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GeForce RTX 5050
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 — Benchmarks & Specs

8 GB VRAM

Short answer: the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 generates 22.3 tokens/sec on llama3:8b (q4_K_M) under llama.cpp in a single cited run, per Phoronix; there are too few comparable runs on file for a median. Its 8 GB of VRAM holds up to Gemma 2 9B at Q4_K_M with an ~8K context, by the Will-It-Run matrix's sizing (8 of 23 models fit).

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Bottom line: how fast is the GeForce RTX 5050?

At 1440p Ultra, the GeForce RTX 5050 averages 55 fps in Red Dead Redemption 2 with a 40 fps 1% low, per Phoronix. For local LLM inference it generates 22.3 tokens/sec running llama3:8b at q4_K_M under llama.cpp, per Phoronix. In Geekbench 6 OpenCL it scores 90,059 points, per Gizbot. Its 8 GB of VRAM is the binding constraint for local inference: the llama3:8b run above (8B parameters) is the largest model on file at 4-bit quantization on this card.

Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.

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Check what fits in 8 GB: by Q4-class file size, 8 of the 23 open-weight models in the SpecPicks Will-It-Run matrix load entirely into the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050's 8 GB with 1.5 GB left for an ~8K context, up to Gemma 2 9B (a 5.8 GB Q4_K_M file per its Hugging Face listing). Check a model in the Will-It-Run matrix →

The GeForce RTX 5050 is a graphics card from the Blackwell family from NVIDIA. Key on-paper specs include 8 GB of VRAM. Data on this page draws on 9 linked listings, 29 synthetic benchmark results (top 10 shown), 11 community AI inference reports, 81 game frame-rate results (top 15 shown), compiled from llama.cpp GitHub Discussions, Club386, Gizbot, Phoronix, Tweaktown, Back2Gaming, TechSpot, 3DMark.com, LocalLLaMA, Notebookcheck, PassMark, TechPowerUp; each table row links to its source. Read this page when shopping the GeForce RTX 5050, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, synthetic benchmark scores, or local LLM inference).

Gaming Performance (reported FPS)

Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.

Gaming frame rates for the GeForce RTX 5050 by game, resolution, and quality preset. Rows from aggregator sites are estimates, not measured runs, dated by when SpecPicks fetched them. “1% low” is the frame-time floor that determines perceived smoothness. Each row links to its original review or benchmark database.
Game Resolution Settings Relative Avg FPS 1% low Source
Counter-Strike 2 1080p Very High 169 fps 86 fps Back2Gaming 2025-10
Rainbow Six Extraction 1080p — 158 fps — Club386 2025-07-16
Rainbow Six Extraction 1080p High 158 fps 92 fps Club386 2025-07-16
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 1080p High 154 fps 101 fps Club386 2025-07-16
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord 1080p — 154 fps — Club386 2025-07-16
Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra DLSS Quality 143 fps 128 fps TechSpot 2025-01-18
Battlefield 6 1080p Auto Performance 130 fps — Gizbot 2026-05-20
Counter-Strike 2 1080p Ultra 128 fps 112 fps TechSpot 2025-01-18
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 1080p High DLSS Quality 125 fps — Club386 2026-06-10
Far Cry 6 1080p High 125 fps — Gizbot 2026-05-20
Marvel Rivals 1080p High DLSS Quality 122 fps — Tweaktown 2026-06-10
Stellar Blade 1080p Highest 119 fps 104 fps Back2Gaming 2025-10
Counter-Strike 2 1440p Very High 114 fps 63 fps Back2Gaming 2025-10
DOOM: The Dark Ages 1080p High DLSS Quality 110 fps — Tweaktown 2025-07
Red Dead Redemption 2 1440p Ultra 55 fps 40 fps Phoronix 2024-12-05

AI Inference Performance

Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.

Local LLM inference throughput on the GeForce RTX 5050, in generated tokens per second for a single request (one user's generation speed). Higher is better; each row links to the community report or benchmark database it came from.
Model Quantization Relative Tokens/sec VRAM used Source
Qwen2.5-0.5B-Instruct Q8_0 llama.cpp 124.7 tok/s — llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #19813 2025-06
qwen2.5:0.5b q8_0 llama.cpp 112.0 tok/s — llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #19813 2025-12
llama3.2:1b q8_0 llama.cpp 93.8 tok/s — llama.cpp GitHub Discussions 2026-02
qwen2.5:1.5b q8_0 llama.cpp 72.9 tok/s — llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #19813 2025-12
qwen2.5:3b q8_0 llama.cpp 52.9 tok/s — llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #19813 2025-12
gemma2:2b q8_0 llama.cpp 48.3 tok/s — llama.cpp GitHub Discussions 2026-02
qwen3:0.6b — ollama 47.1 tok/s — LocalLLaMA 2026-04-15
Qwen3-4B-Instruct Q6_K_L llama.cpp 41.8 tok/s — llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #19813 2025-06
Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct Q6_K llama.cpp 29.2 tok/s — llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #19813 2025-06
qwen2.5:7b Q6_K llama.cpp 29.0 tok/s — llama.cpp GitHub Discussion #19813 2025-12
llama3:8b q4_K_M llama.cpp 22.3 tok/s 7.8 GB Phoronix 2025-02-28

Synthetic Benchmarks

Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.

Synthetic benchmark scores for the GeForce RTX 5050 — higher is better. Each row links to the public database the number was taken from. A benchmark listed more than once is separate published results, shown as published rather than averaged.
Benchmark Relative Score Source
Geekbench 6 OpenCL 90,059 points Gizbot 2026-05-20
3DMark Solar Bay 45,781 points Gizbot 2026-05-20
Geekbench AI (Half Precision) 33,804 points Club386 2025-07-31
3DMark Fire Strike 27,162 points Tweaktown 2025-07-31
3DMark Time Spy GPU 21,500 pts TechPowerUp 2025-01-30
PassMark G3D Mark 17,251 pts PassMark retrieved 2026-04-20
3DMark Time Spy 11,375 points 3DMark.com 2025-07
3DMark Steel Nomad Light 10,057 points Notebookcheck retrieved 2026-07-10
3DMark Time Spy 9,955 points Gizbot 2026-05-20
3DMark Time Spy 9,954 points Tweaktown 2025-07-31

Products Featuring the GeForce RTX 5050

Systems with the GeForce RTX 5050

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Full Specifications

VRAM8 GB

GeForce RTX 5050 — Frequently Asked Questions

What is the GeForce RTX 5050 best used for?
GeForce RTX 5050 is an 8 GB VRAM Blackwell-family graphics card. 1080p gaming and general productivity are the headline use cases; the benchmark tables on this page place it within its generation.
Where do the GeForce RTX 5050 benchmark numbers come from?
Each benchmark row on this page names its source (public benchmark databases such as TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench and Cinebench, and community reports such as r/LocalLLaMA threads) and links to it, so every number can be checked against the original.
Can the GeForce RTX 5050 run local LLMs?
Yes — AI inference results for the GeForce RTX 5050 are on file; the AI Inference Performance section on this page lists model, quantization and tokens-per-second for each run. 8 GB VRAM fits models up to about 9B parameters at Q4.
Where can I buy the GeForce RTX 5050?
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