NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 (OEM desktop) vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
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Key differences
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher RT cores (170 vs 18)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Tensor / AI cores (680 vs 72)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Shading cores (21,760 vs 2,560)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 has higher Memory bandwidth (1792 GB/s vs 216 GB/s)
- •NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 (OEM desktop) has lower TDP (100 W vs 575 W)
Full spec comparison
Spec
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 (OEM desktop)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090
Performance
VRAM6 GB32 GB▲
Memory typeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory bus width96 bit512 bit▲
Memory bandwidth216 GB/s1792 GB/s▲
Shading cores2,56021,760▲
RT cores18170▲
Tensor / AI cores72680▲
Base clock2505 MHz▲2010 MHz
Boost clock2640 MHz▲2410 MHz
Ray tracingYesYes
Upscaling techDLSS 3DLSS 4 (Multi Frame Generation)
Power & Size
TDP100 W▲575 W
Recommended PSU400 W▲1000 W
Power connector1× 8-pin1× 16-pin (12V-2x6)
Bus interfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Card length200 mm▲304 mm
Slot width—2.5 slots
Display outputs3× DP, 1× HDMI3× DisplayPort 2.1b, 1× HDMI 2.1b