AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6700 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
158
91
74
53
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
146
120
87
44
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
226
160
112
58
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
123
110
83
48
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
85
72
54
27
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
113
74
47
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
93
73
55
31
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
88
77
50
24
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
149
135
98
49
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High132111
1080p Ultra10691
1440p Ultra7666
4K Ultra4237
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
11451
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy1280710201
Solar Bay5015745966
Port Royal61626128
Fire Strike3584429129
Night Raid130743n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
110742
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur245.8 frames/sn/a
Face Detection153.3 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection3.99 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection5.82 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur4.37 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching474.4 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics13872.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
19820
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark9461113
DirectX 11174 fps155 fps
DirectX 1277 fps71 fps
GPU Compute9584 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
173.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)943.9 fpsn/a
Car Chase840 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)743.3 fpsn/a
T-Rex2906.3 fpsn/a
ALU 23886.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2290.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2414.4n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced March, 3, 2021 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Navi 22 GB207-300
Price 479 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2321 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2581 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 2560 2560
TMUs 160 80
ROPs 64 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 40 20
Tensor Cores n/a 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 165 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 413 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 230 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 335 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 17 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 50.75 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
384 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 Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

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