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Rate My PC: Intel Core Ultra 5 245K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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97%

PROCESSOR

Intel Core Ultra 5 245K

54,053 Benchmark Score

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

56,083 Benchmark Score

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Performance Tiers Explained

90-100

Ultimate

4K Ultra gaming, VR ready, ray tracing enabled, professional workloads

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70-89

High-End

1440p Ultra or 4K High settings, excellent for modern AAA titles

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50-69

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1080p Ultra or 1440p Medium, great value for most gamers

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30-49

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1080p Medium settings, suitable for eSports and older titles

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0-29

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The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 pairing represents a high-tier desktop configuration, sitting at the 89th combined percentile among all systems. The data indicates a platform built for serious compute and rendering workloads, though the absence of measured FPS data for this exact combination requires all gaming projections to be derived from synthetic benchmark scores.

Upgrade Path and Platform

The foundation of this build is the Intel Socket 1851 platform, designed exclusively for the Core Ultra Series 2 processors. The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K utilizes the Arrow Lake-S architecture, fabricated on a 3 nm process by TSMC, housing 17,800 million transistors on a 243 mm² die. This is a modern, active platform, released on 2024-10-23, which means it supports current DDR5 memory exclusively through a dual-channel memory bus. The memory bandwidth is rated at 102.4 GB/s, and the platform notably includes ECC memory support, a feature that distinguishes it for professional and data-integrity-focused workloads.

For expansion, the CPU provides PCIe Gen 5 connectivity with 20 lanes directly from the processor. This is sufficient for a single high-end graphics card and one or two Gen 5 NVMe SSDs. The RTX 5080, with its PCIe 5.0 x16 bus interface, is fully compatible and will not be bottlenecked by the interface bandwidth. The integrated graphics solution is an Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU unit, which provides a functional fallback for troubleshooting or basic display output without the discrete GPU.

Power delivery is a critical consideration for this platform. The CPU has a TDP of 125 W, while the GPU has a TDP of 360 W. The suggested PSU for the RTX 5080 is 750 W, which accounts for the GPU's transient power spikes and the rest of the system's draw. A sensible upgrade path from this configuration would involve moving to a higher-tier Core Ultra 9 processor on the same socket, which would provide more cores for multi-threaded rendering tasks. The platform's PCIe Gen 5 lanes also future-proof storage expansion, allowing for the fastest available NVMe drives without any architectural compromise.

Benchmark Performance

The benchmark data paints a clear picture of a top-tier performer in both CPU and GPU domains. The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K achieves an average benchmark score of 54053, placing it in the 91st percentile of all CPUs. This score positions it competitively against its nearest rivals, with the data showing a 0.7% advantage over the Intel Xeon 6505P (53701), a 0.8% lead over the Intel Core i7-14700F (53620), and a 1.1% edge over the Intel Xeon Phi 7290 (53469). Notably, the AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D (54762) outperforms it by 1.3%, indicating that while this CPU is exceptionally fast, it is not the absolute fastest in its immediate comparison class.

In single-threaded tasks, the CPU demonstrates strong performance with a Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2132 and a Passmark single-thread score of 4714. Multi-threaded performance is equally impressive, with a Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 25066 and a Cinebench R20 multi-core score of 15368. The Passmark multithread score of 43047 further confirms its capability in heavily threaded workloads.

The GPU side is equally formidable. The RTX 5080 achieves an average benchmark score of 56083, placing it in the 87th percentile of all GPUs. Its nearest rival, the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE, scores 57367, which is 2.2% higher. Conversely, it leads the AMD Radeon 8060S (55757) by 0.6%, the AMD Radeon RX 6750 GRE 12 GB (55698) by 0.7%, and the AMD Radeon Pro W5700X (54828) by 2.3%. In DirectX 12 workloads, the GPU scores 151 in Passmark, while its 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 score is 8637.

The combined picture is one of exceptional balance. The CPU's 91st percentile ranking and the GPU's 87th percentile ranking are closely matched, resulting in a combined system percentile of 89. This indicates that neither component is dramatically holding back the other in most workloads, creating a system that excels across a broad spectrum of applications.

GPU Analysis

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 is built on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, using the GB203 chip fabricated on a 5 nm process by TSMC. The chip contains 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, achieving a transistor density of 120.6M per mm². This is a dual-slot card that measures 304 mm in length, 137 mm in height, and 40 mm in width, requiring a single 16-pin power connector.

Memory configuration is substantial. The card features 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, delivering a memory bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s. The memory clock runs at 1875 MHz, which translates to 30 Gbps effective. This bandwidth is critical for high-resolution texture streaming and compute workloads that are memory-bound.

The compute configuration is robust, with 10752 shading units, 336 texture mapping units, and 112 raster output units. The card operates at a base clock of 2295 MHz and boosts to 2617 MHz. The RT cores number 84, while there are 336 tensor cores for AI-accelerated tasks. The pixel rate is 293.1 GPixel/s, and the texture rate is 879.3 GTexel/s. Raw compute performance is rated at 56.28 TFLOPS for FP32 and the same 56.28 TFLOPS for FP16 with a 1:1 ratio.

Benchmark results demonstrate the card's capabilities. The Geekbench OpenCL score of 235901 and Vulkan score of 255450 indicate strong compute and graphics API performance. In Passmark, the G3D score is 36565, while the GPU compute score is 21789. The DirectX 11 score of 324 is notably higher than the DirectX 12 score of 151, which may indicate driver optimization levels in synthetic tests rather than real-world performance. For rendering work, the 84 RT cores and 336 tensor cores provide dedicated hardware for ray tracing and DLSS-style AI upscaling, making this GPU exceptionally well-suited for modern rendering pipelines that leverage these features.

Usage Scenarios

High-Refresh Gaming: The RTX 5080's 87th percentile GPU ranking and the CPU's 91st percentile ranking indicate a system capable of driving high refresh rate displays. The GPU's 960.0 GB/s memory bandwidth and 56.28 TFLOPS FP32 compute provide ample headroom for demanding titles, though the lack of measured FPS data means exact frame rates cannot be confirmed. The 16 GB GDDR7 VRAM ensures texture-heavy games at high resolutions will not exceed memory capacity.

Streaming: The combination of the CPU's 14 cores and the GPU's dedicated tensor cores (336) and NVENC-class hardware makes this a capable streaming platform. The CPU's Passmark multithread score of 43047 ensures that encoding and gaming can run concurrently without significant performance degradation. The GPU's Geekbench OpenCL score of 235901 further supports its ability to handle encode workloads alongside rendering.

Video Editing: The CPU's strong single-thread performance (Cinebench R23 single-core score of 2132) and multi-thread capability (Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 25066) make it suitable for timeline editing and export tasks. The GPU's 16 GB VRAM and 960.0 GB/s bandwidth accelerate effects processing and preview rendering. The ECC memory support on the CPU side adds stability for long render sessions.

3D Rendering: This is where the system excels. The CPU's 14 cores provide solid CPU-based rendering performance, while the GPU's 84 RT cores and 56.28 TFLOPS FP32 compute offer substantial GPU-accelerated rendering power. The Passmark GPU compute score of 21789 indicates strong compute throughput for render engines that leverage CUDA or OptiX.

Software Development: The CPU's 14 threads and 5.20 GHz boost clock handle compilation tasks efficiently. The Passmark integer math score of 98524 and extended instructions score of 37617 indicate strong performance for code compilation and execution. The 24 MB shared L3 cache provides fast access to frequently used data structures.

Student and Office Work: This configuration is significantly overkill for standard office tasks. The CPU's Passmark single-thread score of 4714 ensures responsive application usage, while the integrated Arc Xe-LPG Graphics provide a fallback if the discrete GPU is not needed. However, for students in engineering or design programs that use GPU-accelerated applications, this system would handle any coursework without issue.

CPU Analysis

The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K is a 14-core, 14-thread processor from the Core Ultra Series 2, using the Arrow Lake architecture. It operates with a base clock of 4.20 GHz and boosts up to 5.20 GHz. The 14 threads indicate that all cores are performance cores with no hyper-threading, which is a design choice that prioritizes power efficiency and thermal management while still delivering strong multi-threaded performance.

The cache hierarchy is substantial, with 192 KB of L1 cache per core, 3 MB of L2 cache per core, and 24 MB of shared L3 cache. This arrangement provides low-latency access to data for each core while maintaining a large pool of shared cache for inter-core communication. The processor is built on a 3 nm process by TSMC, featuring 17,800 million transistors on a 243 mm² die.

Benchmark results show a CPU that excels in both single and multi-threaded tasks. The Cinebench R15 multi-core score of 3850 and single-core score of 322 demonstrate solid performance in an older benchmark. The Cinebench R20 multi-core score of 15368 and single-core score of 2169 show scaling with the newer test. The Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 25066 and single-core score of 2132 confirm the CPU's position in the 91st percentile.

The Passmark suite provides additional insight into specific workloads. The data compression score of 458817 indicates strong performance in archiving tasks. The data encryption score of 33286 and extended instructions score of 37617 show capability in cryptographic and SIMD workloads. The floating point math score of 130678 and integer math score of 98524 demonstrate balanced compute ability. The find prime numbers score of 414 is a measure of pure integer throughput. The random string sorting score of 55098 rounds out the performance picture.

The nearest rival data shows this CPU is competitive with much more expensive workstation processors. The Intel Xeon 6505P is only 0.7% faster, while the Intel Core i7-14700F is 0.8% slower. The AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D leads by 1.3%, showing the performance gap to the top-tier consumer chips is minimal. The CPU's 91st percentile ranking places it firmly in the high-end desktop segment.

FAQ

Q: What is the socket type and does it support DDR5 memory?

A: The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K uses Intel Socket 1851 and supports dual-channel DDR5 memory with a bandwidth of 102.4 GB/s.

Q: Does the CPU support ECC memory?

A: Yes, the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K has ECC memory support, which is beneficial for workstation and data-integrity-focused applications.

Q: What is the power consumption of the CPU and GPU?

A: The CPU has a TDP of 125 W, while the GPU has a TDP of 360 W. The suggested PSU for the GPU is 750 W.

Q: How many cores and threads does the CPU have?

A: The CPU has 14 cores and 14 threads, with a base clock of 4.20 GHz and a boost clock of 5.20 GHz.

Q: What is the memory size and type on the RTX 5080?

A: The RTX 5080 features 16 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus with a bandwidth of 960.0 GB/s.

Q: Does the GPU support DirectX 12 Ultimate?

A: Yes, the RTX 5080 supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), along with OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4.

Q: What is the combined percentile ranking of this system?

A: The combined system percentile is 89, with the CPU at the 91st percentile and the GPU at the 87th percentile.

Who Should Build It

This system targets users who demand top-tier performance across both CPU and GPU intensive workloads. Gamers playing at high resolutions will benefit from the GPU's 87th percentile ranking, supported by the CPU's 91st percentile ranking, ensuring no CPU-induced frame drops in most titles. Content creators working with video editing software will utilize the CPU's 14 cores and the GPU's 16 GB VRAM for smooth timeline scrubbing and accelerated exports. 3D artists and animators will find the 84 RT cores and 56.28 TFLOPS FP32 compute essential for GPU rendering, while the CPU's Cinebench R23 multi-core score of 25066 handles CPU-based simulation tasks.

Software developers compiling large codebases will appreciate the Passmark integer math score of 98524 and the 24 MB L3 cache. Data scientists and researchers running compute-heavy algorithms will leverage the GPU's tensor cores and the CPU's ECC memory support for reliable long-running computations. Students in demanding engineering or computer science programs will find this system more than capable of handling any coursework, from CAD software to machine learning projects. Small business workstations requiring reliability and performance for applications like financial modeling or architectural visualization will benefit from the ECC memory support and the GPU's compute capabilities.

Build Overview

This is a desktop-class build combining the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K processor with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 graphics card. The CPU, from the Core Ultra Series 2 with Arrow Lake architecture, represents Intel's current generation of desktop processors. The GPU, from the GeForce 50-series with Blackwell 2.0 architecture, is NVIDIA's latest generation of graphics cards. Together, they form a system at the 89th combined percentile, indicating a top-tier configuration that outperforms the vast majority of systems in the benchmark database.

The CPU's 91st percentile ranking and the GPU's 87th percentile ranking are closely aligned, creating a well-matched pair. The system excels in both compute and graphics workloads, with the CPU's 14 cores handling multi-threaded tasks and the GPU's 10752 shading units providing massive parallel processing power. The 16 GB GDDR7 memory on the GPU and the 24 MB L3 cache on the CPU ensure ample high-speed memory resources for demanding applications.

Balance and Bottleneck

The performance data indicates a well-balanced system where neither component dramatically limits the other in most workloads. The CPU's 91st percentile and GPU's 87th percentile are within 4 percentage points of each other, suggesting they are evenly matched in overall capability. In CPU-bound workloads such as physics simulations or data compression, the CPU will be the primary driver, with its Passmark physics score of 3081 and data compression score of 458817 dictating performance.

In GPU-bound workloads such as 3D rendering or high-resolution gaming, the GPU will be the limiting factor. The RTX 5080's Passmark G3D score of 36565 and 3DMark Steel Nomad score of 8637 indicate its performance ceiling. The CPU has sufficient headroom to feed the GPU in most scenarios, with its single-thread score of 4714 ensuring it can handle per-frame draw calls and game logic without bottlenecking.

The absence of measured FPS data for this exact combination means precise bottleneck analysis is limited. However, the benchmark scores suggest that in gaming at lower resolutions where CPU load is higher, the CPU's 91st percentile ranking provides a strong foundation. At higher resolutions where GPU load dominates, the GPU's 87th percentile ranking becomes the primary determinant of frame rates. The balanced nature of this pairing means users will experience consistent performance scaling, with neither component creating a severe bottleneck in typical use cases. The 14-core CPU provides enough threading for modern games that can utilize multiple cores, while the GPU's 16 GB VRAM ensures memory capacity is not a constraint at high settings.

Rate My PC: Intel Core Ultra 5 245K + NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080

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