Component comparison
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce RTX 3080 Ti — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+4)
- + Lithography (nm) (-5 nm)
- + Die size (mm²) (+479 mm²)
- + Energy efficiency (+10.1)
B
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+592 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+256 bit)
- + Transistors (M) (+11,400M)
- + CUDA cores (+7680)
- + TMUs (+240)
- + ROPs (+80)
- + RT cores (+60)
- + Tensor cores (+240)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+20.93 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+104.20 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+327.00 GTexel/s)
- + PassMark (overall) (+12693)
- + Normalized score (+25.0)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 5050
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+4) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 12 GB (+4 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 320 GB/s | 912 GB/s (+592 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit | 384 bit (+256 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W | — |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-5 nm) | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 16,900M | 28,300M (+11,400M) |
| Die size (mm²) | 149 mm² (+479 mm²) | 628 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 2,560 | 10,240 (+7680) |
| TMUs | 80 | 320 (+240) |
| ROPs | 32 | 112 (+80) |
| RT cores | 20 | 80 (+60) |
| Tensor cores | 80 | 320 (+240) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS | 34.10 TFLOPS (+20.93 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s | 186.50 GPixel/s (+104.20 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s | 532.80 GTexel/s (+327.00 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 24.3 (+10.1) | 14.2 |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,067 | 26,760 (+12693) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | — | 47,113 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 209,081 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | — |
| Normalized score | 41.3 | 66.3 (+25.0) |
In both
CUDA
DLSS
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 5050 | GeForce RTX 3080 Ti | 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 3080 Ti wins 14 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).