AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE vs GeForce RTX 5050

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the Radeon RX 9070 GRE 12 GB with 48 pipelines and 3072 shaders against the GeForce RTX 5050 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Scores marked with a red asterisk (**) represent initial estimates from early testing.

Value for money (Beta)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
12 GB GDDR6
VS
8 GB GDDR6
80.7
(Good)
Value Index
75.0
(Good)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 5050 over RX 9070 GRE
Reasons to consider the Radeon RX 9070 GRE
  • 2.6x higher maximum theoretical performance (34.3 vs 13.2 TFLOPS)
  • Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
  • Includes 4 GB more video memory
  • Has 35% higher memory bandwidth: 432 vs 320 GB/s
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5050
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5 -
121
78
67
46
The Witcher 3 -
137
110
79
42
Counter-Strike 2 -
198
146
106
55
Far Cry 6 -
104
93
74
41
Hogwarts Legacy -
74
63
44
23
CoD: Modern Warfare III -
92
84
61
39
Ghost of Tsushima -
74
58
43
25
Cyberpunk 2077 -
79
70
44
21
Shadow of the Tomb Raider -
125
113
82
43
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High - 112
1080p Ultra - 91
1440p Ultra - 67
4K Ultra - 37
Margin of Error High Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
10035
Time Spy - 10200
Solar Bay - 47171
Port Royal - 6181
Fire Strike - 28750
Wild Life Extreme - 19017
Night Raid - 111186
Sources: 3DMark [1]

GeekBench 6 GPU Compute

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
92181
Background Blur - 129.6 img/sec
Face Detection - 94.6 img/sec
Horizon Detection - 3.45 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection - 4.41 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur - 4.43 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching - 1.16 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching - 434.1 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics - 13990.8 FPS
API - OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU
39492

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
23533
16760
G2D Mark 1261 1052
DirectX 11 254 FPS 152 FPS
DirectX 12 56 FPS 65 FPS
GPU Compute 14796 Ops/s 8407 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 171 & 2868 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
2351.88
RTX 5050 +21%
2847.17
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 12 & 164 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Radeon RX 9070 GRE
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 5050
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-25 (Sohail)Cinebench 202434368
📘 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino)Cinebench 202439492

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
16926
GB6 ML Half Precision
34904
GB6 ML Quantized
13248
Image Classification (SP) - 7103
Image Segmentation (HP) - 22390
Image Super Resolution (Q) - 17642
Face Detection (HP) - 40054
Pose Estimation (Q) - 66253
Text Classification (SP) - 3436
Machine Translation (HP) - 5705
Object Detection (SP) - 8910
Depth Estimation (Q) - 31732
Style Transfer (SP) - 107993
Framework - ONNX
Backend - DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of Radeon RX 9070 GRE and GeForce RTX 5050

General

Vendor Amd Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released August 27, 2025 June 24, 2025
Launch price (MSRP) $549 $249
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture RDNA 4.0 Blackwell 2.0
GPU Codename Navi 48 GB207-300
Rival Equivalent - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) -
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above
Desktop GPU rating (25th and 55th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 1420 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost Clock 2790 MHz 2572 MHz
Shading Units 3072 2560
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 192 80
Render Output Units (ROPs) 96 32
Compute Units (Pipelines) 48 20
Tensor Cores 96 80
Ray-tracing Cores 48 20
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 8MB shared 32MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 4 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 268 GPixel/s 82 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 536 GTexel/s 206 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
RX 9070 GRE +160%
34.3 TFLOPS
13.2 TFLOPS
Differences in GPUs' instructions per clock make TFLOPS values not directly comparable.

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 220 W 130 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 4 nm 5 nm
Die Size 357 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor Count 53.9 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor Density 150.98 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature - 87°C

Memory

Memory Type GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 2250 MHz 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 18000 Mbps 20000 Mbps
Bus 192-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
432 GB/s
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 2.2 3.0
CUDA No 12.0
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1b

Cast your vote

Choose between two graphics cards
0 (0%)
0 (0%)
Total votes: < 1

User opinions

You can share your opinion or ask a question in the comments below
🌐 Register your profile and become part of NanoReview community!