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

Game benchmarks: Alan Wake 2, Black Myth: Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077.

Our raster (non-RT) game benchmarks kick off with the ABCs - Alan Wake 2, Black Myth: Wukong and Cyberpunk 2077. We've aimed for a range of genres and engines here to ensure a representative sample, from custom powerhouses in Remedy's Northlight and CDPR's RED Engine to the ubiquitous Unreal Engine 5. The Alan Wake and Cyberpunk benches are both custom jobs, traversing some of the most demanding areas in their respective game worlds, while the Wukong benchmark is taken from a cutscene right at the start of the game.

As usual, readers on mobile-class browsers will see basic tables showing frame-rate averages, while viewers on full-fat browsers get the deluxe package: animated bar charts that let you mouse over to see advanced metrics, plus an embedded YouTube video that can be played to see frame-rates and frame-times fluctuate throughout the benchmark run.

Alan Wake 2

Alan Wake 2, High Settings, RT Off

Frame Rate (FPS)5045403530
Frame Time (ms)20.025.030.035.040.045.0
Overall frame-rate (FPS)
Resolution:
01020304050607080
RTX 5090 2160p
RTX 5080 2160p
RTX 4090 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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Black Myth: Wukong

Black Myth: Wukong, Cinematic, RT Off

Frame Rate (FPS)12010080604020
Frame Time (ms)0.050.0100.0150.0200.0
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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Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077, Ultra Settings, RT Off

Frame Rate (FPS)90807060504030
Frame Time (ms)10.015.020.025.030.035.0
Overall frame-rate (FPS)
Resolution:
20406080100120
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