Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO 16GB GDDR7
Gigabyte
97 Overall Score
vs
AMD Radeon HD 8490 1GB GDDR3
AMD
7 Overall Score
What Buyers Say
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO 16GB GDDR7
85 out of 100 low confidence 5 reviews
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)
Aesthetic design 1
Compatibility sff 1
Included accessories 3
Color consistency 1
AMD Radeon HD 8490 1GB GDDR3
No customer feedback yet
Scores
Ray Tracing
Content Creation
Gaming 4k
Gaming 1440p
Gaming 1080p
Budget
Workstation
Ai Llm
Specifications
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO | AMD Radeon HD 8490 | |
|---|---|---|
| Chipset | ||
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon HD 8490 |
| Brand | NVIDIA | AMD |
| Architecture | Blackwell | — |
| Class | consumer | consumer |
| Process | 5★ | — |
| Memory | ||
| VRAM | 16 GB★ | 1 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7★ | GDDR3 |
| Memory Bus | No data | |
| Bandwidth | No data | |
| Compute | ||
| CUDA Cores | No data | |
| Tensor Cores | No data | |
| RT Cores | 84★ | — |
| Base Clock | ||
| Boost Clock | No data | |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | — |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 56.279998779296875★ | — |
| Performance | ||
| PassMark G3D | ||
| GPU Compute | ||
| Power & Cooling | ||
| TDP | 360 | 35★ |
| Recommended PSU | 850★ | — |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 16-Pin | — |
| Cooler | Triple Fan★ | — |
| Fans | 3★ | — |
| Connectivity | ||
| Interface | PCI Express 5.0 | PCI Express 2.0 x16 |
| DisplayPort | 3★ | 1 |
| HDMI | 1★ | — |
| Max Displays | 4★ | — |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 | — |
| Physical | ||
| Length | 304★ | — |
| Slot Width | 2.5★ | — |
| Form Factor | SFF | — |
| Weight | 1.29 kg★ | — |
| Features | ||
| Ray Tracing | ✓★ | ✗ |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 | — |
| AV1 Encode | ✓★ | — |
| VR Ready | ✓★ | ✗ |
| DirectX | 12 | — |
| RGB | ✓★ | — |
Pros & Cons
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO 16GB GDDR7
- Strong compute (97th percentile)97th %ile
- Strong feature (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong rt (96th percentile)96th %ile
- Strong raster (95th percentile)95th %ile
AMD Radeon HD 8490 1GB GDDR3
- Below average vram (2nd percentile)2nd %ile
- Below average ai (3rd percentile)3rd %ile
- Below average rt (7th percentile)7th %ile
- Below average thermal (7th percentile)7th %ile
Pricing
Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO 16GB GDDR70.052score per dollar
vs
AMD Radeon HD 8490 1GB GDDR30.304score per dollar
AMD Radeon HD 8490 1GB GDDR3 offers 5.8x better value for money
Verdict
Winner: Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5080 AERO
Scores 97 overall, wins 8 of 8 usage categories and 27 of 38 specs.
