- It is rumored that the NVIDIA RTX 5050 desktop GPU has 8 GB of GDDR6 VRM, slower than the rest of Blackwell Range
- In theory, it will work at the same speed as the GDDR6 at the AMD RDNA 4 GPU
- Whatever the video memory specification, NVIDIA can still have a winning budget GPU if the price is launched correctly
Again we are listening to the NVIDIA RTX 5050 desktop graphics card is launching, and will use RAM slower than the rest of the Blackwell GPU range.
In fact, according to a new rumor transmitted in X that Videcardz noticed, the RTX 5050 will use RAM of video GDDR6 (instead of GDDR7 as seen elsewhere with Blackwell) that runs at a speed of 20 Gbps. According to the previous talk, it will be executed with 8 GB of this vram.
By the way, the RTX5050 desktop USA 20GBPS GDDR6, the same as the RDNA4 family. https://t.co/va2qj7zrieJune 13, 2025
This is from Leaker Megasizegpu, which is generally considered a reliable source, and points out that this is the same VRM speed seen in the RDNA 4 graphics cards of AMD (which means how RX 9070 XT).
If the vine is correct, the RTX 5050 desktop will be released in the near future, perhaps as soon as July, and will probably come along with the mobile variant for laptops of budgetary games as well.
ANALYSIS: The price is key, as always
At this point, the volume of RTX 5050 leaks has been quite strong, so much that it would be a surprise if Nvidia did not have this incoming GPU. Rumors must be carefully seasoned, naturally, but when enough of them are constantly floating, it is difficult to deny that they are probably passed.
The strange thing about speculation around RTX 5050, the versions of the laptop and the desktop, is that the various sources cannot decide on the type of vram used. Some laptop rumors still insist that the RTX 5050 mobile can obtain the fastest GDDR7 video RAM used in other Blackwell GPUs, while desktop theories have shone for GDDR6. In fact, recent laptops that have filtered the RTX 5050 mobile have shown the GDDR6 and GDDR7 video memory.
Is it possible that we can see both types of vram used on laptops? That seems very unlikely, since it would be seriously confusing for consumers (not that Nvidia has not done that before). We could see GDDR7 for laptops and GDDR6 for the RTX 5050 desktop; That is certainly possible.
But what I think is most likely that Nvidia intended to use GDDR7 at some point, but changed to GDDR6, and this is what we will get for all RTX 5050 models, laptop and desktop.
Whatever the case, the RTX 5050 will surely pack 8 GB, since that is the thinnest amount that Nvidia could get yours. And although he has complained much that 8GB is an insufficient video group for modern games, remember, this is largely a budget GPU, so it will have a configuration aimed at doing it cheap.
That is, of course, the key. While it has been disappointed that the rumored specifications of the RTX 5050 make a fairly weak sauce look, and this last x -site has not helped, if Nvidia frames that specification with sufficiently attractive prices, then we will have a winner. It really is that simple.
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