Component comparison
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 5050
GeForce RTX 4080 vs GeForce RTX 5050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 4080
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+396 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+128 bit)
- + Transistors (M) (+29,000M)
- + CUDA cores (+7168)
- + TMUs (+224)
- + ROPs (+80)
- + RT cores (+56)
- + Tensor cores (+224)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+35.57 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+198.30 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+555.70 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+17.5)
- + PassMark (overall) (+10686)
- + Normalized score (+31.5)
B
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+2)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-1 nm)
- + Die size (mm²) (+230 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 4080
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 5050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2023 | 2025 (+2) |
| VRAM (GB) | 12 GB (+4 GB) | 8 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | 2250 MHz | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 716 GB/s (+396 GB/s) | 320 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 256 bit (+128 bit) | 128 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 110 W | 115 W (+5 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 4 nm | 3 nm (-1 nm) |
| Transistors (M) | 45,900M (+29,000M) | 16,900M |
| Die size (mm²) | 379 mm² | 149 mm² (+230 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 9,728 (+7168) | 2,560 |
| TMUs | 304 (+224) | 80 |
| ROPs | 112 (+80) | 32 |
| RT cores | 76 (+56) | 20 |
| Tensor cores | 304 (+224) | 80 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 48.74 TFLOPS (+35.57 TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 280.60 GPixel/s (+198.30 GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 761.50 GTexel/s (+555.70 GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 41.8 (+17.5) | 24.3 |
| PassMark (overall) | 24,753 (+10686) | 14,067 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 18,534 | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 41,431 | — |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | — |
| Normalized score | 72.8 (+31.5) | 41.3 |
In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 4080 | GeForce RTX 5050 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 4080 wins 15 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).