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Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5050 WINDFORCE 8GB GDDR6
GPU GeForce RTX 5050
VRAM 8GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2587 MHz
TDP 50 W
Memory Bus 128 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
48 Overall Score
No current retailer price
Snapshot
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Strong efficiency (100th percentile) 100th
- Strong connectivity (82nd percentile) 82nd
- Strong feature (67th percentile) 67th
Cons
- Below average ai (31st percentile)
- Below average raster (34th percentile)
The proof
Performance
Specifications
Full Specifications
Chipset
| GPU Chipset | GeForce RTX 5050 |
| Brand | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Blackwell |
| Class | consumer |
| Process | 5 |
Memory
| VRAM | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR6 |
| Memory Bus | 128 |
| Bandwidth | 320 |
Compute
| CUDA Cores | 2560 |
| Tensor Cores | 80 |
| RT Cores | 20 |
| Base Clock | 2587 |
| Boost Clock | 2587 |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 13.17 |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 13.17 |
Performance
| PassMark G3D | 14163 |
| GPU Compute | 8543 |
Power & Cooling
| TDP | 50 |
| Recommended PSU | 550 |
| Power Connectors | 1 x 8-pin |
| Cooler | Dual Fan |
| Fans | 2 |
Connectivity
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| DisplayPort | 3 |
| HDMI | 1 |
| Max Displays | 4 |
| Max Resolution | 7680 x 4320 |
Physical
| Length | 199 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5050 WINDFORCE | ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 | MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC | ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P | Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G | PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 5050 | GeForce RTX 5080 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5080 | Radeon RX 7900 XTX | GeForce RTX 5080 |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 24GB GDDR6 | 16GB GDDR7 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2587 | 2730 | 2482 | 2730 | 2680 | 2620 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 150 | 300 | 360 | 339 | 360 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 256 | 256 | 256 | 384 | 256 |
| Ray Tracing | true | true | true | true | true | true |
| GPU Class | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer | consumer |
| Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare | Compare |
| Product | AI | Rt | Vram | Raster | Compute | Feature | Thermal | Efficiency | Connectivity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5050 WINDFORCE | 31.4 | 37.9 | 36.5 | 34.2 | 44.7 | 67 | 44.4 | 99.6 | 82.2 |
| ASUS ProArt RTX 5080 Compare | 86.8 | 95.9 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 97.4 | 98.6 |
| MSI Ventus RTX 5070 Ti 16G VENTUS 3X PZ OC Compare | 80.7 | 92.6 | 85.2 | 88.9 | 93.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 94.1 |
| ZOTAC APOCALYPSE ZT-B50800C-10P Compare | 86.8 | 97.7 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94.1 |
| Sapphire NITRO+ 11322-01-40G Compare | 94.7 | 91.7 | 91.5 | 83.6 | 99.2 | 84.4 | 91.5 | 42.5 | 98.7 |
| PNY ARGB OC VCG508016TFXXPB1-O Compare | 86.8 | 97.7 | 88.4 | 94.6 | 97.2 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 57.6 | 94.1 |
Usage Scores
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