- We had the floor of rumors’ specifications for the NVIDIA RTX 5050 office GPU
- Two sources say that he will use GDDR6 TRAM as slow, rather than the GDDR7 modules used with other Blackwell GPU
- Based on this, and the rest of the supposed specifications, some PC players are not impressed, but it is still too early to judge
Apparently NVIDIA has an RTX 5050 entering as a desktop graphics card (and probably a laptop GPU too), and we have just taken a lot of overturned specifications for this low level blackwell model.
As reported by Videocardz in both cases [1, 2]There were two alleged leaks around the RTX 5050, which both insist that the graphics card uses a slower type of video memory than the rest of the existing Blackwell GPU range.
First of all came an assertion of the life of the Chinese technological site that the RTX 5050 will have 8 GB of video RAM, but that it will be slower GDDR6, rather than the new GDDR7 presented in all RTX 5000 GPUs so far (and rumor for RTX 5060 models too).
Which is saved by a regular material gossip on X, Kopite7kimi, which also claims to have a word on the specifications of the RTX 5050. This leak thinks that the true will end up with 8 GB of GDDR6 (with a 128 -bit memory bus), and that the RTX 5050 will have 2,560 Cuda Cores (using the Blackwell Blackwell GB207 chip).
Energy consumption is supposed to be set at 130 W, we are told.
GeForce RTX 5050PG152-SKU50GB207-300-A12560FP32128-BIT GDDR6 8G130WMarch 9, 2025
This is the first concrete information on the complete specifications of this graphics card, but obviously, take all this with great caution. However, the fact that we hear more and more on the RTX 5050 now, including the details of the firmer specifications, suggests that it is more likely to be something that Nvidia has in its sleeve, not only as a laptop GPU, but an office graphics card. (Remember that the RTX 4050 was a mobile graphics card only, present in the low -budget game laptops – there was no office incarnation for PC).
Indeed, the buzz on the rumor mill is that the RTX 5050 could arrive in a few weeks, and the RTX 5060 models are not too far either. We may consider April (or May) so that all these graphics cards arrive (and Nvidia’s announcements could really arrive very soon).
Kopite7kimi also mentions the RTX 5060, echoing the previous rumors of the specification, with the RTX 5060 Ti supposed to be offered in flavors of 16 GB and 8 GB, and the Vanilla 5060 just an 8 GB version (with GDDR7 VRAM, however).
The leak estimates that the RTX 5060 TI will wear 4,608 cuda cores and an energy consumption of 180W.
Analysis: RTX 5050 in the bin already? Not so fast …
There is nothing unexpected to equip the RTX 5050 of 8 GB of video RAM – indeed, it would be the expected allowance at the distant budget end from the RTX spectrum – but the slower GDDR6 memory is a bolt unexpected (or green, rather).
The previous rumors suggested that Nvidia was sticking with GDDR7 for the whole Blackwell range, but then we were never sure that Team Green intends to make an office RTX 5050. Indeed, we still cannot be sure – but as indicated, it is more likely at this stage.
Has the VRAM much lighter effectively the RTX 5050? Well, clearly, that would not help, and a large part of the increase in performance with Blackwell was carried out by Nvidia thanks to the faster GDDR7 modules on these graphics cards. (As Blackwell’s VRAM loads have largely stagnated, as we saw with the RTX 5080, 5070, and in fact the rumor plan to stick to the same video memory configurations with the RTX 5060 models).
So, leaving this generational boost of the equation will not be good for the RTX 5050, and as the players are already speculating, we could obtain a GPU which is not much better than the RTX 3060 here (or which will not cost the RTX 4060, anyway).
By going through the rumor mill, the RTX 5050 is a reaction to the launch of the Intel ARC B580 graphics card, which seems to suggest that it aims to compete with the well -received offer from Team Blue. At least in theory, but it seems that what we see on paper here for the RTX 5050 does not correspond to this invoice, and Nvidia would need something a little more Poipp. Since the B580 manages the functions of 1440p compatiblely – and has 12 GB of VRAM – while the RTX 5050 presented here seems more a 1080p price.
Perhaps Nvidia intends to push the clock speeds with the RTX 5050, which energy consumption suggests, in order to obtain a faster graphics card – but overall, something is not entirely added with the chatter of the rumor mill here, in particular this B580 comparison.
Really, however, speculating on performance at this stage is a bit premature – but the temptation is inevitable – but of course, we need the price of the RTX 5050 to obtain a more complete perspective on what is offered.
Personally, I think there is a lot of pressure on Nvidia to recover goodwill with the players, given the way the launch of Blackwell has been drinking so far. Thus, an RTX 5050 which is a very affordable price – that lower performance levels could refer – would be a great way to do so. We have long waited for an NVIDIA RTX office GPU at a real level of budget price, after all.
Does this naive thought? Most likely, although other rumors have indicated a possible PDSF as low as $ 199 (or $ 249) in the United States, and the fact is, let’s not yet launch the (alleged) RTX 5050 in the bin. This could end up snatching the crown from Intel B580, our best budget GPU, you never know.
