NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090

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GeForce RTX 5050 compared with GeForce RTX 5090

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5050	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5090
Overview
Released
Released	July 2025	January 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Blackwell	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	2,560	21,760
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,570 MHz (better)	2,407 MHz
Architecture
Architecture	–	GB202 GPU; 170 SMs, 680 texture units, 176 ROPs
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 92.2 billion transistors; 750 mm² die
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Fourth-generation RT Cores; 40 RT TFLOPS	170 fourth-generation RT Cores; 318 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	Fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 421 AI TOPS	680 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 3352 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	2.31 GHz	2.01 GHz
Cache
Cache	–	96 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	32 GB GDDR7 (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	128-bit	512-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	–	1,792 GB/s
Memory detail
Memory detail	–	GDDR7 at 28 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	130 W (better)	575 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 5.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box)	1 × 600 W PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 4 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	550 W	1000 W
Slot width
Slot width	–	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	–	304 × 137 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode	3 × ninth-generation NVENC, 2 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode