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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 review: performance worthy of the name?

RT benchmarks: Dying Light 2, F1 24, Hitman: World of Assassination.

Each of the game benchmarks here is a real capture that we've performed on our Ryzen 7 9800X3D test system. Data from every frame of the benchmark is recorded with FrameView, cut out with our custom tools, uploaded to the Eurogamer website and transformed into the charts and live frame-rate and frame-time metrics below.

This section continues our look at RT gaming performance, with demanding sections from Dying Light 2, F1 24 and Hitman: World of Assassination (also known as Hitman 3). All three games offer integrated benchmarks that we're using for our testing, so if you have these games you can easily run the tests on your own system at matching settings to get an idea of the performance disparity.

Dying Light 2

Dying Light 2, High RT

Frame Rate (FPS)80706050403020
Frame Time (ms)10.020.030.040.050.060.0
Overall frame-rate (FPS)
Resolution:
020406080100120140
RTX 5090 2160p
RTX 5080 2160p
RTX 4090 2160p
RTX 4080 Super 2160p
RTX 4080 2160p
RTX 3090 Ti 2160p
RTX 3090 2160p
RTX 3080 Ti 2160p
RTX 3080 2160p
RTX 2080 Ti 2160p
RTX 2080 2160p
RX 7900 XTX 2160p
RX 7900 XT 2160p
RX 6900 XT 2160p
RX 6800 XT 2160p
RX 6800 2160p
RX 6700 2160p
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F1 24

F1 24, Max Settings, All RT Features On

Frame Rate (FPS)5004003002001000
Frame Time (ms)10.020.030.040.050.060.070.0
Overall frame-rate (FPS)
Resolution:
20406080100120140
RTX 5090 2160p
RTX 5080 2160p
RTX 4090 2160p
RTX 4080 Super 2160p
RTX 4080 2160p
RTX 3090 Ti 2160p
RTX 3090 2160p
RTX 3080 Ti 2160p
RTX 3080 2160p
RTX 2080 Ti 2160p
RTX 2080 2160p
RX 7900 XTX 2160p
RX 7900 XT 2160p
RX 6900 XT 2160p
RX 6800 XT 2160p
RX 6800 2160p
RX 6700 2160p
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Hitman: World of Assassination

Hitman: World of Assassination, Max Settings, All RT Features On

Frame Rate (FPS)908070605040302010
Frame Time (ms)0.020.040.060.080.0100.0120.0140.0160.0180.0
Overall frame-rate (FPS)
Resolution:
020406080100120140160
RTX 5090 2160p
RTX 5080 2160p
RTX 4090 2160p
RTX 4080 Super 2160p
RTX 4080 2160p
RTX 3090 Ti 2160p
RTX 3090 2160p
RTX 3080 Ti 2160p
RTX 3080 2160p
RTX 2080 Ti 2160p
RTX 2080 2160p
RX 7900 XTX 2160p
RX 7900 XT 2160p
RX 6900 XT 2160p
RX 6800 XT 2160p
RX 6800 2160p
RX 6700 2160p
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Analysis