AMD Radeon RX 9050 trails Nvidia RTX 5050 by 30% in early gaming tests

By PulseAugur Editorial · [1 sources] · 2026-07-31 11:28

Early benchmarks indicate AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 graphics card performs approximately 30% slower than Nvidia's RTX 5050 in gaming scenarios. While the RX 9050 is capable of 1080p gaming and shows advantages in power consumption and thermal performance, it falls short in direct comparisons across various titles and synthetic benchmarks. The performance gap widens at higher resolutions, with the RX 9050 being significantly slower in some games, though it holds its own in esports titles at 4K. AI

IMPACT Early benchmarks suggest the Radeon RX 9050 may not be competitive with Nvidia's offerings in its price segment.

RANK_REASON Article reports on early performance benchmarks for a new GPU model, comparing it to a competitor.

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AMD Radeon RX 9050 trails Nvidia RTX 5050 by 30% in early gaming tests

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Tom's Hardware TIER_1 English(EN) · Hassam Nasir · 2026-07-31 11:28

AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows — the cheapest 8GB RDNA 4 GPU comfortably handles 1080p gaming but doesn't impress

The RX 9050 is slower than the RTX 5050 in every conceivable way except when the latter is constrained in some way. It performs worse in synthetic benchmarks and games but has more efficient power consumption. At 4K, it's about 42% slower, and at 1080p it's about 31% slower on av…

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AMD's new Radeon RX 9050 is roughly 30% slower than the RTX 5050 in games, early testing shows — the cheapest 8GB RDNA 4 GPU comfortably handles 1080p gaming but doesn't impress

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