GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile vs RTX 5050

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureBlackwell 2.0 (2025)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGB207GB203
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date20252025

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores25608192
Core clock speed2235 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speed2520 MHz2000 MHz
Manufacturing process technology0 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt175 Watt
Texture fill rate201.6512.0
Floating-point processing power12.9 TFLOPS32.77 TFLOPS
ROPs3296
TMUs80256
Tensor Cores80256
Ray Tracing Cores2064

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfacePCIe 5.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 16-pinno data

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount8 GB16 GB
Memory bus width128 Bit256 Bit
Memory clock speed1750 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth224.0 GB/s1.01 TB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
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API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.3
CUDA9.110.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 8 GB 16 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 175 Watt

RTX 5050 has 75% lower power consumption.

RTX 5080 Mobile, on the other hand, has a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce RTX 5050 and GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 5050 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile is a notebook one.


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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
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