AMD Radeon RX 6800 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
41.6Rasterization—
30.5Ray Tracing27.6
56.8Memoryspec-based41.5
77.7Efficiencyspec-based95.9
53.2Compute41.2
6 spec wins — AMD Radeon RX 68005 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 6800
- Stronger compute score: 53 vs 41
- 200% higher RT cores: 60 vs 20
- 100% higher VRAM: 16 GB vs 8 GB
- 100% higher Bus width: 256 bit vs 128 bit
- 60% higher bandwidth: 512 GB/s vs 320 GB/s
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
- 48% lower TDP: 130 W vs 250 W
- 43% lower process: 4 nm vs 7 nm
- 27% higher Base clock: 2,310 MHz vs 1,815 MHz
- 22% higher Boost clock: 2,570 MHz vs 2,105 MHz
- Lower launch price: $249 vs $579
General
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2020 | 2025 |
| Architecture | RDNA 2 | Blackwell |
| Process | 7 nm | 4 nm+43% |
| TDP | 250 W | 130 W+48% |
| Power connector | 2x 8-pin | — |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 3,840+50% | 2,560 |
| RT cores | 60+200% | 20 |
| Tensor / AI cores | — | 80 |
| Base clock | 1,815 MHz | 2,310 MHz+27% |
| Boost clock | 2,105 MHz | 2,570 MHz+22% |
Memory
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 16 GB+100% | 8 GB |
| VRAM type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 256 bit+100% | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 512 GB/s+60% | 320 GB/s |
Benchmarks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 16,340Top 34% | — |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 2,977+23%Bottom 35% | 2,430Bottom 22% |
| PassMark G3D | 22,052Top 33% | — |
Features
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 6800 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | FSR 3 | DLSS 4 |
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