AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
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
112
59
47
28
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
94
75
49
29
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
158
108
73
35
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
90
73
55
26
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
53
43
31
17
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
76
67
45
29
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
61
44
34
15
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
55
51
28
13
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
103
88
57
29
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High89111
1080p Ultra6891
1440p Ultra4766
4K Ultra2537
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
7012
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy763310201
Solar Bayn/a45966
Port Royaln/a6128
Fire Strike2231029129
Night Raid86630n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
66629
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur123.2 frames/sn/a
Face Detection71.4 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection2.85 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection4.1 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur3.48 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.62 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching253.9 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics7670.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
13492
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark8701113
DirectX 1196 fps155 fps
DirectX 1252 fps71 fps
GPU Compute6338 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
92.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)533 fpsn/a
Car Chase465.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)387.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex1882.8 fpsn/a
ALU 22438.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2198.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2278.9n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 21, 2020 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 10 GB207-300
Price 279 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1130 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1560 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 2304 2560
TMUs 144 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores No 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 100 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 225 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 7.2 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 150 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 251 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 39.84 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT
288 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA n/a 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
7 (58.33%)
5 (41.67%)
Total Votes: 12

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