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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
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%
  2. Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 94.8% (-5.2%)

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

AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM

Per-game comparison at 1080p
Game GeForce RTX 5050 Radeon RX 9050 8 GB
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Remake High 56 FPS 1% low 47 FPS 58 FPS 1% low 49 FPS
Crimson Desert Ultra 55 FPS 1% low 47 FPS 46 FPS 1% low 40 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 70 FPS 1% low 58 FPS 59 FPS 1% low 48 FPS
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra 79 FPS 1% low 62 FPS 82 FPS 1% low 61 FPS
Ghost of Tsushima Ultra 50 FPS 1% low 46 FPS 55 FPS 1% low 51 FPS
Horizon Forbidden West Very high 67 FPS 1% low 59 FPS 63 FPS 1% low 56 FPS
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra 76 FPS 1% low 68 FPS 75 FPS 1% low 68 FPS
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra 85 FPS 1% low 69 FPS 82 FPS 1% low 74 FPS
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Ultra 44 FPS 1% low 37 FPS 36 FPS 1% low 31 FPS
The Last of Us Part II Remastered High 72 FPS 1% low 55 FPS 69 FPS 1% low 57 FPS
Settings, methodology and sources

NVIDIA Club 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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