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MSI GeForce RTX 5080 Vanguard SOC 16 GB GPU Review – Fantastic Cooling, Great OC Capability

Hassan Mujtaba

Synthetic Benchmarks

Speed Way

Developed with input from AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and other leading technology companies, Speed Way is an ideal benchmark for comparing the DirectX 12 Ultimate performance of the latest graphics cards. 3DMark Speed Way’s engine is assembled to demonstrate what the latest DirectX API brings to ray-traced gaming, using DirectX Raytracing tier 1.1 for real-time global illumination and raytraced reflections, coupled with new performance optimizations like Mesh Shaders.

3DMark Speed Way Graphics
Score
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
0
4000
8000
12000
16000
20000
24000
RTX 5090
14580
RTX 4090
10735
RTX 5080 (Vanguard) OC
9735
RTX 5080 (SUPRIM X)
8823
RTX 5080 (Vanguard)
8817
RTX 5080
8802
RTX 4080 SUPER
7580
RTX 4080
7331
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
6402
RX 7900 XTX
6280
RTX 4070 Ti
5782
RTX 4070 SUPER
5413
RX 7900 XT
5299
RTX 4070
4580
RX 7800 XT
3802
RTX 4060 Ti
2905
RTX 4060
2703
Arc A770 16 GB
2449

Firestrike

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Firestrike is running the DX11 API and is still a good measure of GPU scaling performance. In this test, we ran the Extreme and Ultra versions of Firestrike which runs at 1440p and 4K, and recorded the Graphics Score only since the Physics and combined are not pertinent to this review.

3DMark Firestrike Extreme Graphics
Score
0
11667
23334
35001
46668
58335
70002
0
11667
23334
35001
46668
58335
70002
RTX 5090
60820
RTX 4090
45348
RTX 5080 (Vanguard) OC
43311
RTX 5080 (Vanguard)
40111
RTX 5080 (SUPRIM X)
40105
RTX 5080
40088
RX 7900 XTX
37004
RTX 4080 SUPER
35122
RTX 4080
34910
RX 7900 XT
34427
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
28794
RTX 4070 Ti
27802
RTX 4070 SUPER
26006
RX 7800 XT
25561
RTX 4070
21306
Arc A770 16 GB
15778
RTX 4060 Ti
14233
RTX 4060
11892
3DMark Firestrike Ultra Graphics
Score
0
7000
14000
21000
28000
35000
42000
0
7000
14000
21000
28000
35000
42000
RTX 5090
32468
RTX 4090
24881
RTX 5080 (Vanguard) OC
23208
RTX 5080 (SUPRIM X)
21184
RTX 5080 (Vanguard)
21180
RTX 5080
21172
RX 7900 XTX
20587
RTX 4080 SUPER
19375
RTX 4080
19181
RX 7900 XT
17496
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
14876
RTX 4070 Ti
13888
RTX 4070 SUPER
12879
RX 7800 XT
12877
RTX 4070
10499
RTX 4060 Ti
7680
Arc A770 16 GB
7336
RTX 4060
6551

Time Spy

Time Spy is running the DX12 API and we used it in the same manner as Firestrike Extreme where we only recorded the Graphics Score as the Physics score is recording the CPU performance and isn't important to the testing we are doing here.

3DMark Time Spy Graphics
Score
0
9000
18000
27000
36000
45000
54000
0
9000
18000
27000
36000
45000
54000
RTX 5090
44299
RTX 4090
35679
RTX 5080 (Vanguard) OC
34869
RTX 5080 (SUPRIM X)
32895
RTX 5080 (Vanguard)
32891
RTX 5080
30229
RX 7900 XTX
29215
RTX 4080 SUPER
29080
RTX 4080
26330
RX 7900 XT
23983
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
23390
RTX 4070 Ti
22846
RTX 4070 SUPER
19305
RX 7800 XT
17704
RTX 4070
13679
Arc A770 16 GB
13550
RTX 4060 Ti
11749
RTX 4060
3DMark Time Spy Extreme Graphics
Score
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
30000
RTX 5090
25618
RTX 4090
19220
RTX 5080 (Vanguard) OC
18556
RTX 5080 (SUPRIM X)
17180
RTX 5080 (Vanguard)
17172
RTX 5080
17139
RX 7900 XTX
17112
RTX 4080 SUPER
15114
RTX 4080
14595
RX 7900 XT
14443
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
12977
RTX 4070 Ti
11981
RTX 4070 SUPER
11323
RX 7800 XT
10255
RTX 4070
9251
Arc A770 16 GB
8862
RTX 4060 Ti
6686
RTX 4060
6306

Port Royal

Port Royal is another great tool in the 3DMark suite, but this one is 100% targeting Ray Tracing performance. It loads up ray-traced shadows, reflections, and global illumination to tax the performance of the graphics cards that either have hardware-based or software-based ray-tracing support.

3DMark Port Royal Score
Score
0
7000
14000
21000
28000
35000
42000
0
7000
14000
21000
28000
35000
42000
RTX 5090
34777
RTX 4090
25329
RTX 5080 (Vanguard) OC
24006
RTX 5080 (SUPRIM X)
21933
RTX 5080 (Vanguard)
21926
RTX 5080
21905
RTX 4080 SUPER
18620
RTX 4080
18252
RX 7900 XTX
16225
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
15525
RTX 4070 Ti
14899
RX 7900 XT
14023
RTX 4070 SUPER
13981
RTX 4070
11290
RX 7800 XT
10466
RTX 4060 Ti
8072
Arc A770 16 GB
7008
RTX 4060
6577
3DMark Pure Ray Tracing Feature Test
Average
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
RTX 5090
193.55
RTX 4090
141.59
RTX 5080 (Vanguard) OC
134.55
RTX 5080 (SUPRIM X)
122.87
RTX 5080 (Vanguard)
122.73
RTX 5080
122.41
RTX 4080 SUPER
99.2
RTX 4080
98.1
RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
77.2
RTX 4070 Ti
73
RTX 4070 SUPER
67.24
RTX 4070
51.23
RX 7900 XTX
50.33
RTX 4060 Ti
50.20
RX 7900 XT
37.04
RX 7800 XT
32.17
Arc A770 16 GB
28.9
RTX 4060
23.58

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About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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