GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce GTX 680
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 178% higher spec score than GeForce GTX 680 (hardware on paper; game speed varies by maker) and launched at $250 less.
$249(better)
Launch MSRP
$499
16.7(better)
Spec score
6
13.2TFLOPS(better)
FP32 Compute
3.25TFLOPS
320GB/s(better)
Memory Bandwidth
192.3GB/s
8GB(better)
VRAM
2GB
2,572MHz(better)
Boost Clock
1,058MHz
128bit
Memory Bus
256bit(better)
130W(better)
Board Power
195W
PCIe 5.0 x8
Slot
PCIe 3.0 x16
DLSS 4.5 with Multi Frame Generation (up to 6x)
Upscaling
No DLSS
Jul 1, 2025
Released
Mar 22, 2012