NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 $249
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti $699
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
2570MHz
3584 Shaders
11GB GDDR5X
1582MHz
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
45.36 TOPS
INT8
FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
FP32
11.34 TFLOPS
FP16
13.16 TFLOPS
FP16
180 GFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
130W
TDP
250W
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
Pascal
Family
GeForce 50
Family
GeForce 10
Codename
NV197
GB207
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Codename
NV132
GP102
Variant
GP102-350-K1-A1
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
6/24/2025
Release Date
3/5/2017
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
16FF
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Die Size
471 mm²
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Transistor Count
11.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
25.05M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
224 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
88 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
Streaming Multiprocessors
28 SMs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
6 GPCs
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2310MHz Base
2570MHz
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1480MHz Base
1582MHz
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
45.36 TOPS
INT8
FP4
210.53 TFLOPS Tensor
421.07 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
210.53 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
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FP16
13.16 TFLOPS
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
180 GFLOPS
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FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
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FP32
11.34 TFLOPS
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FP64
210 GFLOPS
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FP64
350 GFLOPS
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BF16
13.16 TFLOPS
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
13.16 TFLOPS Tensor
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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105.27 TOPS Tensor
210.53 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
45.36 TOPS
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INT32
13.16 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
39.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
82.24 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
139.216 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
205.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
354.368 GTexel/s
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L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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48KB/SM
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L2
32MB Shared
L2
2.8MB Shared
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8GB
GDDR6
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11GB
GDDR5X
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
352Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
Clock
1375MHz
Transfer Rate
11GT/s
Bandwidth
484GB/s
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TDP
130W
TDP
250W
Temp
87°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.0
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
30Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
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Model
NVENC 9
Model
2x NVENC 4
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
-
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 6
Model
NVDEC 3
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_1
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.7
CUDA
6.1
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PureVideo HD
VP8
VDPAU
Feature Set H
Not a Card
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2x Fans
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1x Fan
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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1x 6-Pin
1x 8-Pin
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PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
3.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
4-way SLI - 2-way SLI HB
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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