Component comparison
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce RTX 4090
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce RTX 4090 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+2)
- + Lithography (nm) (-1 nm)
- + Die size (mm²) (+460 mm²)
B
GeForce RTX 4090
- + VRAM (GB) (+8 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+714 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+256 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+5 W)
- + Transistors (M) (+59,400M)
- + CUDA cores (+13824)
- + TMUs (+432)
- + ROPs (+144)
- + RT cores (+108)
- + Tensor cores (+432)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+69.41 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+361.20 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+1084.20 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+17.6)
- + PassMark (overall) (+12980)
- + Normalized score (+33.7)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 5050
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 4090
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+2) | 2023 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB | 16 GB (+8 GB) |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 2250 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 320 GB/s | 1034 GB/s (+714 GB/s) |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit | 384 bit (+256 bit) |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W | 120 W (+5 W) |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-1 nm) | 4 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 16,900M | 76,300M (+59,400M) |
| Die size (mm²) | 149 mm² (+460 mm²) | 609 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 2,560 | 16,384 (+13824) |
| TMUs | 80 | 512 (+432) |
| ROPs | 32 | 176 (+144) |
| RT cores | 20 | 128 (+108) |
| Tensor cores | 80 | 512 (+432) |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS | 82.58 TFLOPS (+69.41 TFLOPS) |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s | 443.50 GPixel/s (+361.20 GPixel/s) |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s | 1290.00 GTexel/s (+1084.20 GTexel/s) |
| Energy efficiency | 24.3 | 41.9 (+17.6) |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,067 | 27,047 (+12980) |
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | 21,251 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | — | 46,191 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | — |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | — |
| Normalized score | 41.3 | 75.0 (+33.7) |
In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 5050 | GeForce RTX 4090 | 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 4090 wins 16 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).