It’s important to note from the beginning that the results presented come from only one benchmark and may not reflect the full performance capabilities of the GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5080. As anticipated, the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 has taken the lead in PassMark’s video card benchmark ranking (G3D Mark).
Benchmarking Details
The hardware underwent comprehensive testing, tracking FPS performance across DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 11, and DirectX 12, including a GPU Compute benchmark in the evaluation process. The RTX 5090 achieved a G3D score of 39,516, placing it at the top of the leaderboard, followed by the RTX 4090, RTX 5080, and RTX 4080. At first glance, this data seems promising.
Performance Comparison
However, a deeper look indicates that the performance improvements across generations aren’t as consistent when examining the G3D ratings:
– RTX 4090 (38,422) – RTX 5090 (39,516): +2.85%
– RTX 3090 (26,700) – RTX 4090 (38,422): +43.9%
– RTX 4080 (34,588) – RTX 5080 (37,360): +8.01%
– RTX 3080 (25,188) – RTX 4080 (34,588): +37.3%
One could argue that this information is taken out of context, as it relies on a single benchmark, and that the Blackwell cards are equipped with new and enhanced technologies, like fourth-generation RT cores, fifth-generation Tensor cores, DLSS 4.0 Multi Frame Generation, and GDDR7 memory. Yet, this argument can also be made for the differences between the Ada Lovelace cards (GeForce 40 series) and the Ampere series (GeForce 30 series). For example, the former also came with next-gen RT cores and Tensor cores.
Manufacturing Process Insights
Crucially, the RTX 4080 and RTX 4090 utilize chips from TSMC’s 4N manufacturing process (within the 5 nm node family), while the RTX 3080 and RTX 3090 were made using an 8 nm process from Samsung (which was developed from 10 nm technology). The newly released RTX 5090 and RTX 5080 leverage GPUs based on an optimized variant of the 4N process, called 4NP, custom-designed for Nvidia by TSMC. It seems that a focus on refinement rather than sheer performance is the current trend.
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