It will be GeForce RTX 5050 the successor to the GeForce RTX 4050a graphics card that only existed in the notebook GPU segment because NVIDIA ultimately didn’t want to make a desktop version. This new generation of GPUs from NVIDIA will be placed in the low range and will therefore be the most economical within the new GeForce RTX 50 series and also the one that will offer the least performance.

Although information is still somewhat scarce, we have enough data to update the GeForce RTX 5050 article we published a few months ago, where we reviewed its specifications and other important details such as a possible release date, performance and price. . The focus of this article is the same and It is quite reliablebecause I analyzed and filtered all the information.

Before you get down to business, keep something very important in mind, and that’s it It’s possible that NVIDIA decided not to launch the GeForce RTX 5050 for desktopsjust like it was with the previous generation. This could happen if the company ends up with too much inventory of the GeForce RTX 4060. In this case, it could keep it as a low-end alternative and finish cleaning out the accumulated inventory.

That’s exactly what happened in the current generation, where we saw the GeForce RTX 3060 fill the space that would be matched by the GeForce RTX 4050. That said, we’ll see what the GeForce RTX 5050 could be and what can we expect from it.

Possible specifications of GeForce RTX 5050

• Graphics core GB207 made on TSMC 4nm node.
• 20 SM units.
• 2,560 shaders at speeds between 2.8 GHz and 3 GHz.
• 80 texturing units.
• 32 raster units.
• 20 fourth generation RT cores.
• 80 fifth generation tensor cores.
• 128-bit bus.
• 8 GB of GDDR6 memory at 20 Gbps (320 GB/s bandwidth).
• 16 MB L2 cache.

The specifications of the GB207 graphics core would be almost a copy of the AD107 core, which is what NVIDIA used in the GeForce RTX 4050 and RTX 4060, but we can see important differences such as the jump to TSMC’s 4nm nodeusing a 128-bit bus, increasing the amount of available graphics memory and L2 cache, as well as increasing frequencies.

The GeForce RTX 4050 Mobile has the same number of SM units and therefore shares the same basic characteristics, but runs at a much lower frequency, Its bus is 96-bit, it has only 6 GB of graphics memory at lower speed and has only 12 MB L2 cache. This means that the GeForce RTX 5050 would be more powerful and better balanced.

Obviously, it’s not fair to compare a desktop graphics card with a laptop graphics card, but as I told you, there is no PC version of the GeForce RTX 4050. Bandwidth is only 192 GB/s, so supporting its 12MB L2 cache is essential to generate bandwidth spikes that improve performance.

A GeForce RTX 5050 would have the bandwidth 320 GB/sand it would be supported by 16 MB of L2 cache, which means it would be much better prepared to work with 1080p games. Increasing the available graphics memory from 6GB to 8GB will also make an important difference and allow us to play with higher graphic quality no performance issues.

It’s clear that the GeForce RTX 5050 will be the graphics card for 1080p playback. This will be the optimal resolution for both power and bandwidth and available graphics memory. Unlike the other models in the GeForce RTX 50 series, this It is the only one that does not use GDDR7 memory reduce costs and lower the selling price.

Since the GeForce RTX 5050 will use a new production node and a new architecture, its performance and efficiency values ​​will be higher. The Blackwell shader should perform better than the Ada Lovelace shader at the same frequencyand we can also expect a new generation of tensor cores and RT cores that will offer a higher level of performance compared to the current generation.

As for TGP, this graphics card will most likely be placed between 100 and 115 watts. If confirmed, it would be practically on par with or just below the desktop GeForce RTX 4060, which has 115 watts in its TGP reference version.

Possible performances, comparisons and equivalences

If these specifications are met, the GeForce RTX 5050 will have maximum performance 15.36 TFLOPs in FP32a figure that almost doubles the performance of the GeForce RTX 4050 for notebooks, which is 8.98 TFLOPs in its most powerful version, and would not be enough over 15.11 TFLOPs on the GeForce RTX 4060.

In general, a GeForce RTX 5050 with the specifications we saw in this article would be slightly more powerful than the GeForce RTX 4060 at 1080p when rasterized, and it could be much more powerful in ray tracing thanks to the use of fourth-generation RT cores and possible new features that NVIDIA includes at the architectural level.

As I said before, the specs of this graphics card are those model designed for 1080p. It doesn’t mean you won’t be able to move games in 1440p, you can, but you’ll lose a lot of performance due to the low bandwidth at that resolution. Its 8GB graphics memory is also not ideal for gaming at this resolution.

The GeForce RTX 4050 is also a 1080p gaming graphics card, but its 96-bit bus and 6GB of graphics memory make it the model much more limited, and forces us to lower the graphic quality level in many cases to achieve a good level of fluidity. Only with the transition to a 128-bit bus and an increase in graphics memory to 8 GB, the GeForce RTX 5050 would be a big leap in comparison.

The NVIDIA DLSS 3.5 ecosystem will have full support on the GeForce RTX 5050, which will greatly help to improve performance even at 1080p resolution, as we can activate Super Resolution in quality mode and image generation. It will also be interesting to see if NVIDIA will introduce this new generation other technologies within said ecosystem.

What PSU and CPU will I need to power the GeForce RTX 5050?

The GeForce RTX 5050 will have very low power consumption, we can be sure of that. If you end up placing between 100 and 115 watts TGP A 400W power supply will be enough move it without problems, although I have told you on other occasions, it will depend on the consumption of the remaining parts of the device.

If we are going to build a GeForce RTX 5050, it is normal to have a lower or mid-range processor and its consumption is not very high, but I want to give you two reference points in case of extremes quite the contrary, because in this way you will have a clearer idea about the subject of power supply.

A computer configured with a Ryzen 5 5600 processor, 16GB of dual-channel DDR5, an M.2 NVMe PCIe SSD, six fans, a 115-watt GeForce RTX 5050 and a 120mm AIO liquid cooling kit would have A peak consumption 263 wattsso a 400 watt power supply would be more than enough.

However, the same computer is configured with an Intel Core i9-13900K It should have a peak consumption of 435 watts, and in this case we would need a 500 watt power supply. I know it’s not normal to accompany this very powerful GeForce RTX 5050 processor, but I gave you this example to illustrate the important difference that a CPU can make in consumption.

As for the processor needed to power the GeForce RTX 5050, it won’t be a very powerful graphics card, so starting with Ryzen 5 5500 or Intel Core i7-8700 We would already have a balanced combination, although a Ryzen 5 5600 or an Intel Core i5-12400F would be ideal, especially since when we use DLSS Super Resolution, the base resolution will be reduced and having one of these CPUs will improve performance.

Possible release date and price

The GeForce RTX 5050 will be the last of the GeForce RTX 50 series There is no confirmed date yet, but most likely it will arrive sooner second half of 2025. I would guess the fourth quarter of that year, but NVIDIA has the final say in the end.

As for the price, a lot will depend on what the GeForce RTX 5060 ends up costing. If it reaches a price between 329 and 349 euros, which is most likely, the GeForce RTX 5050 should cost. between 229 and 249 euros. At 229 euros, it would be quite an interesting graphics card if the specifications and performance values ​​we saw in this article are confirmed.

I don’t think NVIDIA will release any graphics card below the GeForce RTX 5050, and I’m pretty sure lower-end models from previous generations will fill those gaps. A GeForce RTX 5040 or 5030 wouldn’t make sensealthough I dare not completely reject it either.

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