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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 · Photo source

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 · Photo source

NVIDIA · GeForce

GeForce RTX 5050

Released July 2025

NVIDIA's cheapest Blackwell desktop graphics card, with 8 GB of GDDR6, sold only as partner cards, for 1080p gaming and small, low-power PCs.

Memory
8 GB
Shaders
2,560
Boost clock
2,570 MHz
Bandwidth
–
Power
130 W

What reviewers say

Reviewers agree it delivers solid 1080p performance with low power draw and DLSS 4, but see it as unambitious. Both criticise the 8 GB of memory and found the RTX 5060 far better value for a little more; PC Gamer measured it slower than the RTX 4060, and Club386 found the Arc B580 often faster at the same list price.

From pcgamer.com and club386.com

Specifications

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Performance

Chip maker
NVIDIA
Architecture
Blackwell
Shader cores
2,560
Boost clock
2,570 MHz
Ray tracing
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
2.31 GHz

Memory

Video memory
8 GB GDDR6
Memory bus
128-bit

Connections and power

Board power
130 W
Interface
PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
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
1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box)
Recommended power supply
550 W
Video encode and decode
1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode

Pros and cons

Pros

  • 130 W total graphics power; one 8-pin connector and a 550 W power supply
  • DLSS Multi Frame Generation and ninth-generation NVENC with AV1 encoding

Cons

  • Uses GDDR6 rather than the GDDR7 of other RTX 50 cards
  • 8 GB of video memory on a 128-bit bus
  • No Founders Edition; size and cooling vary by manufacturer

Closest rivals

Model
MemoryShadersBoost clockBandwidthPowerReleased
IntelArc B570
10 GB2,304–380 GB/s150 WJan 2025
AMDRadeon RX 9060 XT (8GB)
8 GB2,0483,130 MHz320 GB/s150 WJun 2025
IntelArc B580
12 GB2,560–456 GB/s190 WDec 2024

Sources

  1. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/50-series/rtx-5050
  2. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/graphics-cards/compare
  3. nvidia.com/en-gb/geforce/news/rtx-5050-desktop-gpu-and-laptops
  4. nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/news/rtx-5050-desktop-gpu-and-laptops

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