The Radeon RX 9050 has officially seen the light of day, complete with specifications and official gaming performance measurements from AMD. As you might expect from a graphics card so low down on the RDNA 4 family tree, frame rates aren’t exactly awe-inspiring.
Several hours after ASRock leaked, and quickly pulled, the majority of the Radeon RX 9050 specs, the board partner and peers formally revealed this GPU. In short, this is a GPU sporting half the streaming processors of a Radeon RX 9060 XT.
Importantly, the RX 9050 is available in two configurations, namely 8GB of VRAM on a 128-bit bus or 4GB of memory with a 64-bit bus. AMD has informed media outlets that the 4GB variant is an OEM exclusive, with the 8GB version starting from $279 in select territories.
| Radeon RX 9050 | 1080p Med. (FPS) |
|---|---|
| 007: First Light | 60fps |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 227fps |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 96fps |
| COD: Black Ops 7 | 116fps |
| Forza Horizon 6 | 131fps |
| Pragmata | 85fps |
| Rainbow Six Siege | 206fps |
| Valorant (High) | 593fps |
As per most GPU launches, AMD has shared frame rates from a selection of games on the RX 9050’s product page, which I’ve collated into the table above. This performance reflects the 8GB/128-bit card, and you can broadly expect lower results from the 4GB/64-bit model.
AMD perhaps knowingly doesn’t provide data to enable like-for-like comparisons with other RDNA 4 cards, dropping settings from 1080p Ultra on the RX 9060 to Medium on the 9050. At the very least, the brand includes some recent game releases in its suite.
Esports games expectedly run well on the RX 9050, with Valorant apparently gliding along at 593fps at high settings, rather than medium. The results for 007: First Light caught my eye as an obvious red flag, with the game running at just 60fps in spite of the headroom these lower settings should offer. This doesn’t paint the graphics card in a particularly powerful light, nor does it fill me with confidence that it will have a particularly long lifespan as games grow more demanding.
Like the RX 9060 before it, there doesn’t seem to be a review program in place for the RX 9050 – we certainly haven’t been offered one at Club386. Regardless, it shouldn’t take long before someone gets their hands on one of these graphics cards, and sees how it compares to the likes of the GeForce RTX 5050.
In the meantime, check our picks of the best GPUs you should be considering for your next graphics card upgrade.
