AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
24.4Rasterization—
20Ray Tracing27.6
32.4Memoryspec-based41.5
92.6Efficiencyspec-based95.9
27.9Compute41.2
0 spec wins — AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT7 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT
- Lower launch price: $169 vs $249
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
- Stronger Ray Tracing score: 28 vs 20
- Stronger compute score: 41 vs 28
- 100% higher VRAM: 8 GB vs 4 GB
- 82% higher Shading units: 2,560 vs 1,408
- 43% lower process: 4 nm vs 7 nm
General
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2019 | 2025 |
| Architecture | RDNA | Blackwell |
| Process | 7 nm | 4 nm+43% |
| TDP | 130 W | 130 W |
| Power connector | 1x 8-pin | — |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 1,408 | 2,560+82% |
| RT cores | — | 20 |
| Tensor / AI cores | — | 80 |
| Base clock | 1,717 MHz | 2,310 MHz+35% |
| Boost clock | 1,845 MHz | 2,570 MHz+39% |
Memory
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 4 GB | 8 GB+100% |
| VRAM type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 320 GB/s+43% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,904Bottom 15% | — |
| 3DMark Speed Way | — | 2,430Bottom 22% |
| PassMark G3D | 9,047Bottom 9% | — |
Features
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
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