NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
28.4Rasterization—
20Ray Tracing27.6
41.5Memoryspec-based41.5
76.4Efficiencyspec-based95.9
41.2Compute41.2
1 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 10805 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 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 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080
- 100% higher Bus width: 256 bit vs 128 bit
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
- Stronger Ray Tracing score: 28 vs 20
- 75% lower process: 4 nm vs 16 nm
- 48% higher Boost clock: 2,570 MHz vs 1,733 MHz
- 44% higher Base clock: 2,310 MHz vs 1,607 MHz
- 28% lower TDP: 130 W vs 180 W
- Lower launch price: $249 vs $599
General
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2016 | 2025 |
| Architecture | Pascal | Blackwell |
| Process | 16 nm | 4 nm+75% |
| TDP | 180 W | 130 W+28% |
| Power connector | 1x 8-pin | — |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 2,560 | 2,560 |
| RT cores | — | 20 |
| Tensor / AI cores | — | 80 |
| Base clock | 1,607 MHz | 2,310 MHz+44% |
| Boost clock | 1,733 MHz | 2,570 MHz+48% |
Memory
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| VRAM type | GDDR5X | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 256 bit+100% | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
Benchmarks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 7,536Bottom 27% | — |
| 3DMark Speed Way | — | 2,430Bottom 22% |
| PassMark G3D | 15,607Bottom 41% | — |
Features
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
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