Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO OC 16GB GDDR7 White
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO OC 16GB GDDR7 White
The GIGABYTE AERO GeForce RTX 5080 is highly praised for its all-white aesthetic, fitting perfectly into white-themed builds with only the radiator fins being black. Users confirm it includes a 3x 8pin to 16 pin adapter and a versatile VGA support bracket, and it is compatible with small form factor cases. Overall, sentiment is very positive.
Pros
- All-white aesthetic
- Compatible with small form factor cases
- Includes 3x 8-pin to 16-pin adapter
- Includes versatile VGA support bracket
- White backplate and body
Cons
- Radiator fins are black (not white)
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
The MSI GeForce RTX 4090 is widely praised for its exceptional performance in gaming, rendering, and AI workloads, with users noting it runs very cool and quiet. However, a few verified buyers report severe driver issues and blue screens, and some mention the high price and power connector concerns. Overall, it is seen as a powerful but expensive card with mixed reliability.
Pros
- Exceptional gaming performance
- Very cool and quiet operation
- Excellent for rendering and AI
- Compact size for a 4090
- No coil whine
Cons
- Severe driver issues and blue screens
- Very high price
- Power connector concerns
- Poor customer support from MSI
- Large size may not fit all cases
Scores
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO OC | MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 4090 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Blackwell | Ada Lovelace |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5 | 5 |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB | 24 GB★ |
| Memory Type | GDDR7★ | GDDR6X |
| Memory Bus | ||
| Bandwidth | ||
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | ||
| Tensor Cores | ||
| RT Cores | 84★ | 76 |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | ||
| FP16 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | 32.97999954223633 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | 32.97999954223633 |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 360★ | 450 |
| Recommended PSU | 850★ | — |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan | AIO Liquid★ |
| Fans | 3★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 | PCI Express Gen 4 |
| DisplayPort | 3 | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | 8K |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 304★ | — |
| Slot Width | 2.5★ | — |
| Form Factor | Full Height | — |
| Weight | 1.95 kg | 0.05 kg★ |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓ | ✓ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | — |
| DirectX | 12 | — |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO OC 16GB GDDR7 White
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong rt (95th percentile)95th %ile
- Strong raster (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Strong connectivity (94th percentile)94th %ile
- Below average affordability (16th percentile)16th %ile
MSI GeForce RTX 4090 SUPRIM Liquid 24GB GDDR6X
- Strong raster (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong vram (93rd percentile)93rd %ile
- Strong ai (92nd percentile)92nd %ile
- Strong rt (89th percentile)89th %ile
- Below average affordability (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average feature (35th percentile)
Pricing
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO OC 16GB GDDR7 White offers 3.0x better value for money
Verdict
Scores 99 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 18 of 38 specs.
