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GeForce RTX 5050 vs Radeon RX 9050 8 GB

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Key Differences

  • RTX 5050 is 11% faster than RX 9050 8 GB (11 measured runs at 1080p (native and upscaled)).
  • 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 100% (fastest) 11 matched test runs (9 native, 2 upscaled) 90.3% (-9.7%) 11 matched test runs (9 native, 2 upscaled)
Market price $400 Cheapest in stock · US · New retail Gigabyte Windforce OC Black · Best Buy US · checked 10 hours ago. In stock at 4 shops Not tracked on Market Watch
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.

DLAA counts as native resolution; DLSS, FSR and XeSS upscaling never do. A ray tracing setting without a readable on or off value is read as on.

Gaming benchmarks

Every card ran the same games at the same settings on one test system: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM. The index sets the fastest card to 100 using the eligible test runs.

  • GeForce RTX 5050
  • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB

1080p native and upscaled rendering

  1. GeForce RTX 5050 100 index, fastest
  2. Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 90.3 index, 9.7% behind fastest

Index uses 11 matched test runs (9 native, 2 upscaled); fastest card = 100.

Per-game results 11 test runs across 10 games
Average and 1% low FPS per game at 1080p on AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM
Game Avg FPS · 1% low RTX 5050 RX 9050 8 GB Difference
Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced High · Native RTX 5050 58 FPS 1% low 49 RX 9050 8 GB 56 FPS 1% low 47 +3.6% RTX 5050
Crimson Desert Ultra · Native · RT on RTX 5050 55 FPS 1% low 47 RX 9050 8 GB 46 FPS 1% low 40 +20% RTX 5050
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra · Native RTX 5050 70 FPS 1% low 58 RX 9050 8 GB 59 FPS 1% low 48 +19% RTX 5050
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra · DLSS / FSR / XeSS · RT on RTX 5050 55 FPS 1% low 44 RX 9050 8 GB 40 FPS 1% low 28 +38% RTX 5050
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra · Native RTX 5050 82 FPS 1% low 61 RX 9050 8 GB 79 FPS 1% low 62 +3.8% RTX 5050
Ghost of Tsushima Ultra · Native RTX 5050 55 FPS 1% low 51 RX 9050 8 GB 50 FPS 1% low 46 +10% RTX 5050
Horizon Forbidden West Very high · Native RTX 5050 67 FPS 1% low 59 RX 9050 8 GB 63 FPS 1% low 56 +6.3% RTX 5050
Red Dead Redemption 2 Ultra · Native RTX 5050 76 FPS 1% low 68 RX 9050 8 GB 75 FPS 1% low 68 +1.3% RTX 5050
Resident Evil Requiem Max · Native RTX 5050 82 FPS 1% low 74 RX 9050 8 GB 85 FPS 1% low 69 +3.7% RX 9050 8 GB
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Ultra · DLSS / FSR / XeSS RTX 5050 44 FPS 1% low 37 RX 9050 8 GB 36 FPS 1% low 31 +22% RTX 5050
The Last of Us Part II High · Native RTX 5050 72 FPS 1% low 55 RX 9050 8 GB 69 FPS 1% low 57 +4.3% RTX 5050