AMD Radeon RX 570 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
Better figure, where one is clearly better
| AMDRadeon RX 570 | NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5050 | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | April 2017 | July 2025 |
| Performance | ||
| Chip maker | AMD | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | GCN 4 | Blackwell |
| Shader cores | 2,048 | 2,560 |
| Boost clock | 1,244 MHz | 2,570 MHz (better) |
| Architecture | Fourth-generation GCN (Polaris), 128 texture units, 32 ROPs and 5.7 billion transistors. AMD's retained support page is labelled RX 570 (OEM) and includes slower OEM clocks; the original retail baseline and both named MSI ARMOR configurations use the published maximum 1,244 MHz. Photo shows MSI ARMOR 4G, not an AMD reference board. | – |
| Manufacturing process | 14 nm (PCWorld and Les Numériques) | – |
| Ray tracing | No dedicated hardware ray accelerators | Fourth-generation RT Cores; 40 RT TFLOPS |
| AI cores | – | Fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 421 AI TOPS |
| Upscaling and frame generation | – | DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation |
| Base clock | AMD publishes a 926–1,168 MHz OEM range; the original retail baseline is 1,168 MHz (PCWorld). Both named MSI ARMOR boards publish up to 1,244 MHz core frequency without a separate base figure. | 2.31 GHz |
| Memory | ||
| Video memory | 4 GB GDDR5 or 8 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 256-bit (better) | 128-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 224 GB/s or – | – |
| Memory detail | MSI ARMOR 4G and 8G both specify 7,000 MHz effective GDDR5. AMD publishes up to 224 GB/s for the GPU, but MSI does not state bandwidth separately for either capacity; the 8 GB configuration therefore omits it. | – |
| Connections and power | ||
| Board power | 150 W | 130 W (better) |
| Interface | – | PCIe 5.0 |
| Display outputs | 3 × DisplayPort, 1 × HDMI and dual-link DVI-D on both MSI ARMOR boards. AMD lists DisplayPort 1.4 HDR and HDMI 4K60 support, but DVI as No; partner outputs differ. | 3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3 |
| Maximum resolution | – | 4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC |
| Power connector | One 8-pin on both MSI ARMOR boards | 1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box) |
| Recommended power supply | 450 W | 550 W |
| Size (reference card) | 246 × 130 × 39 mm and 622 g for both MSI ARMOR 4G and 8G; MSI publishes PCI Express x16 without a generation in these datasheets | – |
| Video encode and decode | H.264 and H.265/HEVC encoding and decoding; HDMI 4K60 support | 1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode |
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