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ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition

GPU: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
VRAM: 16 GB
Launch price: $1,350
Released: 2025

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Specifications

Maker	ASUS
Type	Graphics card
GPU	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080
Video memory (VRAM)	16.0 GB
Usable for AI models	16.0 GB
Memory bandwidth	960 GB/s
FP16 compute	56.3 TFLOPS
Notes	3.6-slot; OC Edition (ASUS US MSRP).
Maker’s page	www.asus.com (opens in a new tab)

Cards built on the same GPU with the same memory run AI models at practically the same speed; factory overclocks and coolers change results by only a few percent.

Best LLMs for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition

Grade · points	Model	Quant	Memory	Speed	Fit
91 ptsExcellent (S) · 91 of 100 points: Model quality 37.0/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Gemma 4 12BGoogle	`Q6_K`	11.9 GB	68.4 tok/s	Runs well
90 ptsExcellent (S) · 90 of 100 points: Model quality 36.1/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	15.5 GB	54.8 tok/s	Tight fit
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 34.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.5 9BDeepReinforce	`Q8_0`	11.9 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs well
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 35.5/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.6 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	15.5 GB	54.8 tok/s	Tight fit
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 34.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.5 9BAlibaba	`Q8_0`	11.9 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs well
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 35.2/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Qwen3.5 27BAlibaba	`Q3_K_M`	15.5 GB	54.8 tok/s	Tight fit
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 35.0/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Gemma 4 26B-A4BGoogle	`Q3_K_M`	14.4 GB	200 tok/s	Tight fit
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 33.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Ornith 1.0 9BDeepReinforce	`Q8_0`	11.9 GB	62.2 tok/s	Runs well
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 33.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	TMax 9BAi2	`Q8_0`	11.2 GB	67.0 tok/s	Runs well
88 ptsExcellent (S) · 88 of 100 points: Model quality 34.0/45, Memory fit 24.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	TMax 27BAi2	`Q3_K_M`	15.3 GB	55.7 tok/s	Tight fit

Best Image models for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
92 ptsExcellent (S) · 92 of 100 points: Model quality 37.4/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-Image TurboAlibaba (Tongyi)	`Q8 GGUF`	13.0 GB	3.8 s	Runs well
89 ptsExcellent (S) · 89 of 100 points: Model quality 34.7/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 4BBlack Forest Labs	`Q8 GGUF`	10.5 GB	1.5 s	Runs well
87 ptsExcellent (S) · 87 of 100 points: Model quality 37.4/45, Memory fit 20.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.2 [klein] 9BBlack Forest Labs	`Q8 GGUF`	12.3 GB	2.9 s	Runs well
86 ptsExcellent (S) · 86 of 100 points: Model quality 36.2/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 10.5/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Z-ImageAlibaba (Tongyi)	`FP8`	12.6 GB	20 s	Runs well
83 ptsGreat (A) · 83 of 100 points: Model quality 34.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 10.8/15, Memory use 15.0/15	FLUX.1 Krea [dev]Black Forest Labs	`Q4 GGUF`	14.8 GB	19 s	Tight fit
82 ptsGreat (A) · 82 of 100 points: Model quality 27.9/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Lumina-Image 2.0Shanghai AI Lab	`FP16`	12.7 GB	9.3 s	Runs well

Best Video models for the ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5080 16GB GDDR7 OC Edition

Grade · points	Model	Precision	Memory	Time per output	Fit
77 ptsGreat (A) · 77 of 100 points: Model quality 22.1/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	LTX-Video 2BLightricks	`FP8`	10.8 GB	30 s	Runs well
76 ptsGreat (A) · 76 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 11.9/15, Memory use 15.0/15	Wan 2.1 T2V 1.3BAlibaba	`FP8`	12.8 GB	4.8 min	Runs well
75 ptsGreat (A) · 75 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 13.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 5BZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.3 GB	3.6 min	Tight fit
75 ptsGreat (A) · 75 of 100 points: Model quality 24.3/45, Memory fit 23.0/25, Speed 13.7/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 5B I2VZhipu AI	`FP8`	14.9 GB	3.6 min	Tight fit
74 ptsGreat (A) · 74 of 100 points: Model quality 19.8/45, Memory fit 25.0/25, Speed 15.0/15, Memory use 15.0/15	CogVideoX 2BZhipu AI	`FP8`	11.0 GB	72 s	Runs well

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Spec sources

Estimates come from published hardware specs and our open formulas, not from running the model on your machine. Real speed varies with runtime, drivers and settings. Numbers marked “Measured” come from a linked benchmark.