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RTX 5050 Hits Retail Listings with Questionable Pricing and Mixed Benchmarks

Retailers have listed the GPU without a firm launch date, leaving gamers to assess its near-RTX 4060 performance gap through limited third-party benchmarks.

A cheap RTX 5060 is a much better option than an expensive RTX 5050...
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Overview

  • Newegg is offering 13 RTX 5050 models priced from $250 to $290, with the top Asus Prime variant just $10 below the cheapest RTX 5060.
  • QuasarZone’s early benchmarks show the RTX 5050 trailing the RTX 4060 by about 7% and Intel’s Arc B580 by 2.5% while outperforming the RTX 3060 by roughly 13%.
  • The card supports Nvidia’s multi-frame generation at up to 4× to insert AI-generated frames between native ones and boost in-game performance.
  • Nvidia confirmed a late-July desktop launch but has not given a specific release date or supplied day-one review samples.
  • Rivals such as AMD’s RX 9060 XT and Intel’s Arc B580 intensify pressure on Nvidia’s entry-level line by offering larger VRAM buffers or competitive pricing.