GeForce RTX 5080 vs Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) with GeForce RTX 5080, including specs and performance data.

R5 (Stoney Ridge)
2016
12 Watt
1.47

RTX 5080 outperforms R5 (Stoney Ridge) by a whopping 5688% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking9925
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluationno data36.63
Power efficiency2.2516.27
ArchitectureGCN 1.2/2.0 (2015−2016)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameStoney RidgeGB203
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date1 June 2016 (8 years ago)30 January 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$999

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores19210752
Core clock speedno data2295 MHz
Boost clock speed800 MHz2617 MHz
Number of transistorsno data45,600 million
Manufacturing process technology28 nm4 nm
Power consumption (TDP)12-45 Watt360 Watt
Texture fill rateno data879.3
Floating-point processing powerno data56.28 TFLOPS
ROPsno data128
TMUsno data336
Tensor Coresno data336
Ray Tracing Coresno data84

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Lengthno data304 mm
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeno dataGDDR7
Maximum RAM amountno data16 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1875 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data960.0 GB/s
Shared memory+-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-10.1

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD9
−5456%
500−550
+5456%

Cost per frame, $

1080pno data2.00

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5 4
−5650%
230−240
+5650%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%
Metro Exodus 2
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%
Dota 2 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Fortnite 6−7
−4900%
300−310
+4900%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Metro Exodus 0−1 0−1
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 20
+400%
4−5
−400%
Red Dead Redemption 2 7−8
+133%
3−4
−133%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%
World of Tanks 30−35
+288%
8−9
−288%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Counter-Strike 2 10−11
+11.1%
9−10
−11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%
Dota 2 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Far Cry 5 10−12
+120%
5−6
−120%
Forza Horizon 4 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 16−18
+300%
4−5
−300%

1440p
High Preset

PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
World of Tanks 9−10
−5456%
500−550
+5456%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−5567%
170−180
+5567%
Far Cry 5 5−6
+25%
4−5
−25%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 5−6
−5500%
280−290
+5500%
Valorant 7−8
+75%
4−5
−75%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Dota 2 16−18
+6.7%
14−16
−6.7%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−5567%
850−900
+5567%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 4−5
−5650%
230−240
+5650%
Red Dead Redemption 2 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14−16
−5567%
850−900
+5567%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
+14.3%
7−8
−14.3%
Cyberpunk 2077 2−3
−5400%
110−120
+5400%
Dota 2 16−18
−5525%
900−950
+5525%
Far Cry 5 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%
Valorant 1−2 0−1

This is how R5 (Stoney Ridge) and RTX 5080 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5080 is 5456% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS, with 1080p resolution and the High Preset, the R5 (Stoney Ridge) is 400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, R5 (Stoney Ridge) surpassed RTX 5080 in all 17 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.47 85.08
Recency 1 June 2016 30 January 2025
Chip lithography 28 nm 4 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 12 Watt 360 Watt

R5 (Stoney Ridge) has 2900% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080, on the other hand, has a 5687.8% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 8 years, and a 600% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5080 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5080 is a desktop one.


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