NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 vs Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Nitro+

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 $249
Sapphire Radeon RX 6900 XT Nitro+ $820
2560 Shaders
8GB GDDR6
2570MHz
5120 Shaders
16GB GDDR6
2285MHz
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
46.8 TFLOPS
FP16
FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
FP32
23.4 TFLOPS
FP16
13.16 TFLOPS
FP16
46.8 TFLOPS
Form Factor
PCIe Card
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.7-Slots
TDP
130W
TDP
340W
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 167,685
55%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal 165,075
92%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan 115,815
56%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
0%
OCT Metal N/A
0%
OCT Metal 395
67%
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Manufacturer
Sapphire
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
AMD
Architecture
Blackwell
Architecture
RDNA 2
Family
GeForce 50
Family
Radeon RX 6000
Codename
NV197
GB207
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Codename
Sienna Cichlid
Navi 21
Variant
Navi 21 XTX
Market Segment
Desktop
Market Segment
Desktop
Release Date
6/24/2025
Release Date
12/8/2020
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
TSMC
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Fabrication Node
4NP
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Die Size
520 mm²
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Transistor Count
26.8 Billion
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Transistor Density
51.56M/mm²
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Form
PCIe Card
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
2560 Shaders
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Shading Units
5120 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
80 TMUs
Texture Mapping Units
320 TMUs
Render Output Units
32 ROPs
Render Output Units
128 ROPs
Tensor Cores
80 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
20 RT-Cores
Ray-Tracing Cores
80 RT-Cores
Streaming Multiprocessors
20 SMs
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Compute Units
80 CUs
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Graphics Processing Clusters
2 GPCs
Graphics Processing Clusters
4 GPCs
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2310MHz Base
2570MHz
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1825MHz Base
2285MHz
Peak AI Performance
421.07 TFLOPS
FP4 Tensor Sparse
Peak AI Performance
46.8 TFLOPS
FP16
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
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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
46.8 TFLOPS
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FP32
13.16 TFLOPS
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FP32
23.4 TFLOPS
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FP64
210 GFLOPS
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FP64
1.46 TFLOPS
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BF16
13.16 TFLOPS
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor
52.63 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
13.16 TFLOPS Tensor
26.32 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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105.27 TOPS Tensor
210.53 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
13.16 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
39.9 TOPS
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Pixel Fillrate
82.24 GPixel/s
Pixel Fillrate
292.48 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
205.6 GTexel/s
Texture Fillrate
731.2 GTexel/s
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L0
32KB/WGP
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L1
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128KB/Array
L2
32MB Shared
L2
4MB Shared
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L3
128MB Shared
1.66TB/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
2000MHz
Transfer Rate
16GT/s
Bandwidth
512GB/s
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TDP
130W
TDP
340W
Temp
87°C Max
Temp
110°C Max
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3x DisplayPort 2.1
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1x HDMI 2.1
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3x DisplayPort 1.4
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1x HDMI 2.1
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Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution
7680x4320
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
165Hz
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
120Hz
Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Variable Refresh Rate
-
FreeSync
-
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Supported
Multi Monitor Support
4
Multi Monitor Support
4
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Content Protection
HDCP 2.3
Model
NVENC 9
Model
VCN 3.0
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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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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Model
NVDEC 6
Model
VCN 3.0
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
2.1
Vulkan
1.2
Shader Model
6.8
CUDA
12.8
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PureVideo HD
VP13
VDPAU
Feature Set M
Shader Model
6.5
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GFX
10.3
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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
2.7
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
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Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
Bridgeless
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Height
134.3 mm (5.29 in)
Width
310 mm (12.2 in)
Depth
55.3 mm (2.18 in)
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