Component comparison
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce RTX 2050
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce RTX 2050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+4)
- + VRAM (GB) (+4 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+208 GB/s)
- + Memory bus (bit) (+64 bit)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+70 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-5 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+8,200M)
- + Die size (mm²) (+51 mm²)
- + CUDA cores (+512)
- + TMUs (+16)
- + Tensor cores (+16)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+8.44 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+42.46 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+126.12 GTexel/s)
B
GeForce RTX 2050
- + RT cores (+12)
- + Energy efficiency (+5.3)
- + Normalized score (+13.9)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 5050
|
Component B
GeForce RTX 2050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+4) | 2021 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+4 GB) | 4 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 1750 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 320 GB/s (+208 GB/s) | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit (+64 bit) | 64 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+70 W) | 45 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-5 nm) | 8 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 16,900M (+8,200M) | 8,700M |
| Die size (mm²) | 149 mm² (+51 mm²) | 200 mm² |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | 735 MHz |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | 1245 MHz |
| CUDA cores | 2,560 (+512) | 2,048 |
| TMUs | 80 (+16) | 64 |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| RT cores | 20 | 32 (+12) |
| Tensor cores | 80 (+16) | 64 |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS (+8.44 TFLOPS) | 4.73 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s (+42.46 GPixel/s) | 39.84 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s (+126.12 GTexel/s) | 79.68 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 24.3 | 29.6 (+5.3) |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,067 | — |
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | 3,221 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | — | 8,965 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 44,279 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 43,030 |
| Normalized score | 41.3 | 55.2 (+13.9) |
Only in component A
ray_tracing
In both
CUDA
DLSS
ReBAR
FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 5050 | GeForce RTX 2050 | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|
| CS:GO | 240 FPS | ≈ 240 FPS | ≈ |
| GTA V | 140 FPS | ≈ 140 FPS | ≈ |
| Overwatch | 240 FPS | ≈ 240 FPS | ≈ |
| PUBG | 140 FPS | ≈ 140 FPS | ≈ |
Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings. Values for GeForce RTX 2050 are model predictions (≈); GeForce RTX 5050 are direct measurements.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 5050 wins 14 of the comparable criteria.
The choice depends on your use case.
🤔 How to choose
Universal advice for any use case.
- Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
- Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
- Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).