GeForce RTX 5050 overclocked to 3.3GHz sees a massive 17% boost to performance

Australian YouTube creator TrashBench wanted to create a video showcasing that the eight-year-old GeForce GTX 1080 Ti still had some life left in it. The goal was to overclock the 1080 Ti (with a complete liquid cooling mod) to the point where it would outperform the current entry-level GeForce RTX 5050 GPU, which is built on the four-generation newer RTX Blackwell architecture.

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Using the 3DMark Time Spy benchmark, tests were also conducted with Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Red Dead Redemption 2, Cyberpunk 2077, and Shadow of the Tomb Raider running in 1440p. The initial results indicate that the GeForce RTX 1080 Ti lags behind the RTX 5050 by approximately 5-15% in gaming performance. And this is without DLSS and RTX technologies like Frame Generation, which would further increase the 5050's lead.

It turns out that, after trying a few different GeForce RTX 1080 Ti GPUs, he was unable to see a significant performance difference, with only Shadow of the Tomb Raider running notably 6% faster. The initial plan didn't include overclocking the GeForce RTX 5050; however, once he applied an extreme OC, boosting the clock speed to 3.3 GHz, the RTX 5050 saw a massive 17% increase in performance.

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And yeah, that's almost a 30% increase in Boost Clock speed, which is an impressive feat. And it's no wonder TrashBench currently holds all of the top spots on the RTX 5050 3DMark Time Spy leaderboards.

With a generous overclock, the GeForce RTX 5050 has the potential to be significantly faster than the GeForce RTX 1080 Ti. Cyberpunk 2077 achieves a 16% performance boost, making the 5050 30% faster than the 1080 Ti. Red Dead Redemption 2 sees an 18% performance increase, while Shadow of the Tomb Raider's 19% performance increase on the 5050 sees it outperform the 1080 Ti.

Although the goal of making the GeForce GTX 1080 Ti look better than the RTX 5050 didn't quite pan out as intended, the video does highlight the impressive overclocking capabilities of NVIDIA's GeForce RTX 50 Series - including the affordable entry-level GeForce RTX 5050.

You can watch the full video below.