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

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

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).