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

Summary

8,960 Shaders 1.71GHz	2,560 Shaders 2.57GHz
12GB GDDR6X912.4GB/s	8GB GDDR6224GB/s
Peak·FP32·FP16 30.64 TFLOPS	Peak·FP32·FP16 13.16 TFLOPS
Form Factor PCIe Card	Form Factor PCIe Card
TDP 350W	TDP 130W
Power Connectors 1x 12-Pin -	Power Connectors - 1x 8-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 3080 12GB980.6 TOPSINT4 Tensor Sparse

x2.33

GeForce RTX 5050421.1 TFLOPSFP4 Tensor Sparse

x1

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Theoretical Performance

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

Core Config

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

Clocks

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

Cache

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

Memory

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

Power & Thermals

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

Video Output

Max Resolution 7680x4320	Max Resolution 7680x4320
Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 60Hz	Refresh Rate Calculator 7680x4320 Resolution8K UHD Refresh Rate 165Hz
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 1.4 1x HDMI 2.1

3x DisplayPort 2.1 1x HDMI 2.1

API Support

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

Encoder

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

Decoder

Decoder NVDEC 5	Decoder NVDEC 6
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 4.0 x16 2-Slots	PCIe PCIe 5.0 x16 -
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 12-Pin	Power Connectors 1x 8-Pin

Chip

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

Fabrication

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

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