Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
122
74
65
45
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
139
109
81
42
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
198
150
107
56
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
103
95
72
39
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
74
64
44
25
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
90
84
61
38
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
72
59
41
24
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
80
72
45
18
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
120
113
79
42
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High111155
1080p Ultra91127
1440p Ultra6694
4K Ultra3755
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1020116983
Solar Bay4596664114
Port Royal61289710
Fire Strike2912939013
Night Raidn/a155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blurn/a269.5 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a151 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a13165.7 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark11131191
DirectX 11155 fps187 fps
DirectX 1271 fps57 fps
GPU Compute9063 Ops/s11099 Ops/s

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced June, 24, 2025 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Codename GB207-300 Navi 44

GPU

GPU Frequency 2317 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2048
TMUs 80 128
ROPs 32 64
Execution Units 20 32
Ray Tracing Cores 20 32
Tensor Cores 80 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 206 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 130 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Max temperature 87 °C n/a
Transistor Size 149 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 16.9 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 113.42 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 20000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 No
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

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