GeForce RTX 5050 9 GB — Benchmarks & Specs
Bottom line: how fast is the GeForce RTX 5050 9 GB?
At 1080p (Ultra), the GeForce RTX 5050 9 GB averages 109 fps in Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail with a 61 fps 1% low, per Club386. For local LLM inference it generates 47.1 tokens/sec running qwen3:0.6b under ollama, per LocalLLaMA. In 3DMark Port Royal it scores 6,112 points, per Overclocking.com.
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.
The GeForce RTX 5050 9 GB is a graphics card from the Blackwell family from NVIDIA. Data on this page draws on 5 synthetic benchmark results, 6 community AI inference reports, 12 measured game frame-rate results, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the GeForce RTX 5050 9 GB, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (measured FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail | 1080p | Ultra | 109 fps | 61 fps | Club386 2025-07-16 | |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 1080p | Ultra | 96 fps | 72 fps | Club386 2025-07-16 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Ultra | 83 fps | 60 fps | The FPS Review 2025-10-02 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | 1080p | High DLSS Quality | 82 fps | — | Club386 2025-07-16 | |
| Alan Wake 2 | 1080p | High DLSS Quality | 74 fps | — | The FPS Review 2025-10-02 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | 1080p | High | 72 fps | — | Club386 2025-07-16 | |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 1080p | Medium | 67 fps | 60 fps | The FPS Review 2025-10-02 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | RT Ultra RT on DLSS Quality | 66 fps | 55 fps | The FPS Review 2025-10-02 | |
| Alan Wake 2 | 1080p | High | 52 fps | 43 fps | The FPS Review 2025-10-02 | |
| Alan Wake 2 | 1080p | High RT on DLSS Quality | 46 fps | 38 fps | The FPS Review 2025-10-02 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Path Traced RT on DLSS Quality | 30 fps | — | Club386 2025-07-16 | |
| Black Myth: Wukong | 1080p | Cinematic | 25 fps | 23 fps | The FPS Review 2025-10-02 |
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3:0.6b | — ollama | 47.1 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-15 | |
| qwen3:0.6b | Q4 ollama | 31.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-06 | |
| llama3.2:3b | — ollama | 20.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-02 | |
| llama3.1:8b | Q4 ollama | 16.9 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-20 | |
| llama3.1:8b | Q4 llama.cpp | 16.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-03 | |
| gemma:26b | q4_0 llama.cpp | 5.0 tok/s | — | LocalLLaMA 2026-04-16 |
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.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Port Royal | 6,112 points | Overclocking.com 2025-08-11 | |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 2,572 points | Overclocking.com 2025-08-11 | |
| 3DMark Speed Way | 2,430 points | Club386 2025-07-16 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad | 2,329 points | Overclocking.com 2025-08-11 | |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad | 2,271 points | Club386 2025-07-16 |
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