Overview

• NVIDIA lifted the embargo on June 24 in China and allowed RTX 5050 laptops to reach retailers immediately.
• The mobile GPU uses the GB207 die with 2560 CUDA cores and 8 GB of GDDR7 VRAM over a 128-bit memory bus.
• Early benchmarks record a 9% gain in Time Spy and up to 27% faster ray tracing scores compared with the RTX 4050.
• NVIDIA advanced the desktop RTX 5050 launch to July 1, where it will feature 8 GB of GDDR6 memory and an estimated 100W power draw.
• Expected to cost $199–$249, the RTX 5050 aims at smooth 1080p gameplay and competes with AMD’s Radeon RX 9060 XT and Intel’s Arc B580 series.