Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 eyes up a July release date

Nvidia is seemingly scheduling the release of its upcoming entry-level RTX 5050 desktop GPU for next month. Likely to be the last main GPU release before the refreshed Ti and Super models, if they ever come, RTX 5050 will offer the lowest entry to the brand’s exclusive features, including multi-frame generation and DLSS 4.

According to Videocardz, Nvidia is set to launch RTX 5050 sometime in July, trailing RTX 5060 by about two months. While no additional specs have leaked, previous rumours paint a somewhat slow GPU with limited memory capacity. To be fair, this would be an entry-level solution for those with a limited budget, and thus, we can’t ask a lot from it. More often than not, going with a last-gen second-hand card can yield a better bang for your buck. But, for those wanting the latest features or the peace of mind offered by a warranty may not have other choices.

The freshest leaks indicated that RTX 5050 will be powered by a GB207 Blackwell GPU packing 2,560 CUDA cores. For comparison, this is 33% fewer cores than RTX 5060 and 44% less than RTX 5060 Ti. This chip is expected to be paired with 8GB of GDDR6 memory running on a 128-bit bus, which is a downgrade from the other Blackwell GPUs using GDDR7. That said, some fresh rumours from Benchlife have reported that the card could instead be bundled with faster GDDR7 instead, which could boost its performance a bit, especially in bandwidth-demanding tasks. The conflicting reports further cement that nothing’s certain until it comes to crunch time.

If correct, then RTX 5050 could carry 28Gbps GDDR7 memory, which would deliver a nice 448GB/s of bandwidth. The weaker GPU may limit its benefit, but hey, at this tier we take anything we can.

Pricing-wise, we expect Nvidia to target somewhere around $250. Now the question is, will Team Green provide review samples this time, or will it try to hide RTX 5050 under the rug like it tried to do with RTX 5060 Ti 8GB? We shall find out soon.