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Two rigs, one table. Higher numbers win in cobalt; TDP and price flip.

NVIDIA · gpu

NVIDIA · gpu

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Spec	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Founders Edition	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Founders Edition
Bandwidth GB S	1,008	960
MSRP (USD)↓ better	1,599	999
TDP (W)↓ better	450	360
VRAM (GB)	24	16
AI Tops	—	1,801
Base Clock GHZ	—	2.3
Boost Clock GHZ	—	2.62
Budget Ceiling USD	2,000	—
Compute Capability Digits	89	—
Cuda Cores	—	10,752
Displayport Count	—	3
Displayport Version	—	2.1b
Hdmi Count	—	1
Hdmi Version	—	2.1b
Length MM	—	304
Memory BUS Bits	—	256
Memory Speed Gbps	—	30
Pcie GEN	—	5
RT Core Tflops	—	171
RT Cores GEN	—	4
RTX 4090 Model	4,090	—
RTX 5090 Model	5,090	—
Slot Width	—	2
Tensor Cores GEN	—	5
Vram Type	—	GDDR7
Width MM	—	137