GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce RTX 3050
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 27% higher spec score than GeForce RTX 3050 (hardware on paper; game speed varies by maker) and launched at the same price.
$249
Launch MSRP
$249
16.7(better)
Spec score
13.1
13.2TFLOPS(better)
FP32 Compute
9.1TFLOPS
320GB/s(better)
Memory Bandwidth
224GB/s
8GB
VRAM
8GB
2,572MHz(better)
Boost Clock
1,777MHz
128bit
Memory Bus
128bit
130W
Board Power
130W
PCIe 5.0 x8
Slot
PCIe 4.0 x8
DLSS 4.5 with Multi Frame Generation (up to 6x)
Upscaling
DLSS 4.5 upscaling (no frame generation)
Jul 1, 2025
Released
Jan 27, 2022