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RTX 4080 Super DLSS 5 support and VRAM evidence

RTX 4080 Super · Ada Lovelace · 16 GB VRAM

Current DLSS 5 status

RTX 4080 Super DLSS 5 support is unconfirmed as of 2026-10-10. NVIDIA has published no model-specific statement covering Ada Lovelace, so this record stays unconfirmed rather than supported; the announced scope names RTX 50-series Blackwell parts. Card record: 16 GB of VRAM, 10,240 CUDA cores, a 256-bit memory bus, 320 W board power, launched 31 January 2024. Unconfirmed is not a rejection: it means waiting for NVIDIA's own model list, because in-game availability also depends on drivers and per-title implementations.

Unconfirmed by NVIDIA

Model note:DLSS 5 unconfirmed

Evidence source:https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/dlss-5-3d-guided-neural-rendering/

Independent evidence page; this is not an NVIDIA compatibility guarantee.

Model record

ModelRTX 4080 Super
SeriesGeForce RTX 40 Series
ArchitectureAda Lovelace
VRAM16 GB
DLSS 5 statusUnconfirmed by NVIDIA
EvidenceNVIDIA DLSS 5 launch article
Last verified2026-10-10

What the source does and does not prove

The linked source does not resolve this model either way, and that is exactly what the record says. “Unconfirmed” is a prompt to wait for an official statement, not a soft rejection.

Hardware specification of RTX 4080 Super

Launch date31 January 2024
GPU dieAD103-400
CUDA cores10,240
Memory bus width256-bit
Board power (TDP)320 W

These values come from the published GeForce RTX 40 Series specification table, which aggregates NVIDIA’s own product pages and architecture whitepapers. They describe the card itself; the DLSS 5 status above rests on a different source.

Launch date, die code, core count, bus width and board power are hardware facts. This page publishes no benchmark score and no ranking between models — more CUDA cores is not on its own a statement about DLSS 5 performance.

Vendor cards and laptop versions of RTX 4080 Super can differ in clocks, memory capacity and power limit, so match the exact variant before you buy.

Hardware specification source:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeForce_RTX_40_series — “GeForce RTX 40 Series” specification table on Wikipedia, which cites NVIDIA’s product pages and architecture whitepapers. Retrieved 2026-10-10.

Local DLSS5 Studio on RTX 4080 Super

This card carries 16 GB, which clears the published 16 GB recommendation, so both the 1080p and the 4K video lanes are inside the published scope.

RTX 20 series or newermet — this card is an RTX 20-series or newer part
8 GB minimum memorymet — 16 GB installed
16 GB recommended memorymet — 16 GB installed
About 3 GB free disk spacemet — a platform requirement, not a GPU one
Driver 610 or newer for hardware NVENCnot verifiable from the card alone — on an older driver the encoder falls back to software and says so in the job message

We publish no measured run for RTX 4080 Super; our only measurement so far is the RTX 4090 (720p → 2560×1440 H.264 in 87.4 s (2.43 s/frame)). We do not extrapolate it to other cards, and this page does not claim one.

Feature scope for GeForce RTX 40 Series

DLSS 5 Neural Renderingunconfirmed
DLSS 4.5 Dynamic MFGyes
DLSS 4 Multi Frame Genyes
DLSS 3 Frame Generationyes
Ray Reconstructionyes
DLSS Super Resolutionyes
FP8 Precisionyes

These rows come from the same data set as the model table. A “yes” describes the published generation-level capability, not a guarantee that a given game enables it on this card.

Nearest models in the same series

The closest record in this series is RTX 4080 (16 GB). Against RTX 4080 Super, RTX 4080 launched 14 months earlier, with 512 fewer CUDA cores and the same board power. Both share the same DLSS 5 status in this data set, and we publish no performance benchmark and no ranking between them.

Before you buy or upgrade

  1. Confirm the exact RTX 4080 Super variant and its VRAM capacity — vendor and laptop versions differ.
  2. Open the linked source and check whether your target game and driver publish a compatible path.
  3. Treat “unconfirmed” as a prompt to wait for evidence; never infer support from a similar model.

GPU detail FAQ

Is RTX 4080 Super confirmed for DLSS 5?

RTX 4080 Super is recorded as “Unconfirmed by NVIDIA” in this evidence set. The linked source and the status above are the basis for this page.

Can RTX 4080 Super run the local DLSS5 Studio workflow?

Yes for the published requirements: RTX 20 series or newer with 16 GB of VRAM.

Does VRAM alone decide DLSS 5 support?

No. VRAM is one hardware fact. Architecture, driver, game integration and NVIDIA’s published compatibility scope all matter.

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