Nvidia announced the GeForce RTX 5050 for $249, going on sale in mid-July 2025. This new desktop graphics card is now listed on Nvidia’s official website, detailing its features and performance. The GeForce RTX 5050 is the newest member of the RTX 50 series, the smallest among its siblings.
Key Features and Specifications
The RTX 5050 features a new GB207 die based on the Blackwell architecture with 2560 CUDA cores. It also features 5th generation Tensor cores and 4th generation Ray-Tracing cores, like other 50-series cards. This enables support for features like DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation and the upcoming Reflex 2.
This new GPU is clocked at 2.31 GHz base and boosts up to 2.57 GHz with 8GB of GDDR6 video memory on a 128-bit memory bus. The card has a 130W power requirement and can use either a single 8-pin connector or a 300W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable.
The company claims the new card is 60% faster on average in rasterization than the RTX 3050, released over three years ago. Other features include 3x DisplayPort 2.1b and 1x HDMI 2.1b connectivity, a 9th generation NVENC encoder, and a 6th generation NVDEC decoder.
The GeForce RTX 5050 also has a laptop version, shipping on June 24, 2025, for $999, while the desktop RTX 5050 arrives in July for $249. This new graphics card will be available from top add-in card providers such as ASUS, Colorful, Gainward, Galax, GIGABYTE, INNO3D, MSI, Palit, PNY, and ZOTAC.
GeForce RTX 5050 Specifications | |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA CUDA® Cores | 2560 |
| Shader Cores | Blackwell |
| Tensor Cores (AI) | 5th Generation 421 AI TOPS |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 4th Generation 40 TFLOPS |
| Boost Clock (GHz) | 2.57 |
| Base Clock (GHz) | 2.31 |
| Standard Memory Config | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Interface Width | 128-bit |
| NVIDIA Architecture | Blackwell |
| Ray Tracing | Yes supported |
| NVIDIA DLSS | DLSS 4 Super Resolution DLAA Ray Reconstruction Frame Generation Multi Frame Generation |
| NVIDIA Reflex | Reflex 2 Low Latency Mode Frame Warp (Coming Soon) |
| NVIDIA Broadcast | Yes |
| PCI Express Gen 5 | Yes |
| Resizable BAR | Yes |
| NVIDIA App | Yes |
| NVIDIA Ansel | Yes |
| NVIDIA FreeStyle | Yes |
| NVIDIA ShadowPlay | Yes |
| NVIDIA Highlights | Yes |
| NVIDIA G-SYNC® | Yes |
| Game Ready Drivers | Yes |
| NVIDIA Studio Drivers | Yes |
| NVIDIA Omniverse | Yes |
| RTX Remix | Yes |
| Microsoft DirectX® 12 Ultimate | Yes |
| NVIDIA GPU Boost™ | Yes |
| NVIDIA NVLink™ (SLI-Ready) | No |
| Vulkan 1.4, OpenGL 4.6 | Yes |
| NVIDIA Encoder (NVENC) | 1x Ninth Generation |
| NVIDIA Decoder (NVDEC) | 1x Sixth Generation |
| AV1 Encode | Yes |
| AV1 Decode | Yes |
| CUDA Capability | 12.0 |
| VR Ready | Yes |
| Maximum Digital Resolution | 4K at 480Hz or 8K at 165Hz with DSC |
| Standard Display Connectors | 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI |
| Multi Monitor | up to 4 |
| HDCP | 2.3 |
| Length | Varies by manufacturer |
| Width | Varies by manufacturer |
| Slot | Varies by manufacturer |
| Specs: Maximum GPU Temperature (in C) | 87 |
| Total Graphics Power (W) | 130 |
| Required System Power (W) | 550 |
| Supplementary Power Connectors | 1x PCIe 8-pin cables OR 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in box) |
| Price | $249 |
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