RTX 5080VSNVIDIA L4
AI Benchmark Battle 2026
RTX 5080
Blackwell16GB
$999-1100
Consumer
High-End
NVIDIA L4
Ada Lovelace24GB
$2,500-3000
Enterprise
Cloud
LLM Inference
| Model | RTX 5080 | NVIDIA L4 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Typhoon2.5-Qwen3-4BHigher is better | 1,013tok/s | 529tok/s | RTX 5080 |
GPT-OSS-20BHigher is better | Cannot Run | 542tok/s | NVIDIA L4 |
Qwen3-4B-Instruct-FP8Higher is better | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Vision-Language
| Model | RTX 5080 | NVIDIA L4 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Qwen3-VL-4BHigher is better | 895tok/s | 445tok/s | RTX 5080 |
Qwen3-VL-8BHigher is better | 403tok/s | 298tok/s | RTX 5080 |
Typhoon-OCR-3BHigher is better | 394tok/s | 879tok/s | NVIDIA L4 |
Image Generation
| Model | RTX 5080 | NVIDIA L4 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Qwen-ImageLower is better | 106.00sec | 189.00sec | RTX 5080 |
Qwen-Image-EditLower is better | 114.00sec | 193.00sec | RTX 5080 |
Video Generation
| Model | RTX 5080 | NVIDIA L4 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Wan2.2-5BLower is better | 712.00sec | 1527.00sec | RTX 5080 |
Wan2.2-14BLower is better | 2067.00sec | 3214.00sec | RTX 5080 |
Speech-to-Text
| Model | RTX 5080 | NVIDIA L4 | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
Typhoon-ASRHigher is better | 0.344xx realtime | 0.321xx realtime | RTX 5080 |
Winner Analysis
Deep dive into why each GPU performs differently based on technical specifications
Technical Analysis Summary
RTX 5080 wins 8 out of 10 benchmarks, excelling in Vision-Language and Image Generation. Its exceptional memory bandwidth provides a decisive advantage for AI inference workloads.
Key Differentiators
- RTX 5080 uses Blackwell architecture while NVIDIA L4 uses Ada Lovelace
- RTX 5080 features next-gen GDDR7 memory
- RTX 5080 offers consumer pricing vs NVIDIA L4's enterprise cost
- NVIDIA L4 is significantly more power efficient (72W)
LLM Inference
Both GPUs perform similarly for LLM inference tasks, making either a suitable choice depending on your budget and availability requirements.
Vision-Language
RTX 5080 excels at vision-language tasks due to higher memory bandwidth accelerates image token processing, and 5th Gen Tensor Cores accelerate cross-attention between visual and text features.
Image Generation
RTX 5080 leads in image generation because faster memory enables quicker diffusion iterations, and Blackwell architecture optimizations accelerate denoising operations.
Video Generation
RTX 5080 dominates video generation with 960GB/s bandwidth handles high-throughput video data.
Speech-to-Text
RTX 5080 excels at speech-to-text because superior memory bandwidth enables faster audio feature processing, and 5th Gen Tensor Cores accelerate attention-based speech recognition.
Technical Specifications
RTX 5080
NVIDIA L4
Overall Winner
RTX 5080
8 wins out of 10 benchmarks
8
RTX 5080
2
NVIDIA L4
RTX 5080 Advantages
- Significantly lower cost
- Easier availability
- Strong in Vision-Language
- Dominates in Image Generation
NVIDIA L4 Advantages
- More VRAM (24GB vs 16GB)
- Much lower power consumption
Frequently Asked Questions
RTX 5080 outperforms NVIDIA L4 in 8 out of 10 AI benchmarks. The RTX 5080's Blackwell architecture introduces 5th generation Tensor Cores with enhanced AI processing capabilities and DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation. With 960 GB/s memory bandwidth and 16GB GDDR7 memory, it delivers superior throughput for AI inference workloads.
RTX 5080 has 16GB of GDDR7 memory with 960 GB/s bandwidth. NVIDIA L4 has 24GB of GDDR6 memory with 300 GB/s bandwidth. Higher memory bandwidth generally results in faster token generation for large language models.
Both GPUs perform similarly for LLM inference. RTX 5080 (Blackwell, 960 GB/s) and NVIDIA L4 (Ada Lovelace, 300 GB/s) achieve comparable tokens per second in our benchmarks.
RTX 5080 has a TDP of 360W while NVIDIA L4 has a TDP of 72W. NVIDIA L4 is more power efficient, making it suitable for deployments with power constraints. For cloud deployments, consider Float16.cloud where you can access these GPUs without managing power infrastructure.
RTX 5080 is priced around $999-1100 (consumer market), while NVIDIA L4 costs approximately $2,500-3000 (enterprise/datacenter). Note that RTX 5080 is a consumer GPU while NVIDIA L4 is an enterprise solution with different support and warranty terms.