NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3080 Ti | NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | June 2021 | July 2025 |
| Performance | ||
| Chip maker | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell |
| Shader cores | 10,240 | 2,560 |
| Boost clock | 1,670 MHz | 2,570 MHz (better) |
| Architecture | NVIDIA reference specifications. The photo shows PNY's stock-clock XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan; its cooler differs from the Founders Edition geometry below. | – |
| Ray tracing | Second-generation RT Cores | Fourth-generation RT Cores; 40 RT TFLOPS |
| AI cores | Third-generation Tensor Cores | Fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 421 AI TOPS |
| Upscaling and frame generation | NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation | DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation |
| Base clock | NVIDIA lists 1.37 GHz base and 1.67 GHz boost rounded to two decimal places; stock-clock PNY REVEL specifies 1365 MHz base and 1665 MHz boost | 2.31 GHz |
| Memory | ||
| Video memory | 12 GB GDDR6X (better) | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 384-bit (better) | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 912 GB/s | – |
| Memory detail | 19 Gbps GDDR6X; 912 GB/s bandwidth verified by PNY's stock-clock REVEL specification | – |
| Connections and power | ||
| Board power | 350 W | 130 W (better) |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Display outputs | 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3 | 3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3 |
| Maximum resolution | 7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR; DisplayPort supports 4K 240 Hz with DSC | 4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC |
| Power connector | 2 × PCIe 8-pin cables through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (Founders Edition) | 1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box) |
| Recommended power supply | 750 W, based on NVIDIA's Intel Core i9-10900K test system | 550 W |
| Slot width | 2-slot (Founders Edition) | – |
| Size (reference card) | 285 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition) | – |
| Video encode and decode | Seventh-generation NVENC and fifth-generation NVDEC; no hardware AV1 encoding | 1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode |
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