NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 / RTX 5090 Linux Gaming Benchmarks

Written by Michael Larabel in Graphics Cards on 30 January 2025 at 04:05 PM EST. Page 2 of 6. 54 Comments.

With Counter-Strike 2 on Linux at 4K, going from the RTX 4080 SUPER to RTX 5080 was a 10% improvement while going from the RTX 4090 to RTX 5090 was a 12% improvement. The GeForce RTX 5090 easily shoots well past AMD's high-end Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics card. For those still on an RTX 30 or RTX 20 series graphics card, the move to RTX 50 can represent a terrific upgrade.

The GeForce RTX 5080 for Counter-Strike 2 on Linux was delivering the best performance-per-Watt of the tested hardware.

Grand Theft Auto 5 on Linux by way of Steam Play enjoyed a terrific boost to performance for both of these initial GeForce RTX 50 graphics cards. The RTX 5080 nearly matched the RTX 4090 while the RTX 5090 was at 1.6x the performance of the RTX 4090 with our GTA 5 test configuration.

With HITMAN on Linux by way of Valve's Steam Play (Proton) there was limited uplift from the RTX 4080 to RTX 5080 while going from the RTX 4090 to RTX 5090 was 1.22x the performance.

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