Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 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
228
165
158
124
n/a
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The Witcher 3
241
218
152
83
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
310
225
168
86
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
181
161
148
92
n/a
n/a
n/a
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Hogwarts Legacy
161
133
109
62
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
219
215
169
114
n/a
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Ghost of Tsushima
152
122
110
71
n/a
n/a
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Cyberpunk 2077
201
178
120
56
n/a
n/a
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Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
265
205
107
n/a
n/a
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Avg FPS
1080p High219n/a
1080p Ultra187n/a
1440p Ultra149n/a
4K Ultra88n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy28302n/a
Solar Bay138446n/a
Port Royal18312n/a
Fire Strike63725n/a
Night Raid179276n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Background Blur279.5 frames/sn/a
Face Detection220.1 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection11 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur16.2 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching2.08 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching1370 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics37199.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
G2D Mark1267n/a
DirectX 11303 fpsn/a
DirectX 12133 fpsn/a
GPU Compute19970 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1384.7 fpsn/a
Car Chase1210.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)998.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex5172 fpsn/a
ALU 29885.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2282.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation9573.9n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
2993.16

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 31, 2024 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Codename AD103 GB207
Price 999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 2235-2520 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2550 MHz 1500-2662 MHz
Shader Units 10240 2560
TMUs 320 80
ROPs 112 32
Execution Units 80 20
Ray Tracing Cores 80 20
Tensor Cores 320 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 286 Gpix/sec 48-85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 816 GTex/s 120-213 GTex/s
FLOPS 52.2 TFLOPS 7.7-13.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 IGP
TGP 320 W 35-100 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 379 mm² n/a
Transistor count 45 billion n/a
Transistor density 118.73 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1438 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 23000 MB/s 24000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 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 8.9 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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