappointing generations. It seems that this lineup has nothing but software features as its selling point.

As shown by Daniel Owens, Nvidia typically offered anywhere from a 24% to a 49% performance uplift over last-gen 80-series graphics cards dating all the way back to 2013.

This changed with the RTX 5080, which is just 15% faster than the RTX 4080. It should be noted that this figure may vary from reviewer to reviewer, but the new 80-series GPU certainly offers the worst generational jump.

Moreover, Daniel Owens goes on to show how this is the only 80-series GPU that performs worse than the last-gen flagship. This is further supported by an image via 3DCenter, which highlights a nearly 20% gap between the RTX 5080 and RTX 4090.

RTX 5080
Nvidia 80-Series GPU Comparison Over The Generations

Because of its performance, many believe the RTX 5080 is just an RTX 5070 in disguise. While this might come as a shock, the gaming giant previously attempted to sell the RTX 4070 Ti as the RTX 4080 12GB. As such, Nvidia appears to have pulled a similar move this generation.

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