DLSS 5 Can’t Shut the Gap: RTX 4090 Still Beats RTX 5080 in Fresh Benchmarks
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New benchmarks comparing RTX 4090 (24 GB) and RTX 5080 (16 GB) show the 4090 generally leads, even with DLSS 5. In 4K with DLSS 4.5 Quality, the 4090 averages about 72 FPS vs 61 FPS for the 5080; enabling DLSS 5 drops both to roughly 39 FPS (4090) and 31 FPS (5080). At 1440p with Path Tracing and DLSS 5 Balanced, the 4090 averages around 34 FPS versus 27 FPS for the 5080, underscoring that the 24 GB RTX 4090’s greater compute/memory keeps it ahead.
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