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AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB vs NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080

—Inno Score
VS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
37.8Inno Score
—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

General comparison: AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
SpecAMD Radeon RX 9050 4GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Announced20262016
ArchitectureRDNA 4Pascal
Process4 nm+75%16 nm
TDP92 W+49%180 W
Power connector1x 8-pin1x 8-pin

Cores & Clocks

Cores & Clocks comparison: AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
SpecAMD Radeon RX 9050 4GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
Shading units1,0242,560+150%
RT cores16—
Tensor / AI cores32—
Base clock—1,607 MHz
Boost clock2,600 MHz+50%1,733 MHz

Memory

Memory comparison: AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
SpecAMD Radeon RX 9050 4GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
VRAM4 GB8 GB+100%
VRAM typeGDDR6GDDR5X
Bus width64 bit256 bit+300%
Bandwidth144 GB/s320 GB/s+122%

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
SpecAMD Radeon RX 9050 4GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
3DMark Time Spy—7,536Bottom 26%
PassMark G3D—15,607Bottom 41%

Features

Features comparison: AMD Radeon RX 9050 4GB versus NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
SpecAMD Radeon RX 9050 4GBNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
UpscalingFSR 4—

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