NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 vs AMD Radeon RX 9070

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 $249
AMD Radeon RX 9070 $549
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
2570MHz
3584 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2520MHz
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
FP16
13.16 TFLOPS
FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.5-Slots
TDP
130W
TDP
220W
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
AMD
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
RDNA 4
Family
GeForce 50
Family
Radeon RX 9000
Codename
NV197
GB207
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Codename
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Navi 48
Variant
Navi 48 XL
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
6/24/2025
Release Date
1/6/2025
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
N4P
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Die Size
357 mm²
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Transistor Count
53.9 Billion
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Transistor Density
151.19M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
3584 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
224 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
112 T-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
56 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
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Compute Units
56 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
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2310MHz Base
2570MHz
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2210MHz Base
2520MHz
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
1.16 POPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP4
210.53 TFLOPS Tensor
421.07 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
210.53 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP8
144.51 TFLOPS
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
289.01 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
13.16 TFLOPS
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
105.27 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
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FP32
36.13 TFLOPS
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FP64
210 GFLOPS
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FP64
1.13 TFLOPS
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BF16
13.16 TFLOPS
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
BF16
72.25 TFLOPS
72.25 TFLOPS Tensor
144.51 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
TF32
13.16 TFLOPS Tensor
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
578.03 TOPS Tensor
1.16 POPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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105.27 TOPS Tensor
210.53 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT8
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289.01 TOPS Tensor
578.03 TOPS Tensor Sparse
INT32
13.16 TOPS
INT32
18.06 TOPS
Ray Tracing
39.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
82.24 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
322.56 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
205.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
564.48 GTexel/s
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L0
64KB/WGP
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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256KB/Array
L2
32MB Shared
L2
8MB Shared
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L3
64MB Shared
2.25TB/s
8GB
GDDR6
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16GB
GDDR6
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Bus Width
128Bit
Bus Width
256Bit
Clock
1750MHz
Transfer Rate
14GT/s
Bandwidth
224GB/s
Clock
2500MHz
Transfer Rate
20GT/s
Bandwidth
640GB/s
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TDP
130W
TDP
220W
Temp
87°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
15360x8640
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
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FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 9
Model
VCN 4.0
Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Model
NVDEC 6
Model
VCN 4.0
Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
JPEG
VC-1
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VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_3
Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.3
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
2.2
Vulkan
1.3
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.8
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GFX
12
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Not a Card
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2x Fans
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3x Fans
Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin
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Power Connectors
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2x 8-Pin
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PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.5
PCIe Version
5.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
CrossFire XDMA
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Height
111 mm (4.37 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
50 mm (1.97 in)
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