After months of spec leaks and rumors, Nvidia has finally unveiled the desktop and notebook versions of the RTX 5050. The entry-level Blackwell card launches in the second half of July, starting at $249 and contending for a spot on our list of the best graphics cards.
The RTX 5050 features 2,560 Blackwell CUDA cores, 8GB of GDDR6 memory running on a 128-bit wide interface, and a 130W TGP (which will necessitate a supplementary 6-pin or 8-pin connector). Boost clocks are rated at up to 2,570MHz, but we can expect some AIB partner models to sport factory overclocks with even higher clock speeds. The GPU's 5th-gen tensor cores are rated for up to 421 TOPS of AI performance, and 40 TFLOPs from the GPU's ray tracing cores.
