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MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow 8GB GDDR6
GPU GeForce RTX 5050
VRAM 8GB GDDR6
Boost Clock 2617 MHz
TDP 50 W
Memory Bus 128 bit
Ray Tracing Yes
Class consumer
48 Overall Score
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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 | 2617 |
| Boost Clock | 2617 |
| 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 | 197 |
| Slot Width | 2 |
| Form Factor | Full Height |
Features
| Ray Tracing | Yes |
| Upscaling | DLSS 4 |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| DirectX | 12 |
| RGB | No |
vs Competition
| Spec | MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow | Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N4090WF3-24GD | ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G | PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O | ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P | XFX Swift RX-97SWFB3B9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chipset | GeForce RTX 5050 | GeForce RTX 4090 | GeForce RTX 5070 | GeForce RTX 5070 Ti | GeForce RTX 5070 | Radeon RX 9070 |
| Vram | 8GB GDDR6 | 24GB GDDR6X | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Boost Clock Mhz | 2617 | 2520 | 2512 | 2450 | 2542 | 2700 |
| Tdp W | 50 | 450 | 250 | 300 | 250 | 245 |
| Memory Bus Bits | 128 | 384 | 192 | 256 | 192 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Shadow | 31 | 37.6 | 36.2 | 33.9 | 44.4 | 66.8 | 44.2 | 99.6 | 82 |
| Gigabyte WINDFORCE GV-N4090WF3-24GD Compare | 92.3 | 99 | 92.5 | 96.6 | 94.6 | 84.3 | 91.5 | 41.6 | 70.5 |
| ASUS PRIME PRIME-RTX5070-12G Compare | 62.3 | 82.8 | 64.8 | 82 | 81.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 73.4 | 94 |
| PNY OC VCG5070T16TFXPB1-O Compare | 80.6 | 92.5 | 85 | 88.8 | 93 | 66.8 | 91.5 | 68.9 | 82 |
| ZOTAC Solid OC ZT-B50700J-10P Compare | 62.3 | 82.8 | 64.8 | 82 | 81.1 | 96.4 | 91.5 | 73.4 | 94 |
| XFX Swift RX-97SWFB3B9 Compare | 83 | 79.3 | 74.9 | 68.8 | 86.8 | 89.9 | 72.8 | 63 | 94 |
Price
Value & Pricing
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