NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 5050
Lowest price in United Kingdom across retailers
Last updated Sep 16, 2026
Price History & Trend
GeForce RTX 5050 price history in United Kingdom: current low £259, 12-month low £184, 12-month median £244.
Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Overclockers · Box · Currys · Ebuyer.
GeForce RTX 5050 Price Summary
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Price history is aggregated from tracked listings at Overclockers · Box · Currys · Ebuyer.
Overview
The GeForce RTX 5050 is NVIDIA's entry-level Blackwell graphics card, bringing the RTX 5000 generation to mainstream buyers at a $299 price point. It succeeds the RTX 4050 and is designed to make Blackwell's architectural gains accessible without a high barrier to entry.
The RTX 5050 carries 8GB of GDDR7 memory and includes 4th-generation ray-tracing cores and 5th-generation Tensor cores. It supports the full DLSS 4 suite, including Multi Frame Generation, which allows AI-generated frames to fill gaps between rendered frames and boost effective frame rates in supported games. AV1 hardware encoding is also on board for streamers and content creators.
With a 70W TDP, the RTX 5050 is a practical choice for compact systems and small form factor builds where power and thermal headroom are limited. It targets budget-conscious gamers looking to play at 1080p or light 1440p with modern titles and access to NVIDIA's latest software features.
Technical Specifications
Architecture & Cores
- Architecture
- Blackwell
- Process Node
- TSMC 4N
- CUDA Cores
- 2,560
- RT Cores
- 20
- Tensor Cores
- 80
Clock Speeds
- Base Clock
- 2,310 MHz
- Boost Clock
- 2,572 MHz
Memory
- VRAM Capacity
- 8 GB
- Memory Type
- GDDR6
- Memory Bus
- 128-bit
- Memory Speed
- 20 Gbps
- Bandwidth
- 320 GB/s
Connectivity & Power
- Interface
- PCIe 5.0 x8
- TDP
- 130 W
- Power Connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Released
- Jun 1, 2025
Boards for this GPU
Every GeForce RTX 5050 board we track, cheapest in-region listing first.
| Board | Series | OC | Length | Price | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ZOTAC Twin Edge GeForce RTX 5050 | Twin Edge | OC | 220 mm | £290 | In stock |
| INNO3D Twin X2 GeForce RTX 5050 | Twin X2 | — | 225 mm | £293 | In stock |
| MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 5050 | Ventus | OC | 197 mm | £296 | In stock |
| GIGABYTE Windforce GeForce RTX 5050 | Windforce | OC | 201 mm | £300 | In stock |
| ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5050 | Dual | OC | 203 mm | £320 | In stock |
| GIGABYTE Gaming OC GeForce RTX 5050 | Gaming OC | OC | 280 mm | £320 | In stock |
| ASUS Prime GeForce RTX 5050 | Prime | OC | 268 mm | £330 | In stock |
| MSI Shadow GeForce RTX 5050 | Shadow | OC | 197 mm | £390 | In stock |
How does the GeForce RTX 5050 run popular games?
Fortnite
Excellent 120+140–190 fpsView report →