AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 5700 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
130
72
58
38
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
116
95
66
32
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
184
128
91
49
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
102
86
66
35
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
69
56
42
19
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
89
82
55
33
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
74
58
43
23
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
69
60
37
16
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
118
107
73
36
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High106111
1080p Ultra8391
1440p Ultra5966
4K Ultra3137
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
8593
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy942510201
Solar Bayn/a45966
Port Royaln/a6128
Fire Strike2753529129
Night Raid103141n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
81739
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur148 frames/sn/a
Face Detection89.5 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection3.52 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection4.98 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur4.11 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching0.75 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching295.8 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics10480.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
16372
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark9211113
DirectX 11117 fps155 fps
DirectX 1265 fps71 fps
GPU Compute7839 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
117.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)695.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase606.1 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex2407 fpsn/a
ALU 23024.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2299.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2576.4n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced July, 7, 2019 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 1.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 10 GB207-300
Price 399 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1605 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1905 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2560
TMUs 160 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 4000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 122 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 305 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.8 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 225 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 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
448 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.

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