Today, Nvidia announced a new budget-friendly graphics card for those who cannot afford the RTX 5060 but still want to taste those sweet DLSS4 frames and other benefits of the Blackwell architecture. Meet the RTX 5050, the first 50-tier desktop graphics card since the days of the RTX 3050 from January 2022.
The RTX 5050 is a $249 card ($50 cheaper than the RTX 5060), and it will be available in the second half of July, according to Nvidia. It has 8GB of video memory with a 128-bit bus, 2,560 CUDA cores (same as the 8GB RTX 3050), and the latest-generation RT cores (40 TFLOPS) and Tensor cores (421 AI TOPS). Interestingly, this is the only RTX 50-series graphics card with GDDR6 memory—the rest of the lineup utilizes a more modern GDDR7 standard.
Despite a notable memory downgrade, the RTX 5050 still supports all the features found in more expensive Blackwell cards. Those include DLSS4 multi-frame generation, 9th-generation NVENC, 6th-generation NVDEC, PCIe Gen5, and more.
As for power, TGP is rated for 130W via a single 8-pin power connector. Nvidia also recommends a minimum 550W PSU.
| RTX 5050 | RTX 3050 | RX 9060 XT | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clocks | 2.57GHz | 1.77GHz | 3.13GHz |
| CUDA | 2560 | 2560 | - |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 2 | - |
| Memory | 8GB GDDR6 128-bit | 8GB GDDR6 128-bit | 8GB GDDR6 128-bit |
| Display | 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI | 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI | 2x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI |
| TGP | 130W, 550W PSU, 1x 8-pin connector |
130W, 300W PSU, 1x 8-pin connector |
150W, 450W PSU 1x 8-pin connector |
| Price | $249 | $249 | $299 |
Nvidia skipped a 50-tier graphics card in the Ada Lovelace generation (RTX 40 Series). While there is a mobile RTX 4050, the most affordable desktop GPU from the RTX 40 series lineup is the RTX 4060. Now, facing the growing pressure from AMD with its RX 9000 series GPUs, Nvidia is offering more options at the lower end of the price spectrum.
You can find more information about the RTX 5050 on the official Nvidia website.
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