AMD Radeon RX 9050 vs NVIDIA RTX A5500
31.2Rasterization—
24.7Ray Tracing—
40.2Memoryspec-based71.2
97.8Efficiencyspec-based79.1
20Compute73.2
3 spec wins — AMD Radeon RX 90506 spec wins — NVIDIA RTX A5500
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: NVIDIA RTX A5500 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 9050
- 60% lower TDP: 92 W vs 230 W
- 50% lower process: 4 nm vs 8 nm
- Lower launch price: $279 vs $3,600
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA RTX A5500
- Stronger compute score: 73 vs 20
- 900% higher Shading units: 10,240 vs 1,024
- 900% higher Tensor / AI cores: 320 vs 32
- 400% higher RT cores: 80 vs 16
- 200% higher VRAM: 24 GB vs 8 GB
General
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2026 | 2022 |
| Architecture | RDNA 4 | Ampere |
| Process | 4 nm+50% | 8 nm |
| TDP | 92 W+60% | 230 W |
| Power connector | 1x 8-pin | 1x 8-pin |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 1,024 | 10,240+900% |
| RT cores | 16 | 80+400% |
| Tensor / AI cores | 32 | 320+900% |
| Boost clock | 2,600 MHz | — |
Memory
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 8 GB | 24 GB+200% |
| VRAM type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 128 bit | 384 bit+200% |
| Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 768 GB/s+167% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 9,441Bottom 38% | — |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 1,873Bottom 10% | — |
Features
| Spec | AMD Radeon RX 9050 | NVIDIA RTX A5500 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | FSR 4 | DLSS |
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