AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon RX 6800, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon RX 6800 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
176
114
94
68
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
170
153
107
59
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
269
192
135
75
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
145
126
104
64
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
105
87
69
37
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
145
139
95
63
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
106
90
69
43
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
113
100
64
31
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
165
120
63
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High157111
1080p Ultra13091
1440p Ultra9566
4K Ultra5637
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
14608
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy1619310201
Solar Bay6457445966
Port Royal80986128
Fire Strike4438229129
Night Raid142824n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon RX 6800
135060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur298.6 frames/sn/a
Face Detection186.2 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection4.75 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection6.68 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur5.58 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching579 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics18755.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6800
22123
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark9871113
DirectX 11214 fps155 fps
DirectX 1289 fps71 fps
GPU Compute11216 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon RX 6800
219.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1131 fpsn/a
Car Chase1005 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)857.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex3344.5 fpsn/a
ALU 25114.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2300.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2950.4n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced October, 28, 2020 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 21 GB207-300
Price 579 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1700 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2105 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2560
TMUs 240 80
ROPs 96 32
Execution Units n/a 20
Ray Tracing Cores 60 20
Tensor Cores No 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 202 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 505 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 250 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 7 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 520 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 26 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 50 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon RX 6800
512 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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