NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
by NVIDIA
#3 in GPUs & AI chipsBest under $1,000
A fast CUDA card for half the price of a 5090, but 16GB of VRAM caps model size. I'd pick it for image generation and smaller LLMs.
What’s good
- 1,801 AI TOPS
- Half the price of an RTX 5090
- Runs on an 850W power supply
Heads-up
- 16GB VRAM limits larger LLMs
- Founders Edition is hard to find
The details
- Best for
- Gamers who also run image models and smaller LLMs
- Price
- $999 (Founders Edition price at NVIDIA. It sells out fast, and partner cards often cost more.)
- Skill level
- Any level
- Made by
- NVIDIA
- Website
- nvidia.com
- Price checked
- Oct 1, 2026
Where it ranks
- #3GPUs & AI chipsBest under $1,000
Compare with similar picks
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition |  AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition |  NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank in GPUs & AI chips | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 |
| Price | $1,999Founders Edition price at NVIDIA. It sells out fast, and partner cards often cost far more. | See price on siteAMD doesn't sell it directly. It launched from $1,299 at retail partners; board partners set current prices. | $999Founders Edition price at NVIDIA. It sells out fast, and partner cards often cost more. | $16,000NVIDIA Marketplace list price, out of stock there on Oct 1, 2026. Partners such as PNY sell it. |
| Power | 575W (1,000W PSU recommended) | 300W | 360W (850W PSU recommended) | 600W |
| Memory | 32GB GDDR7, 512-bit | 32GB GDDR6, 640GB/s | 16GB GDDR7, 256-bit | 96GB GDDR7 ECC, 1,792GB/s |
| AI performance | 3,352 AI TOPS | 1,531 TOPS INT4 (sparse); 766 dense | 1,801 AI TOPS | 4,000 AI TOPS (FP4, sparse) |
| Interface | PCIe Gen 5 | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe Gen 5 | PCIe Gen 5 |
| Size | 2-slot, 304 mm | Dual slot | 2-slot, 304 mm | Dual slot, 5.4 x 12 in |
| Warranty | 3 years (NVIDIA) | Not published | 3 years (NVIDIA) | 3 years (NVIDIA) |
| Best for | Running and fine-tuning local models on a desktop PC | 32GB of VRAM for local models for less than an RTX 5090 | Gamers who also run image models and smaller LLMs | Pros fine-tuning or serving large models on one workstation |
| Skill level | Any level | Built for pros | Any level | Built for pros |
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