The GeForce RTX 5050 will be placed as a graphics card less powerful the next generation of NVIDIA graphics and will be input model to this generation, as it will be placed behind the GeForce RTX 5060 and there will be no other lower model.

Historically, this range has played an important role. Consider, for example, the weight of the GeForce GTX 950 and GTX 1050, which were among the graphics cards the most popular of his generationthough with the move to the GeForce RTX line, that line loses weight.

NVIDIA did not release a desktop GeForce RTX 4050, but this model existed in a portable version. Since the most up-to-date thing that exists in this generation is GeForce RTX 3050 in its 6 GB and 8 GB versions, it would be most logical if the GeForce RTX 5050 became a reality restore that range.

It wouldn’t make sense to ignore this range for so long, but what specs could the GeForce RTX 5050 have and how could it perform? There is no official information yet, but I can share with you an estimate to give you an idea how could this new graphics card be.

Possible specifications and performance of GeForce RTX 5050

• Graphics core GB207 made on TSMC 4nm node.
• 22 SM units.
• 2,816 shaders at speeds between 2.8 GHz and 3 GHz.
• 88 texturing units.
• 32 raster units.
• 22 cores of the fourth generation RT.
• 88 fifth generation tensor cores.
• 128-bit bus.
• 8 GB of GDDR6 memory at 20 Gbps (320 GB/s bandwidth).
• 16 MB L2 cache.

This configuration would leave us with a graphics card clearly specialized for 1080p resolution, both due to the amount of L2 cache and the bandwidth of the memory subsystem. In terms of brute strength 16.89 TFLOPs in FP32, if the operating frequency ends up at 3 GHz in turbo mode. This would put us slightly above the reference GeForce RTX 4060, which has performance 15.11 TFLOPs in FP32.

In games, you most likely will more or less at GeForce GTX 4060 level, although there’s also the possibility that it might end up with slightly worse or slightly better performance in some cases. We already know that TFLOPs do not represent real gaming performance and are only an illustrative value to serve as a reference.

Your TGP could be less than 100 wattsmeaning it would be a very low power graphics card and would only need an additional 6-pin power connector, making it a very interesting option for upgrading relatively old devices or those with low power 6-pin power supplies.

The GeForce RTX 5050 will use the Blackwell architecture, which means that although it will be an entry-level model She will have all the advantages of her older sisters. Among the most important will be new shaders with higher performance per clock, a new generation of tensor cores and RT cores, and a new optical flow accelerator.

Release date and price

The GeForce RTX 5050 will be the last of its generation to be launched, which has always been the case with models in this line. With the GeForce RTX 5060 set to release between the first and second quarter of 2025, it’s highly likely that the GeForce RTX 5050 will eventually arrive in the second half of that year.

Regarding the price, the position would be ideal for this model between $200 and $250, that change should happen 229 or 279 euros. In this case, the increase in production costs would not be as big as for other higher models, since this graphics card will theoretically not have GDDR7 memory, but will use GDDR6 memory.

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