New information is emerging about the RX 9050, AMD’s latest graphics card. AMD has released the official specifications for this model and shared some performance results. Meanwhile, a colleague has revealed the card’s retail price, though it’s expected to be limited to certain markets, such as the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America. Apparently, Europe doesn’t seem to be on AMD’s radar for this launch.
RX 9050: AMD’s new entry-level graphics card!
Specs at a glance:
This card features an entry-level GPU. It has only 16 Compute Units, or 1,024 Stream Processors. That’s 12 Compute Units fewer than on an RX 9060 and half as many as on an RX 9060 XT. In any case, the card has an in-game clock speed of 1,920 MHz, with a boost reaching 2,600 MHz. As for FP32 performance, it claims 10.6 TFLOPS. The memory configuration consists of 8 GB of GDDR6 coupled with a 128-bit bus. Memory bandwidth peaks at 288 GB/s, the same as that of the RX 9060. A 4 GB version is also expected to be available with a memory bus half as wide and half the bandwidth, but this variant is reserved for OEMs.
In terms of power consumption, its TBP (Typical Board Power) is 92 W. This model therefore requires an external power connector—in this case, an 8-pin PCIe connector. As for the recommended power supply, AMD specifies 450 W, which seems a bit overestimated to us.
Performance:
This card clearly won’t let you play at ultra settings in UHD, but that’s not its purpose. However, it will let you play at 1080p with medium graphics settings at:
- 007: First Light: 60 FPS
- Cyberpunk 2077: 96 FPS
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7: 116 FPS
- Counter-Strike 2: 227 FPS
- Valorant (high details): 593 FPS
AMD notes that these measurements were taken using a Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 32 GB of DDR5-6000 RAM, a B650E motherboard, and Windows 11 Pro. However, the company does not specify whether upscaling or Frame Generation technology was used.
A price of $279 and limited geographic availability:
As for the retail price, we’ll have to take the word of Hassan Mujtaba, an editor at Wccftech, who cites a price of $279. Clearly, that’s a steep price for such a small GPU. This price is reportedly linked to the cost of memory, which has risen sharply recently. He also notes that the card will be available only in certain markets: the Asia-Pacific region, Japan, and Latin America.
