Update 2026.10

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 16GB 16GB GPU memory, main unit cost separate

It has 16 GB of VRAM and 960 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Estimates use 64 GB of system RAM at 90 GB/s; actual offload speed depends on the PC configuration.

Speed and memory for the same model

RTX 5080 16GB · Qwen3.8 27B · local LLM speed and memory: Prompt processing · prefill 821.3–1,927.5 tok/s · Token generation · decode 67.1–157.4 tok/s; Required 17.69GB / Usable 15GB VRAM
4,096 input tokens · single request · prompt cache off

Hardware core specifications

Available memory
15GB
Memory bandwidth
960GB/s
Estimated sustained LLM load
About 352W
Korean price range (KRW)
231 × KRW 10,000–239 × KRW 10,000

Who it fits

  • Utilizes 15GB of available memory
  • CUDA-based local inference
  • K2 Horizon MoVA 36B-A4B-class high-speed generation

Skip it if

Prices cover the GPU alone; electricity estimates cover the entire PC including the GPU. Add the host PC, power supply and cooling to your purchase budget.

Recommended format for each device 4K input

The model you will experience with this equipment

K2 Horizon 0.9B

Required 1.03GB · spare time

llama.cpp CUDA · Q4_K_M

Decode

1304.2 ~ 1485.3 tok/s

First token

0.14 to 0.26 seconds

K2 Horizon MoVA 36B-A4B

recommended

Required 21.94GB · tight

llama.cpp CUDA · Q4_K_M

Decode

27.7 ~ 27.9 tok/s

First token

0.85 to 1.5 seconds

Qwen3.8-Flash-Next

Required 52.5561152GB · tight

Strata · Blackwell (CC 12.0) · CUDA · MTP · NVMe PLE · single GPU

Decode

66.6 ~ 147.0 tok/s

First token

7.4 to 16.3 seconds

speed tuning

Actual speed varies with runtime version, cooling, context length and quantization file.

On sales pages, look at memory before chips.

The model and speed assumptions above change if the product is not the 16GB configuration.

Frequently asked questions

What local LLMs can I run on RTX 5080 16GB?
K2 Horizon 0.9B, K2 Horizon MoVA 36B-A4B, Qwen3.8-Flash-Next and others with a 4K input and the recommended format. Required memory varies by model and context length.
What is the local LLM power of RTX 5080 16GB?
Sustained load is about 352 W, with an actual range of 232–490 W.
Are the displayed token speeds ground truth?
This is a range aligned to collected benchmark measurements under the same conditions. Combinations without a matching measurement are estimated from the nearest result and vary with runtime, cooling, quantization file and context length.