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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU is a laptop graphics processor, built on the Blackwell architecture using a 5 nm process. It has 2,560 shading units, 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus, 384.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth, a boost clock of 2.66 GHz and a 115 W board power rating. It scores 14,088 in the PassMark G3D benchmark. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 12.0.

Blackwell5 nmMobile

9/10 key specs recorded · 37 facts

Depth: 45 recorded fields, 4 features, 5 PassMark workloads

Specification data last verified July 27, 2026 against PassMark Videocard Benchmark and NanoReview (Firecrawl extract). Coverage: 9 of 10 tracked specifications recorded.

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Shading units

2,560cores

20 compute units

Memory

8 GB

GDDR7 · 128-bit

Boost clock

2.66 GHz

1.02 GHz base

Board power

115 W

Performance

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU scores 14,088 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 93% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked (PassMark rank #197), measured across 2,585 submitted results. Its PassMark G2D score is 745.

PassMark G3D Mark

14,088

Rank #197
Faster than 93% of 2,658 GPUs
2,585 samples

0relative to the fastest GPU on record (41,928)

PassMark workload tests

DirectX 9 170 fps

reference: fastest recorded 526 fps · faster than 86.1% of 1,675 GPUs

DirectX 10 91 fps

reference: fastest recorded 231 fps · faster than 88.6% of 1,602 GPUs

DirectX 11 127 fps

reference: fastest recorded 362 fps · faster than 88.1% of 1,430 GPUs

DirectX 12 65 fps

reference: fastest recorded 213 fps · faster than 86.8% of 1,274 GPUs

GPU Compute 5,068 ops/s

reference: fastest recorded 26,591 ops/s · faster than 83.5% of 1,447 GPUs

Averages of PassMark PerformanceTest submissions; frames/sec are PassMark test-scene rates, not game FPS. Tests PassMark does not report for this card are omitted. PassMark listing

In the PassMark workload tests the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU averages DirectX 9 170 fps, DirectX 10 91 fps, DirectX 11 127 fps, DirectX 12 65 fps and GPU Compute 5,068 ops/s, across 2,585 submitted results. Frames per second are PassMark test-scene rates, not game frame rates.

As stated by PassMark

Category Mobile

Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x16

Max memory 8 GB

Core clock 2235 MHz

Memory clock 1750 MHz

DirectX 12_2

OpenGL 4.6

Max TDP 100 W

First benchmarked 2025-06-19

Samples 2,585

PassMark listing (collected 2026-09-30)

PassMark's own listing for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU states the PCIe 5.0 x16 interface, up to 8 GB of memory, a core clock of 2235 MHz, DirectX 12_2 and OpenGL 4.6, first benchmarked on 2025-06-19. These are PassMark's figures, shown separately from the specification tables above.

Not to be confused with

This page covers the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU specifically. It is a different product from NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050, which have their own specifications. Check the exact model name before comparing figures.

Graphics processor

Architecture Blackwell

Codename Not recorded

Chip Not recorded

Process node 5 nm

Transistors 16,900 M

Die size 149 mm²

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU is based on the Blackwell architecture, is manufactured on a 5 nm process, contains 16,900 million transistors and has a die size of 149 mm².

Shader configuration

Shading units 2,560

Compute units 20

Streaming multiprocessors Not recorded

Execution units Not recorded

Texture units (TMUs) 80

Render output units (ROPs) 32

Ray tracing cores 20

Tensor / AI cores 80

XMX engines Not recorded

Infinity cache Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU has 2,560 shading units, 20 compute units, 80 texture mapping units, 32 render output units, 20 ray tracing cores and 80 tensor cores.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU does not use XMX engines; those are specific to Intel Arc graphics. Infinity Cache is an AMD architectural feature and does not apply to the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU.

Clock speeds

Base clock 1.02 GHz

Boost clock 2.66 GHz

Game clock Not recorded

Memory clock 1.75 GHz

Effective memory clock Not recorded

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU runs at a base clock of 1.02 GHz and boosts to 2.66 GHz.

Memory

Size 8 GB

Type GDDR7

Bus width 128-bit

Bandwidth 384.0 GB/s

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU is equipped with 8 GB of GDDR7 memory, uses a 128-bit memory bus and delivers 384.0 GB/s of memory bandwidth.

Board and power

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 115 W and it connects over PCIe 5.0 x16.

Board power (TDP) 115 W

Total board power Not recorded

Suggested PSU Not recorded

Power connectors Not recorded

Slot width Not recorded

Length Not recorded

Width Not recorded

Height Not recorded

Cooler Not recorded

Max temperature Not recorded

Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x16

Market

Launched Not recorded

Launch price Not recorded

Status Not recorded

Form factor Not recorded

Segment Laptop

Series GeForce RTX 50 Series

Benchmarks

PassMark G3D 14,088

PassMark G2D 745

Rank #197

Samples 2,585

Graphics and compute APIs

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2), OpenGL 4.6, Vulkan 1.4 and CUDA compute capability 12.0.

DirectX 12 Ultimate (FL 12_2)

OpenGL 4.6

Vulkan 1.4

CUDA compute capability 12.0

Feex has no recorded OpenCL version for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU.

Features

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU has 4 supported features recorded outside the media engine. A feature that no source mentions is shown as not listed, never as unsupported.

Rendering

Supported: DirectX 12 Ultimate

Microsoft's top DirectX 12 feature tier, covering hardware ray tracing, mesh shaders, variable-rate shading and sampler feedback.
Supported: Hardware ray tracing 4th Generation

Dedicated GPU hardware that speeds up ray-traced lighting, reflections and shadows in supported games and apps.

Not listed (2)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU supports NVIDIA DLSS and Vulkan ray tracing. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU supports DirectX 12 Ultimate and Hardware ray tracing (4th Generation) under Rendering.

Compute and AI

Supported: CUDA Compute capability 12.0

Support for NVIDIA's CUDA computing platform, used by many creative, scientific and AI applications.
Supported: Tensor cores 5th Generation

NVIDIA's dedicated matrix-math units used for AI workloads such as DLSS and machine-learning inference.

Not listed (1)

No source Feex holds states whether the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU supports NVLink / SLI. That is silence, not a statement that they are unsupported.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU supports CUDA (Compute capability 12.0) and Tensor cores (5th Generation) under Compute and AI.

Naming and aliases

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU is also known by other names: PassMark also lists it as NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU (Mobile).

Other names (PassMark) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU (Mobile)

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU have?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU has 8 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 128-bit bus. Its memory bandwidth is 384.0 GB/s.

How much power does the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU use and what power supply does it need?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU has a board power rating of 115 W.

How fast is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop GPU scores 14,088 in the PassMark G3D benchmark, higher than 93% of the 2,658 GPUs benchmarked. Its PassMark rank is #197. In the PassMark DirectX 12 test it averages 65 fps.