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GeForce RTX 5050
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VRAM
8 GB
CUDA
2,560
FP32
13.17 TF
Bandwidth
320 GB/s
TDP
130W
Boost
2572 MHz
Strengths at a Glance
How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
FP32 compute13.17 TFLOPS13%
vs RTX 5090 D: 104.8 TFLOPS
Memory bandwidth320 GB/s18%
vs RTX 5090 D: 1790 GB/s
VRAM capacity8 GB25%
vs RTX 5090 D: 32 GB
Shading units2,56012%
vs RTX 5090 D: 21,760
Power efficiency32/10055%
vs RTX 5090 D: 58/100
Synthetic Benchmarks
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
3DMark Time Spy14,760pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 36,000 pts
3DMark Port Royal (RT)7,560pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 18,000 pts
Blender (samples/min)2,132spm
vs RTX 5090 D: 5,200 spm
Geekbench Compute103,200pts
vs RTX 5090 D: 240,000 pts
Performance breakdown
Gaming41
Ray tracing42
AI / Compute43
Creator / 3D41
Power efficiency32
Real-World Gaming
FPS Across Resolutions
1080p · Ultra preset1440p · Ultra preset4K · Ultra preset
Cyberpunk 2077avg 35 fps
1080p
48
1440p
36
4K
22
Call of Duty: MW IIIavg 50 fps
1080p
68
1440p
50
4K
31
Alan Wake 2avg 29 fps
1080p
39
1440p
29
4K
18
Forza Horizon 5avg 52 fps
1080p
71
1440p
52
4K
32
Baldur's Gate 3avg 42 fps
1080p
57
1440p
42
4K
26
Community Feedback
What Owners Say
People love how it handles modern games at high settings without breaking a sweat. The main complaint is the limited memory for higher resolutions.
Pros
- Plays modern games at high settings
- Stays cool without much noise
- Runs smooth in ray tracing titles
- Great for 1440p gaming without fuss
Cons
- VRAM is too low for modern games
- Wattage way up from last gen
- No real overclocking headroom
Supported technologies
Ray TracingDLSSNVENCAV1 Encode
Full specifications
Graphics processor
- Architecture
- Blackwell 2.0
- Process node
- 5 nm
- Transistors
- 16.9 B
- SM Count
- 20
- Release date
- 2025
- Launch price
- $249
Core configuration
- CUDA Cores
- 2,560
- RT Cores
- 20
- Tensor Cores
- 80
- TMUs
- 80
- ROPs
- 32
- L2 cache
- 24 MB
Memory
- Size
- 8 GB
- Type
- GDDR6
- Bus width
- 128-bit
- Bandwidth
- 320 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 2500 MHz
Clocks & throughput
- Base clock
- 2317 MHz
- Boost clock
- 2572 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 13.17 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 13.17 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 82 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 205.8 GTexel/s
Board & power
- TDP
- 130W
- Suggested PSU
- 250W
- Power connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 5.0 x8
- Slot width
- 2-slot
Display & outputs
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.8
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.4
- CUDA
- 12.0
Verdict
Our verdict on the RTX 5050
The RTX 5050 is a budget Blackwell card that barely handles modern games because its 8 GB VRAM is already a bottleneck.
Get it if you want a capable 1080p card for modern games without spending too much. Skip it if you need more VRAM for higher resolutions or heavy ray tracing.
Buy it if…
- You want smooth 1080p gaming with ray tracing on a budget.
- You need an efficient card that stays cool in a small case.
- You're upgrading from an older generation and want modern features.
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