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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
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%
  2. Radeon RX 9050 8 GB 93.4% (-6.6%)

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 Radeon RX 9050 8 GB GeForce RTX 5050
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Remake High 58 FPS 1% low 49 FPS 56 FPS 1% low 47 FPS
Crimson Desert Ultra 46 FPS 1% low 40 FPS 55 FPS 1% low 47 FPS
Cyberpunk 2077 Ultra 40 FPS 1% low 28 FPS 55 FPS 1% low 44 FPS
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra 82 FPS 1% low 61 FPS 79 FPS 1% low 62 FPS
Ghost of Tsushima Ultra 55 FPS 1% low 51 FPS 50 FPS 1% low 46 FPS
Horizon Forbidden West Very high 63 FPS 1% low 56 FPS 67 FPS 1% low 59 FPS
Red Dead Redemption II Ultra 75 FPS 1% low 68 FPS 76 FPS 1% low 68 FPS
Resident Evil Requiem Ultra 82 FPS 1% low 74 FPS 85 FPS 1% low 69 FPS
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Ultra 36 FPS 1% low 31 FPS 44 FPS 1% low 37 FPS
The Last of Us Part II Remastered High 69 FPS 1% low 57 FPS 72 FPS 1% low 55 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, 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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