Component comparison
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce GTX 1050
GeForce RTX 5050 vs GeForce GTX 1050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.
Advantages
A
GeForce RTX 5050
- + Release year (+8)
- + VRAM (GB) (+6 GB)
- + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+208 GB/s)
- + TGP / TDP (W) (+40 W)
- + Lithography (nm) (-11 nm)
- + Transistors (M) (+13,600M)
- + CUDA cores (+1792)
- + TMUs (+32)
- + ROPs (+8)
- + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+10.96 TFLOPS)
- + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+35.74 GPixel/s)
- + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+147.60 GTexel/s)
- + Energy efficiency (+13.3)
- + PassMark (overall) (+9019)
- + Normalized score (+10.0)
B
GeForce GTX 1050
- + Die size (mm²) (+17 mm²)
Detailed spec comparison
| Spec |
Component A
GeForce RTX 5050
|
Component B
GeForce GTX 1050
|
|---|---|---|
| Release year | 2025 (+8) | 2017 |
| VRAM (GB) | 8 GB (+6 GB) | 2 GB |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR5 |
| Memory clock (MHz) | — | 7008 MHz |
| Bandwidth (GB/s) | 320 GB/s (+208 GB/s) | 112 GB/s |
| Memory bus (bit) | 128 bit | 128 bit |
| TGP / TDP (W) | 115 W (+40 W) | 75 W |
| Lithography (nm) | 3 nm (-11 nm) | 14 nm |
| Transistors (M) | 16,900M (+13,600M) | 3,300M |
| Die size (mm²) | 149 mm² | 132 mm² (+17 mm²) |
| Base clock (MHz) | — | — |
| Boost clock (MHz) | — | — |
| CUDA cores | 2,560 (+1792) | 768 |
| TMUs | 80 (+32) | 48 |
| ROPs | 32 (+8) | 24 |
| RT cores | 20 | — |
| Tensor cores | 80 | — |
| FP32 performance (TFLOPS) | 13.17 TFLOPS (+10.96 TFLOPS) | 2.21 TFLOPS |
| Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) | 82.30 GPixel/s (+35.74 GPixel/s) | 46.56 GPixel/s |
| Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) | 205.80 GTexel/s (+147.60 GTexel/s) | 58.20 GTexel/s |
| Energy efficiency | 24.3 (+13.3) | 11.0 |
| PassMark (overall) | 14,067 (+9019) | 5,048 |
| 3DMark Time Spy | — | — |
| 3DMark Fire Strike | — | 6,068 |
| Geekbench OpenCL | — | 17,429 |
| Geekbench Vulkan | — | 15,766 |
| Normalized score | 41.3 (+10.0) | 31.3 |
Only in component A
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In both
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FPS in games (1080p)
| Game | GeForce RTX 5050 | GeForce GTX 1050 | 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.
Based on the comparison:
GeForce RTX 5050 wins 15 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).