RTX 5080 Benchmarks Surface: A Decent Leap, But Still Chasing the 4090

So, the rumour mill doesn't stop churning ever! The spotlight this time is on the RTX 5080 because leaked benchmark scores have finally seen the light of day. Numbers have arrived courtesy of Geekbench tests for both OpenCL and Vulkan, and it indeed seems someone let the cat out of the bag a wee bit too early. Grudge Purchasing: 22% Faster than the 4080. But So, what can these early benchmarks tell us? Well, in Vulkan, the RTX 5080 seems like it's around 22% quicker than the RTX 4080. Not too shabby, is it? Jump over to OpenCL, though, and that lead shrinks down to a more modest 6% or so. With synthetic benchmarks, these figures are also always best swallowed with a bit of salt. Real-game performance can very well tell quite another story. Perhaps the most interesting takeaway? Despite the performance jump, the RTX 5080 still seems to be lagging behind the previous-gen king, the RTX 4090, by around 19% in these synthetic tests. That used to not be the case; typically, the '80…