AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
—Rasterization28.4
—Ray Tracing20
26.9Memoryspec-based41.5
97.8Efficiencyspec-based76.4
20Compute41.2
4 spec wins — AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB4 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB
- 75% lower process: 4 nm vs 16 nm
- 50% higher Boost clock: 2,600 MHz vs 1,733 MHz
- 49% lower TDP: 92 W vs 180 W
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
- Stronger compute score: 41 vs 20
- 300% higher Bus width: 256 bit vs 64 bit
- 150% higher Shading units: 2,560 vs 1,024
- 122% higher bandwidth: 320 GB/s vs 144 GB/s
- 100% higher VRAM: 8 GB vs 4 GB
General
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2026 | 2016 |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Pascal |
| Process | 4 nm+75% | 16 nm |
| TDP | 92 W+49% | 180 W |
| Power connector | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 1,024 | 2,560+150% |
| RT cores | 16 | — |
| Tensor / AI cores | 32 | — |
| Base clock | — | 1,607 MHz |
| Boost clock | 2,600 MHz+50% | 1,733 MHz |
Memory
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 4 GB | 8 GB+100% |
| VRAM type | GDDR6 | GDDR5X |
| Bus width | 64 bit | 256 bit+300% |
| Bandwidth | 144 GB/s | 320 GB/s+122% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | 7,536Bottom 26% |
| PassMark G3D | — | 15,607Bottom 41% |
Features
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | FSR 4 | — |
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