NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12GB Full Specs

Summary

2,560 Shaders 2.57GHz	8,960 Shaders 1.71GHz
8GB GDDR6224GB/s	12GB GDDR6X912.4GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 13.16 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 30.64 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 130W	TDP 350W
Power Connectors - 1x 8-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin -

Highlights

Peak OPS

Peak OPS FP32 FP16 Tensor FP4 FP4 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-16 FP8-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP8-32 FP8-32 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-16 FP16-16 Tensor Sparse Tensor FP16-32 FP16-32 Tensor Sparse FP64 BF16 Tensor BF16 BF16 Tensor Sparse Tensor TF32 Tensor INT8 Tensor INT4 Memory Bandwidth TDP

GeForce RTX 5050421.1 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x1

GeForce RTX 3080 12GB980.6 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x2.33

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Theoretical Performance

Clock Speed2570MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC	Clock Speed1710MHz UC·Base·Boost·OC
Peak OPS 421.1 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse	Peak OPS 980.6 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse
Tensor FP4 210.5 TFLOPS FP4 Tensor Sparse 421.1 TFLOPS	-
Tensor FP8-16 105.3 TFLOPS FP8-16 Tensor Sparse 210.5 TFLOPS Tensor FP8-32 52.63 TFLOPS FP8-32 Tensor Sparse 105.3 TFLOPS	-
Tensor FP16-16 52.63 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 105.3 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 26.32 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 52.63 TFLOPS	Tensor FP16-16 122.6 TFLOPS FP16-16 Tensor Sparse 245.1 TFLOPS Tensor FP16-32 61.29 TFLOPS FP16-32 Tensor Sparse 122.6 TFLOPS
BF16 13.16 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 26.32 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 52.63 TFLOPS	BF16 30.64 TFLOPS Tensor BF16 61.29 TFLOPS BF16 Tensor Sparse 122.6 TFLOPS
Tensor TF32 13.16 TFLOPS	Tensor TF32 30.64 TFLOPS
FP32 13.16 TFLOPS	FP32 30.64 TFLOPS
FP64 205.6 GFLOPS	FP64 478.8 GFLOPS
Tensor INT4 -	Tensor INT4 490.3 TOPS
Tensor INT8 105.3 TOPS	Tensor INT8 245.1 TOPS
Ray 39.91 TOPS	Ray 46.22 TOPS
Pixel Rate 82.2 GPixel/s	Pixel Rate 191.5 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 205.6 GTexel/s	Texture Rate 478.8 GTexel/s

Core Config

Shaders 2,560 Shaders	Shaders 8,960 Shaders
TMUs 80 TMUs	TMUs 280 TMUs
ROPs 32 ROPs	ROPs 112 ROPs
Tensor Cores 80 T-Cores	Tensor Cores 280 T-Cores
RT Cores 20 RT-Cores	RT Cores 70 RT-Cores
SMs 20 SMs	SMs 70 SMs

Clocks

Base Clock 2.31GHz	Base Clock 1.26GHz
Boost Clock 2.57GHz	Boost Clock 1.71GHz

Cache

L1 64KB/SM Tex	L1 64KB/SM Tex
L2 Cache 32MB shared	L2 Cache 5MB shared

Memory

8GB GDDR6	12GB GDDR6X
Memory Bus 128-bit	Memory Bus 384-bit
Memory Speed 14GT/s	Memory Speed 19GT/s
Memory Bandwidth 224GB/s	Memory Bandwidth 912.4GB/s
ECC No	ECC No

Power & Thermals

TDP 130W	TDP 350W
Max Temp 87°C Max	Max Temp 93°C Max

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 165Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz
Multi-Monitor 4	Multi-Monitor 4
Adaptive Sync G-Sync FreeSync	Adaptive Sync G-Sync FreeSync
DSC Supported	DSC Supported
HDCP HDCP 2.3	HDCP HDCP 2.3

Ports

3x DisplayPort 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1

3x DisplayPort 1.4 1x HDMI 2.1

API Support

Shader Model 6.8	Shader Model 6.6
DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_3	DirectX DirectX 12 Direct3D 12_2
OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.3	OpenGL 4.6 OpenCL 3 Vulkan 1.2
CUDA 12.8 PureVideo HD VP13 VDPAU Feature Set M	CUDA 8.6 PureVideo HD VP11 VDPAU Feature Set K

Encoder

Encoder NVENC 9	Encoder NVENC 7
Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1	Codec AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) -

Decoder

Decoder NVDEC 6	Decoder NVDEC 5
Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1	Codec MPEG-1 MPEG-2 MPEG-4 VC-1 VP8 VP9 AVC (H.264) HEVC (H.265) AV1

Card

Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
PCIe PCIe 5.0 x16 -	PCIe PCIe 4.0 x16 2-Slots
-	Height 112mm (4.41") Width 285mm (11.22") Depth 40mm (1.57")
Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans	Cooling Open-Air 2x Fans
Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin

Chip

Manufacturer NVIDIA	Manufacturer NVIDIA
Chip Designer NVIDIA	Chip Designer NVIDIA
Architecture Blackwell	Architecture Ampere
Family GeForce 50	Family GeForce 30
Branding	Branding
Codename NV197	Codename NV172
Chip Variant -	Chip Variant GA102-200-KD-A1
Market Segment Desktop	Market Segment Desktop
Release Date Jun 24, 2025	Release Date Jan 27, 2022

Fabrication

Foundry TSMC	Foundry Samsung
Fabrication Node 4NP	Fabrication Node 8N
Die Size -	Die Size 628mm²
Transistor Count -	Transistor Count 28.3B
Transistor Density -	Transistor Density 45.04 MTr/mm²

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