Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
50
41
26
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High72n/a
1080p Ultra55n/a
1440p Ultra39n/a
4K Ultra21n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy5856n/a
Port Royal3250n/a
Fire Strike19506n/a
Night Raid70001n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Background Blur134.8 frames/sn/a
Face Detection59.8 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics4183.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
G2D Mark853n/a
DirectX 11106 fpsn/a
DirectX 1255 fpsn/a
GPU Compute6126 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fpsn/a
Car Chase375.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex1867.7 fpsn/a
ALU 21803.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2264 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2238.8n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
2993.16

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 2, 2015 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GM200 GB207
Price 649 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 2235-2520 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1500-2662 MHz
Shader Units 2816 2560
TMUs 176 80
ROPs 96 32
Execution Units 22 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 48-85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 120-213 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 7.7-13.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 IGP
TGP 250 W 35-100 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² n/a
Transistor count 8 billion n/a
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 24000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
384 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 5.2 12.0
DisplayPort 1.2 2.1b
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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