First RX 9050 Tests Suggest It's Much Slower Than RTX 5050
Unsurprisingly, the first benchmarks for the RX 9050 graphics card are unimpressive. But this $280 card can't hold a candle to the RTX 5050, which features better upscaling support for $300.In test results translated from GDM, the RX 9050 managed a score of 9,441 in 3DMark Time Spy, while the RTX 5050 got 10,571. The RTX 5050 held a more than 23% advantage in Fire Strike score, and an almost 27% lead in Port Royal.
- ▪Unsurprisingly, the first benchmarks for the RX 9050 graphics card are unimpressive.
- ▪But this $280 card can't hold a candle to the RTX 5050, which features better upscaling support for $300.In test results translated from GDM, the RX 9050 managed a score of 9,441 in 3DMark Time Spy, while the RTX 5050 got 10,571.
- ▪The RTX 5050 held a more than 23% advantage in Fire Strike score, and an almost 27% lead in Port Royal.
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Unsurprisingly, the first benchmarks for the RX 9050 graphics card are unimpressive. Although there are some discrepancies in testing methodology that need to be considered, the results show the new AMD card as substantially slower than Nvidia's RTX 5050, VideoCardz reports.The RX 9050 was unveiled earlier this week, and its specs are underwhelming, with a mere 16 Compute Units and a 128-bit memory bus for its 8GB of 18Gbps GDDR6 memory. It was never going to be a powerhouse. But this $280 card can't hold a candle to the RTX 5050, which features better upscaling support for $300.In test results translated from GDM, the RX 9050 managed a score of 9,441 in 3DMark Time Spy, while the RTX 5050 got 10,571.
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