GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce RTX 5090

[ VERDICT ] Winner: GeForce RTX 5090 (96/100)

GeForce RTX 5090 leads overall with a score of 96/100 compared to GeForce RTX 5050 (35/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

GeForce RTX 5050
GeForce

GeForce RTX 5050

35/100
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GeForce RTX 5090
GeForce

GeForce RTX 5090

96/100
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Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
Efficiency 62.0 Average WINNER 48.0 Poor
Gaming 34.0 Poor 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
Fire Strike 28681 87569
Night Raid 111533 206648
Port Royal 6167 38202
Solar Bay 47163 236689
Time Spy 10202 46873
Wild Life Extreme 18924 108751

API

API specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
CUDA 12.0 12.0
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4
DirectX 12.2 12.2
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
Vulkan 1.4 1.4

Games

Games specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
1080p High 110 299
1080p Ultra 91 254
1440p Ultra 67 207
4K Ultra 37 125
CoD: Modern Warfare III 92835937 334322260184
Counter-Strike 2 19615111155 36326520299
Cyberpunk 2077 80734219 26123316077
Far Cry 6 102957242 237202190121
Forza Horizon 5 121746445 336247233187
Ghost of Tsushima 71554226 221185175113
Hogwarts Legacy 74624824 24919916697
Margin of Error Low Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 1211138341 329302238128
The Witcher 3 1351098045 364327237123

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
Backend DirectML DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 31732 85572
Face Detection (HP) 40054 114685
Framework ONNX ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 7103 18948
Image Segmentation (HP) 22390 55109
Image Super Resolution (Q) 17642 58478
Machine Translation (HP) 5705 8184
Object Detection (SP) 8910 27802
Pose Estimation (Q) 66253 344729
Style Transfer (SP) 107993 687080
Text Classification (SP) 3436 4464

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 129.6 img/sec 333 img/sec
Edge Detection 4.41 Gpixels/sec 33.7 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 94.6 img/sec 298.5 img/sec
Feature Matching 1.16 Gpixels/sec 2.53 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 4.43 Gpixels/sec 34.5 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 3.45 Gpixels/sec 21.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 13990.8 FPS 59146.9 FPS
Stereo Matching 434.1 Gpixels/sec 2850 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Build Discrete Discrete
Case Desktop Desktop
GPU Codename GB207-300 GB202-300
Launch price (MSRP) $249 $1999
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Recommended CPU -Intel Core Ultra 5 245Kor above -Intel Core Ultra 9 285Kor above
Released June 24, 2025 January 7, 2025
Segment Mid-range High-end
Vendor Nvidia Nvidia

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
Base Clock 2317 MHz 2017 MHz
Boost Clock 2572 MHz 2407 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 20 170
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 96MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 20 170
Render Output Units (ROPs) 32 176
Shading Units 2560 21760
Tensor Cores 80 680
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 80 680

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
Bus 128-bit 512-bit
ECC No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 Mbps 28000 Mbps
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Memory Size 8 GB 32 GB
Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR7

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
DirectX 11 152 FPS 341 FPS
DirectX 12 65 FPS 179 FPS
G2D Mark 1058 1410
GPU Compute 8416 Ops/s 24360 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
Die Size 149 mm² 750 mm²
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max. Temperature 87°C —
TGP 130 W 575 W
Transistor Count 16.9 billion 92.2 billion
Transistor Density 113.42 MTr/mm² 122.93 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
Pixel Fill Rate 82 GPixel/s 424 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 206 GTexel/s 1637 GTexel/s

Recent User Tests

Recent User Tests specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5050 GeForce RTX 5090
Date Benchmark —
📘 2026-02-22(Alex Paulino) Cinebench 2024 —
📘 2026-08-25(Sohail) Cinebench 2024 —

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