GeForce RTX 5050 vs Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition
NVIDIA · Released Jul 1, 2025
GeForce RTX 5050
- SlotPCIe 5.0 x8
- PCIe 5.0 x8: Full-size card wired for 8 lanes; in a PCIe 4.0 or 3.0 slot it gets less bandwidth.
- FP32 Compute
- 13.2TFLOPS
- Memory Bandwidth
- 320GB/s
- VRAM
- 8GB
- Boost Clock
- 2,572MHz
- Memory Bus
- 128bit
- Board Power
- 130W
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GeForce RTX 5050 has about a 92% higher spec score than Radeon HD 7970 GHz Edition (hardware on paper; game speed varies by maker) and launched at $250 less.
$249(better)
Launch MSRP
$499
16.7(better)
Spec score
8.7
13.2TFLOPS(better)
FP32 Compute
4.3TFLOPS
320GB/s(better)
Memory Bandwidth
288GB/s
8GB(better)
VRAM
3GB
2,572MHz(better)
Boost Clock
1,050MHz
128bit
Memory Bus
384bit(better)
130W(better)
Board Power
250W
PCIe 5.0 x8
Slot
PCIe 3.0 x16
DLSS 4.5 with Multi Frame Generation (up to 6x)
Upscaling
No official FSR support
Jul 1, 2025
Released
Jun 22, 2012