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NVIDIA RTX 5080 vs NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada for local LLMs
Across 4 tests measured on both, the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada is faster in 3 and generates a median 1.80× the tokens/s of the NVIDIA RTX 5080.
On Llama 2 7B (Q4_0, llama-bench) the NVIDIA RTX 5080 generates 192 tokens/s and the NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada 179 tokens/s (measured).
Same model, same quant, same test
| Model | Quant / test | RTX 5080 tok/s | RTX 6000 Ada tok/s | Faster | Sources and run details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 2 7B | Q4_0 llama-bench | 192 Vulkan | 179 CUDA | RTX 5080 +7% | llama.cpp #10879 RTX 5080 · llama.cpp #15013 RTX 6000 Ada |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Q4_K_M LocalScore | 35.5 llamafile | 86.1 llamafile | RTX 6000 Ada +143% | LocalScore RTX 5080 · LocalScore RTX 6000 Ada |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Q4_K_M LocalScore | 140 llamafile | 271 llamafile | RTX 6000 Ada +94% | LocalScore RTX 5080 · LocalScore RTX 6000 Ada |
| Qwen2.5 14B Instruct | Q4_K_M LocalScore | 29.3 llamafile | 49.1 llamafile | RTX 6000 Ada +68% | LocalScore RTX 5080 · LocalScore RTX 6000 Ada |
Generation speed in tokens/s, best measured backend for each chip (shown under the number). Backends can differ between the two chips; check them before drawing conclusions. Measured results only, nothing estimated.
Specs
| NVIDIA RTX 5080 | NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada | |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | 16 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 960 GB/s | 960 GB/s |
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