Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce 16GB GDDR7 Black
Gigabyte
95 Overall Score
vs
ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 ROG Matrix 32GB GDDR7
ASUS
94 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
ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 ROG Matrix 32GB GDDR7
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Ai Llm
Ray Tracing
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 1080p
Workstation
Budget
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce | ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 ROG Matrix | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5090 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Blackwell | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB | 32 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 84★ | 4 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | — |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 360★ | 800 |
| Recommended PSU | 850★ | 1,200 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin | 1 x 16-pin, Graphics card high-power (GC-HPWR) gold finger |
| Cooler | AIO Liquid | AIO Liquid |
| Fans | 3 | 4★ |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 x16 | PCI Express 5.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 2★ |
| Max Displays | 4 | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 7680 x 4320 |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 220★ | 371 |
| Slot Width | 2★ | 3.9000000953674316 |
| Form Factor | Full Height | ATX |
| Weight | 2.27 kg★ | — |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | DLSS 4.0 |
| AV1 Encode | ✓ | ✓ |
| VR Ready | — | ✓★ |
| DirectX | 12 | 12 Ultimate |
| 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
ASUS GeForce RTX 5090 ROG Matrix 32GB GDDR7
- Strong thermal (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong compute (100th percentile)100th %ile
- Strong connectivity (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Strong raster (99th percentile)99th %ile
- Below average affordability (1st percentile)1st %ile
- Below average efficiency (20th percentile)20th %ile
Verdict
Winner: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AORUS Xtreme Waterforce
Scores 95 overall, wins 3 of 8 usage categories and 13 of 38 specs.