Nvidia Sets Launch Window for Desktop GPU GeForce RTX 5050
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- Nvidia officially announced that the GeForce RTX 5050 desktop graphics card is set for release in the second half of July 2025.
- The GPU is based on Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture and features 2,560 CUDA cores.
- The card runs at a base clock speed of 2.31 GHz and can boost up to 2.57 GHz. It comes with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit interface.
Nvidia officially announced that the GeForce RTX 5050 desktop graphics card is set for release in the second half of July 2025.
According to the official page of the upcoming GPU, it is based on Nvidia’s Blackwell architecture and features 2,560 CUDA cores. The GeForce RTX 5050 integrates 4th generation Ray Tracing Cores, offering up to 40 teraflops of ray tracing performance. As for AI performance, it also integrates 5th generation Tensor Cores, offering up to 421 AI tera operations per second.
The card runs at a base clock speed of 2.31 GHz and can boost up to 2.57 GHz. It comes with 8 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 128-bit interface.
The RTX 5050 supports all the latest Nvidia technologies, including DLSS 4, with features like Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi-Frame Generation, Reflex 2 for low-latency gaming and Nvidia Broadcast for streaming.
The card supports the 5th generation of the PCI Express interface, Resizable BAR, and includes compatibility with tools like Nvidia App, Ansel, FreeStyle, ShadowPlay, Highlights, G-SYNC, Game Ready Drivers, Studio Drivers, Omniverse, and RTX Remix.
According to the GPU’s specifications, it is built for DirectX 12 Ultimate, Vulkan 1.4, and OpenGL 4.6, and features one ninth-generation Nvidia Encoder and one sixth-generation Nvidia Decoder with full AV1 encode/decode support.
The RTX 5050 can drive displays up to 4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with Display Stream Compression, and it supports up to four monitors using three DisplayPort outputs and one HDMI port.
It has HDCP 2.3 support and is VR-ready, states the company. The GeForce RTX 5050’s maximum GPU temperature is 87°C. This GPU requires a 550-watt system power supply, while its total graphics power draw is 130 watts. It can be powered using a single 8-pin PCIe cable or a 300W PCIe Gen 5 cable, with an adapter included.
The physical dimensions of the GeForce RTX 5050, including card’s length, width, and slot size, will vary by manufacturer.
