RTX 5080 Blender Benchmark results: Are these scores normal? (Seems low)

Posted by RecractVisu@reddit | buildapc | View on Reddit | 5 comments

Hi everyone,

I just ran the Blender Open Data benchmark on my new RTX 5080, and the results seem underwhelming. I was expecting a significant jump over the 40-series, but these numbers look closer to an RTX 4080/4080 Super.

Cinebench: \~101,000 (which seems low compared to other 5080 scores I've seen).

Here are my scores:

Monster: \~4278
Junkshop: \~2241
Classroom: \~2236

My System:

GPU: RTX 5080 (Stock settings)
CPU: Intel Core i7-12700KF
OS: Windows 11
Drivers: Latest Game Ready Drivers available.
RAM: 64Go DDR4

Questions:

Is this the expected performance for a 5080 right now?
Could my 12th Gen CPU be bottlenecking the benchmark (even though it's GPU rendering)?
Is it possible that the current version of the Blender Benchmark doesn't fully utilize the new architecture (Blackwell) yet?

I’ve attached the screenshot of the results. Any insights or comparisons would be appreciated!

Thanks!

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Odd_Arachnid_3339@reddit

Im at 9542 total score

And 130k cinebench 2026

Update: 10700 in blender 5.1

tybuzz@reddit

Seems pretty normal for Blender Open Data: https://www.reddit.com/r/blender/comments/1i8izgd/rtx_5080_scores_only_8_faster_than_the_4080_super/

RecractVisu@reddit (OP)

I'm not a hardware expert, but for my professional workflow (3D rendering with Redshift), I honestly don't see much difference compared to my RTX 4070. Checking Afterburner, I noticed the card never exceeds 250W power draw and is constantly hitting the VRAM limit. It seems the memory capacity is the bottleneck here.