NVIDIA Unveils GeForce RTX 5050 For Budget Gamers Jonesing For Blackwell

After a few months of rumors, NVIDIA has finally let the GeForce RTX 5050 cat out of the bag. This card joins the rest of its RTX 5000 brethren as the budget element in the lineup -- a much-needed shot in the arm for the gaming PC market, given the fairly apocalyptical state of the mid- and high-end GPU prices.

The GeForce RTX 5050 is part of the Blackwell family, and the name of its GPU is GB207. It packs a total of 2560 CUDA cores, a 33% reduction versus its slightly bigger brother RTX 5060. The RAM count is 8 GB on a 128-bit bus, but this model uses GDDR6 instead of the pricier GDDR7, undoubtedly in a bit to hit its desired price point.

For neural networking, the RTX 5050 contains 80 Tensor cores good for 421 TOPs, while the raytracing-dedicated hardware comprises 20 RT cores for a total ...