GeForce RTX 5050 vs Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile
Aggregate performance score
We've compared RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile with GeForce RTX 5050, including specs and performance data.
RTX 5050 outperforms Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile by an impressive 96% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
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Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | 241 | 72 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 100.00 |
| Power efficiency | 53.08 | 28.04 |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace (2022−2024) | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) |
| GPU code name | AD107 | GB207 |
| Market segment | Mobile workstation | Desktop |
| Release date | 26 February 2024 (1 year ago) | 24 June 2025 (recently) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $249 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.
Performance to price scatter graph
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 2048 | 2560 |
| Core clock speed | 1485 MHz | 2317 MHz |
| Boost clock speed | 2025 MHz | 2572 MHz |
| Number of transistors | 18,900 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 130 Watt |
| Texture fill rate | 129.6 | 205.8 |
| Floating-point processing power | 8.294 TFLOPS | 13.17 TFLOPS |
| ROPs | 32 | 32 |
| TMUs | 64 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | 64 | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 16 | 20 |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Laptop size | medium sized | no data |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x8 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| Width | no data | 2-slot |
| Supplementary power connectors | no data | 1x 8-pin |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | 128 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 2000 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Memory bandwidth | 128.0 GB/s | 224.0 GB/s |
| Shared memory | - | - |
| Resizable BAR | + | + |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.
| Display Connectors | Portable Device Dependent | 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b |
| HDMI | - | + |
API and SDK compatibility
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 12 Ultimate (12_2) | 12 Ultimate (12_2) |
| Shader Model | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 12.0 |
| DLSS | + | + |
Gaming performance
Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 24.40 | 47.87 |
| Recency | 26 February 2024 | 24 June 2025 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 4 GB | 8 GB |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 35 Watt | 130 Watt |
Nvidia RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile has 271.4% lower power consumption.
RTX 5050, on the other hand, has a 96.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 1 year, and a 100% higher maximum VRAM amount.
The GeForce RTX 5050 is our recommended choice as it beats the RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile in performance tests.
Be aware that RTX 500 Ada Generation Mobile is a mobile workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5050 is a desktop one.
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