NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050

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GeForce RTX 2080 Ti compared with GeForce RTX 5050
NVIDIAGeForce RTX 2080 TiNVIDIAGeForce RTX 5050
Overview
ReleasedSeptember 2018July 2025
Performance
Chip makerNVIDIANVIDIA
ArchitectureTuringBlackwell
Shader cores4,3522,560
Boost clock1,545 MHz or 1,635 MHz2,570 MHz
ArchitectureMain figures describe NVIDIA's reference specification; the Founders Edition has a factory overclock and higher power rating. The photo shows PNY's stock-clock 11 GB Blower, whose cooler differs from the Founders Edition geometry below. NVIDIA's original announcement named 20 September availability; its 27 September partner roundup confirms cards available by that date. The release month retains this shipment-date uncertainty.–
Ray tracingHardware-accelerated ray tracingFourth-generation RT Cores; 40 RT TFLOPS
AI cores–Fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 421 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generationNVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame GenerationDLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock1350 MHz for reference and Founders Edition; boost is 1545 MHz reference or 1635 MHz Founders Edition2.31 GHz
Memory
Video memory11 GB GDDR6 (better)8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus352-bit (better)128-bit
Memory bandwidth616 GB/s–
Memory detail14 Gbps GDDR6; 616 GB/s bandwidth–
Connections and power
Board power250 W or 260 W130 W
InterfacePCIe 3.0PCIe 5.0
Display outputsFounders Edition and PNY Blower have 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.0b and 1 × USB-C VirtualLink; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.23 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution7680 × 4320; DisplayPort supports 4K 144 Hz or 8K 60 Hz with DSC4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector2 × PCIe 8-pin (reference and Founders Edition)1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box)
Recommended power supply650 W550 W
Slot width2-slot (Founders Edition)–
Size (reference card)266.74 × 115.7 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition); NVIDIA does not specify reference-card geometry in its table–
Video encode and decodeTuring NVENC; no hardware AV1 encoding1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode

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