According to QuasarZone on July 3rd， a review of the RTX 5050 has been published， and its test results might explain why NVIDIA chose not to have media outlets conduct launch-day reviews. NVIDIA has now released three graphics cards with 8GB of VRAM – the RTX 5060 Ti， RTX 5060， and now the RTX 5050 – all without official launch reviews. This is particularly noteworthy as the xx50 and xx60 series cards typically represent the largest user base and highest shipment volumes for NVIDIA.
QuasarZone reported that they did not receive any review samples or even drivers initially. However， with the drivers now publicly available， anyone with access to the card can conduct their own tests.
The test system used in this review consisted of a Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor paired with DDR5-6000 memory. The benchmark covered 15 games， all tested at a 1080p resolution.
Regarding performance， the review results indicated that the RTX 5050 falls short of Intel’s Arc B580 and NVIDIA’s own RTX 4060. Its performance is comparable to the non-XT version of the RX 7600， but it does outperform the RTX 3060. The specific performance comparison data is as follows:
GeForce RTX 5050 vs. Arc B580: 97.4%
GeForce RTX 5050 vs. RTX 4060: 93.8%
GeForce RTX 5050 vs. RTX 3060: 113.4%
The review also noted that the RTX 5050 has a Total Graphics Power (TGP) of 130W， compared to the RTX 4060’s 115W. However， the actual power consumption for both cards was reported to be nearly identical， around 130W.
Given its lower performance output， the RTX 4060 consequently holds a more advantageous position in terms of power efficiency.
The RTX 5050’s overclocking capability， which could have been another potential advantage， also appears to be limited. Manual overclocking experiments showed performance gains of 7% to 10%.
However， the 130W power limit restricts the extent to which the card can be overclocked. This limitation could either be an inherent design constraint or a deliberate decision by NVIDIA to avoid cannibalizing sales of the RTX 5060. The latter scenario suggests a strategic market positioning where the RTX 5050 is intentionally capped to ensure a clearer performance tier between it and the next model up.
