NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

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GeForce GTX 1080 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 5050

	NVIDIAGeForce GTX 1080 Ti	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5050
Overview
Released
Released	March 2017	July 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Pascal	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	3,584	2,560
Boost clock
Boost clock	1,582 MHz	2,570 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	Founders Edition specifications verified by MSI's retained technical page and datasheet; stock PNY Blower specifications verify memory bandwidth. The photo is the Founders Edition render extracted from MSI's datasheet with its original PDF transparency mask.	–
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	No dedicated RT Cores	Fourth-generation RT Cores; 40 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	No Tensor Cores	Fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 421 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	No NVIDIA DLSS	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1480 MHz base and 1582 MHz boost (MSI Founders Edition specification)	2.31 GHz
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	11 GB GDDR5X (better)	8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
Memory bus	352-bit (better)	128-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	484 GB/s	–
Memory detail
Memory detail	11 Gbps GDDR5X (PNY stock Blower); MSI lists 11010 MHz memory speed	–
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	250 W	130 W (better)
Interface
Interface	PCIe 3.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI 2.0b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.2. MSI's datasheet connection illustration names DVI-D despite its output specification omitting it; the Founders Edition has no native DVI connector.	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	7680 × 4320	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 6-pin and 1 × PCIe 8-pin	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	600 W	550 W
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	–	1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot (Founders Edition)	–
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	266 × 111 × 40 mm (MSI Founders Edition)	–