Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
257
182
175
135
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High238111
1080p Ultra20391
1440p Ultra16366
4K Ultra9737
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy3305710201
Solar Bay15490845966
Port Royal231636128
Fire Strike7499429129
Night Raid200409n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur319.6 frames/sn/a
Face Detection225 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics43676.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark13961113
DirectX 11322 fps155 fps
DirectX 12148 fps71 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fpsn/a
APIVulkann/a
OSWindowsn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GB203-400 GB207-300

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 10752 2560
TMUs 336 80
ROPs 112 32
Execution Units 84 20
Ray Tracing Cores 84 20
Tensor Cores 336 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 293 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 360 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 378 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 12.0
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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4 (80%)
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Total Votes: 5

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