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Radeon RX 9050 8 GB vs GeForce RTX 5050

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Key Differences

  • RTX 5050 is 7.1% 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 Radeon RX 9050 8 GB AMD GeForce RTX 5050
Overview
Product name AMD Radeon RX 9050 8 GB NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
1080pgaming performance 58.4 FPS 49.3 FPS 1% low 10 games 62.6 FPS 52.4 FPS 1% low 10 games
Market price Market data unavailable $400 US · New retail 15 observations, updated 3 days ago. Different market cohort, shown as an absolute price only.
Architecture RDNA 4 (gfx1200) Blackwell 2.0
Generation / family Radeon RX 9000 Series GeForce RTX 50 Series
GPU codename Unknown GB207
Launch date 2026-07-28 2025-06-24
Market segment Desktop gaming in Radeon RX 9000 Series Desktop in GeForce RTX 50 Series
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC N4P TSMC 5 nm
Die size 199 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 29.7 billion 16.9 billion
GPU chip Unknown GB207
SM / multiprocessor count Unknown 20
Shader processors Raw counts do not scale linearly across architectures or generations. 1024 Stream Processors 2560 CUDA Cores
AI units Dedicated AI silicon differs significantly across vendors. Not directly comparable. 32 AI Accelerators 80 Tensor Cores
RT units Dedicated RT unit counts do not scale the same way across vendors. 16 Ray Accelerators 20 RT Cores
ROPs 64 32
TMUs 64 80
Clocks
Base / Core clock Unknown 2,317 MHz
Boost clock Up to 2,600 MHz 2,572 MHz
Memory clock Unknown 2,500 MHz
Effective memory clock Up to 18 Gbps Unknown
Memory
Memory size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory bus width 128-bit 128-bit
Memory bandwidth Up to 288 GB/s 320 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 92 W 130 W
Recommended PSU 450 W 550 W
Power connectors 1x PCIe 8-pin 1x PCIe 8-pin or 300 W+ PCIe Gen 5 cable
Slot width Unknown Dual-slot
Display / Media
Display outputs DisplayPort 2.1a and HDMI 2.1b; exact connector counts vary by card 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Features
DirectX support Unknown DirectX 12.2
OpenGL support Unknown OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Unknown Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support Not applicable 12.0
Shader Model Unknown 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 10.6 TFLOPS 13.17 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 10.6 TFLOPS vector 13.17 TFLOPS
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 7.1% faster than Radeon RX 9050 8 GB

  1. GeForce RTX 5050 100 index, fastest
  2. Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 93.4 index, 6.6% 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

  • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB
  • GeForce RTX 5050

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

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

  2. Crimson Desert

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

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

  3. Cyberpunk 2077

    Ultra, Upscaling, On

    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 40 FPS1% low 28 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 5050 55 FPS1% low 44 FPS

  4. Forza Horizon 6

    Ultra, Not reported

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

  5. Ghost of Tsushima

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

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

  6. Horizon Forbidden West

    Very high, Not reported

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

  7. Red Dead Redemption II

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

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

  8. Resident Evil Requiem

    Ultra, Not reported

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

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

    Ultra, Ray Tracing, Visible Unspecified

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

  10. The Last of Us Part II Remastered

    High, Not reported

    • Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 69 FPS1% low 57 FPS
    • GeForce RTX 5050 72 FPS1% low 55 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, Upscaling, On
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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