NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 2,560)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 20)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 80)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 224 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 has lower TDP (130 W vs 575 W)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM8 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width128 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth224 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores2,56021,760▲
RT cores20170▲
Tensor / AI cores80680▲
Base clock1552 MHz2010 MHz▲
Boost clock1777 MHz2410 MHz▲
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 2DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP130 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU550 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length220 mm▲304 mm
Slot width2 slots▲2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DisplayPort 1.4a, 1× HDMI 2.13× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b