Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce 16GB GDDR7 Black
Gigabyte
95 Overall Score
vs
PNY RTX 6000 48GB GDDR6 workstation
PNY
37 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce 16GB GDDR7 Black
82 out of 100 medium confidence 25 reviews
The Gigabyte RTX 5080 is widely praised for its outstanding performance, quiet cooling, and attractive design, especially the white AORUS ICE variant. Users highlight excellent 4K gaming, ray tracing, and AI capabilities, along with compact SFF-friendly sizes and minimal coil whine. However, a few reviewers express disappointment with quality control at this price point, and one user reported major recurring issues. Overall, it's seen as a strong upgrade, though the 5090 remains elusive.
Pros
- Excellent 4K gaming performance
- Quiet and efficient cooling
- Beautiful white aesthetic design
- Compact size for SFF builds
- Strong ray tracing capabilities
Cons
- Quality control issues at high price
- Major recurring problems reported
- Limited generational performance uplift
- Very large physical size for some
Performance 4k gaming 10
Cooling noise 13
Aesthetics design 12
Build quality 7
Ray tracing 5
Coil whine 4
PNY RTX 6000 48GB GDDR6 workstation
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Gaming 4k
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 1080p
Content Creation
Ray Tracing
Workstation
Ai Llm
Budget
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce | PNY RTX 6000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5080 | RTX 6000 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Blackwell | Ada Lovelace |
| Class | consumer | workstation |
| Process | 5★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB | 48 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR7★ | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | No data | |
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| ECC | — | ✓★ |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 84★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | — |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | No data | |
| GPU Compute | No data | |
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 360★ | — |
| Recommended PSU | 850★ | — |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin | — |
| Cooler | AIO Liquid★ | — |
| Fans | 3★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 4.0 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | — |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 220★ | — |
| Slot Width | 2★ | — |
| Form Factor | Full Height | — |
| Weight | 2.27 kg | 0.50 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 | — |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce 16GB GDDR7 Black
- Strong thermal (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong rt (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Below average affordability (7th percentile)7th %ile
PNY RTX 6000 48GB GDDR6 workstation
- Strong ai (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong vram (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average efficiency (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average raster (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
Pricing
Verdict
Winner: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce
Scores 95 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 23 of 38 specs.
