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GeForce RTX 5050 vs Radeon RX 9050 8 GB

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Key Differences

  • RTX 5050 is 5.5% faster than RX 9050 8 GB (10 measured runs at 1080p).
  • RTX 5050 has the most memory bandwidth: 320 GB/s against Up to 288 GB/s.
  • RX 9050 8 GB draws the least power: 92 W against 130 W.
  • Core counts are not comparable across these architectures.
Spec GeForce RTX 5050 Radeon RX 9050 8 GB AMD
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 AMD Radeon RX 9050 8 GB
1080pgaming performance 64.1 FPS 53.9 FPS 1% low 10 games 60.7 FPS 52.0 FPS 1% low 10 games
Market price $400 US · New retail 15 observations, updated 2 days ago. Different market cohort, shown as an absolute price only. Market data unavailable
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 4 (gfx1200)
Generation / family GeForce RTX 50 Series Radeon RX 9000 Series
GPU codename GB207 Unknown
Launch date 2025-06-24 2026-07-28
Market segment Desktop in GeForce RTX 50 Series Desktop gaming in Radeon RX 9000 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 5 nm TSMC N4P
Die size 149 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 16.9 billion 29.7 billion
GPU chip GB207 Unknown
SM / multiprocessor count 20 Unknown
Shader processors Raw counts do not scale linearly across architectures or generations. 2560 CUDA Cores 1024 Stream Processors
AI units Dedicated AI silicon differs significantly across vendors. Not directly comparable. 80 Tensor Cores 32 AI Accelerators
RT units Dedicated RT unit counts do not scale the same way across vendors. 20 RT Cores 16 Ray Accelerators
ROPs 32 64
TMUs 80 64
Clocks
Base / Core clock 2,317 MHz Unknown
Boost clock 2,572 MHz Up to 2,600 MHz
Memory clock 2,500 MHz Unknown
Effective memory clock Unknown Up to 18 Gbps
Memory
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory bus width 128-bit 128-bit
Memory bandwidth 320 GB/s Up to 288 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 130 W 92 W
Recommended PSU 550 W 450 W
Power connectors 1x PCIe 8-pin or 300 W+ PCIe Gen 5 cable 1x PCIe 8-pin
Slot width Dual-slot Unknown
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b; exact connector counts vary by card
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.2 Unknown
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 Unknown
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Unknown
CUDA support 12.0 Not applicable
Shader Model 6.8 Unknown
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 13.17 TFLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 13.17 TFLOPS 10.6 TFLOPS vector
Muted cells indicate unavailable, not applicable, or not directly comparable specifications.

Frame rates compare runs of the same game at the same quality preset on one test system. DLAA counts as native resolution, because it applies anti-aliasing at full render resolution rather than upscaling; DLSS and FSR upscaling are never counted as native. Where a capture named ray tracing without a readable on or off value, it is read as on.

Measured game results

Gaming benchmarks

Reviewed FPS from games these cards were measured on under one shared test system and resolution. Every game is compared against itself, so each result is a like-for-like pair. These results are separate from theoretical compute specifications.

1080p

GeForce RTX 5050 is 5.5% faster than Radeon RX 9050 8 GB

  1. GeForce RTX 5050 100 index, fastest
  2. Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 94.8 index, 5.2% behind fastest

Relative gaming performance, fastest at 100%. Geometric mean across 10 games measured on every card.

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM

  • GeForce RTX 5050
  • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB

Game scale: 0 to 100 FPS, shared by every game and GPU at this resolution

  1. Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Remake

    High, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

    • GeForce RTX 5050 56 FPS1% low 47 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 58 FPS1% low 49 FPS

  2. Crimson Desert

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

    • GeForce RTX 5050 55 FPS1% low 47 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 46 FPS1% low 40 FPS

  3. Cyberpunk 2077

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

    • GeForce RTX 5050 70 FPS1% low 58 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 59 FPS1% low 48 FPS

  4. Forza Horizon 6

    Ultra, Not reported

    • GeForce RTX 5050 79 FPS1% low 62 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 82 FPS1% low 61 FPS

  5. Ghost of Tsushima

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

    • GeForce RTX 5050 50 FPS1% low 46 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 55 FPS1% low 51 FPS

  6. Horizon Forbidden West

    Very high, Not reported

    • GeForce RTX 5050 67 FPS1% low 59 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 63 FPS1% low 56 FPS

  7. Red Dead Redemption II

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

    • GeForce RTX 5050 76 FPS1% low 68 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 75 FPS1% low 68 FPS

  8. Resident Evil Requiem

    Ultra, Not reported

    • GeForce RTX 5050 85 FPS1% low 69 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 82 FPS1% low 74 FPS

  9. S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

    • GeForce RTX 5050 44 FPS1% low 37 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 36 FPS1% low 31 FPS

  10. The Last of Us Part II Remastered

    High, Not reported

    • GeForce RTX 5050 72 FPS1% low 55 FPS
    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 69 FPS1% low 57 FPS
Settings, methodology and sources

PC Tech Vault reports reviewed numbers extracted from source video evidence. It does not claim a controlled lab environment. Each game is compared only against itself under one identical condition on every card, so a set may span quality presets while every individual comparison stays exact. A game measured at more than one preset contributes once. Upscaling techniques differ between vendors and are recorded per game rather than treated as a shared setting.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Remake
High, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified
Crimson Desert
Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified
Cyberpunk 2077
Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified
Forza Horizon 6
Ultra, Not reported
Ghost of Tsushima
Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified
Horizon Forbidden West
Very high, Not reported
Red Dead Redemption II
Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified
Resident Evil Requiem
Ultra, Not reported
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl
Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified
The Last of Us Part II Remastered
High, Not reported
  • RX 9050 vs RTX 5050 - Test in 10 Games

Advanced provenance

Memory transfer rate
6000 MT/s
RX 9050 vs RTX 5050 - Test in 10 Games
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