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Total graphics power is 450 W for the RTX 4090 and 360 W for the RTX 5080."},{"question":"Which has more AI performance?","answer":"NVIDIA lists 1801 AI TOPS for the RTX 5080 with 5th-generation Tensor cores, against 1321 AI TOPS for the RTX 4090 with 4th-generation Tensor cores."},{"question":"Should I consider AMD instead?","answer":"AMD's RX 9070 XT is the closest AMD alternative to the RTX 5080. 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The RTX 4090 has more CUDA cores and 24 GB of memory; the RTX 5080 has the newer Blackwell architecture, more AI TOPS, lower power and a lower launch price.","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://www.aversusb.net/compare/rtx-4090-vs-rtx-5080","upvoteCount":1,"author":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://www.aversusb.net/#organization","name":"A Versus B"}}},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https://www.aversusb.net/compare/rtx-4090-vs-rtx-5080#q2","name":"What were the launch prices?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","@id":"https://www.aversusb.net/compare/rtx-4090-vs-rtx-5080#a2","text":"NVIDIA launched the RTX 4090 on October 12, 2022 starting at $1,599 and the RTX 5080 on January 30, 2025 at $999. 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The RTX 5080 has 16 GB of GDDR7 on a 256-bit interface.","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://www.aversusb.net/compare/rtx-4090-vs-rtx-5080","upvoteCount":1,"author":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://www.aversusb.net/#organization","name":"A Versus B"}}},{"@type":"Question","@id":"https://www.aversusb.net/compare/rtx-4090-vs-rtx-5080#q4","name":"What power supply do I need?","answerCount":1,"acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","@id":"https://www.aversusb.net/compare/rtx-4090-vs-rtx-5080#a4","text":"NVIDIA lists 850 W required system power for both. 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