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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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Key differences

  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 0)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 0)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 3,584)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 484 GB/s)
  • NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher VRAM (32 GB vs 11 GB)

Full spec comparison

Spec
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM11 GB32 GB
Memory typeGDDR5XGDDR7
Memory bus width352 bit512 bit
Memory bandwidth484 GB/s1792 GB/s
Shading cores3,58421,760
RT cores0170
Tensor / AI cores0680
Base clock1480 MHz2010 MHz
Boost clock1582 MHz2410 MHz
Ray tracingNoYes
Upscaling techNoneDLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP250 W575 W
Recommended PSU600 W1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin + 6-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 3.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length267 mm304 mm
Slot width2 slots2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort, 1× HDMI3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b

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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

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