- The rumors of Nvidia’s RTX 5050 of Nvidia would have 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM, slower than the rest of the Blackwell range
- In theory, it will operate at the same speed as the GDDR6 in AMD DNA 4 GPUs
- Whatever the specification of video memory, Nvidia can always have a winning budgetary GPU if the price is correct
We hear again that Nvidia’s RTX 5050 graphics card is in search of launch and will use the slower video RAM than the rest of the Blackwell GPU range.
In fact, according to a new rumor broadcast on X that Videocardz has noticed, the RTX 5050 will use the GDDR6 video RAM (rather than GDDR7 as we see elsewhere with Blackwell) at a speed of 20 Gbit / s. Depending on the previous chatter, it will work with 8 GB of this VRAM.
By the way, the RTX5050 office uses 20 Gbit / s GDDR6, like the RDNA4 family. https://t.co/va2qj7zrieJune 13, 2025
This comes from Leaker Megasizegpu, which is generally considered a reliable source, and also notes that it is the same speed of VRAM as in the RDNA 4 graphics cards (which means that the RX 9070 XT).
If the vine is right, the RTX 5050 office will be launched in the near future, perhaps from July, and it will probably arrive alongside the mobile variant for laptops of low budget.
Analysis: the price is essential, like never
At this stage, the volume of RTX 5050 leaks was quite high, so much so that it would be a surprise if Nvidia did not have this incoming GPU. Rumors must be carefully seasoned, naturally, but when enough float regularly, it is difficult to deny that they are likely to do without.
What is strange about speculation around RTX 5050, both laptop and desktop versions, is that different sources do not seem to decide the type of VRAM used. Some laptop rumors are still insisting that the RTX 5050 mobile can get the faster GDDR7 RAM used in other Blackwell GPUs, while office theories fell for GDDR6. Indeed, the recent lists of laptops that have disclosed the RTX 5050 mobile have shown the GDDR6 and GDDR7 video memory.
Is it possible that we can see the two types of VRAM used in laptops? It seems very improbable, because it would be seriously confusing for consumers (not that Nvidia did not do it before). We could see GDDR7 for laptops and GDDR6 for the RTX 5050 office; It is certainly possible.
But what I think is more likely is that Nvidia intended to use GDDR7 at some point, but changed in GDDR6, and this is what we will get for all models of RTX 5050, laptop and office.
Anyway, the RTX 5050 is sure to wrap 8 GB, because it is the quantity the leeter with which Nvidia could possibly run away. And although there have been a lot of complaints that 8 GB are an insufficient video RAM for modern games, remember, it is a budgetary GPU, so it will have a configuration oriented towards making it cheap.
This is, of course, the key. Although there was the disappointment that the specifications of the rumors of the RTX 5050 make it a fairly low sauce – and this last nugget of X did not help – if Nvidia frames that the specifications with sufficiently attractive prices, we will have a winner. It’s really as simple.
