Nvidia targets RTX 5050 9GB launch around Computex
Nvidia reportedly targets “around Computex” launch for its 9GB RTX 5050
Benchlife.info claims to have confirmed yesterday’s reports of Nvidia’s planned RTX 5050 9GB graphics card, and has “confirmed” a release date for the GPU around Computex 2026.
Nvidia’s reportedly planning to upgrade its RTX 5050 graphics card to 3GB 28 Gbps GDDR7 memory modules, replacing the 2GB 20 Gbps GDDR6 modules in current models. However, this upgrade comes with a compromise. Instead of using the GPU’s full 128-bit memory bus with four memory modules, Nvidia’s planning to use three modules across a 96-bit bus. This is what gives this GPU its 9GB frame buffer. Had Nvidia opted to use this GPU’s full memory bus, it would have used four 3GB memory chips, yielding 12GB of total memory.
Benchlife states that Nvidia is having trouble accessing GDDR6 memory. This is the reason why Nvidia has opted to create this new 9GB GDDR7 model. Overall, this new model has 1GB of extra memory and slightly more overall memory bandwidth. Regardless, this GPU should perform similarly to its predecessor in games. That said, its extra memory will make this GPU less memory-limited in some modern titles.
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It was previously rumoured that 3GB of GDDR7 chips would be used in the GeForce RTX 50 series, but the reality is somewhat different from the previous rumours, because the product that was supposed to use 3GB of GDDR7 chips is the GeForce RTX 5050.
In NVIDIA’s Blackwell GPU architecture, the GeForce RTX 5050 is the only product that uses GDDR6 memory chips. However, it is now confirmed that we can see NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 with GDDR7 chips around Computex 2026. The main reason for this is, of course, the supply and demand of GDDR6. Of course, this does not mean that it will be upgraded from 8GB to 12GB of GDDR7.
A strange GPU for strange times
Despite this GPU’s 25% memory bus downgrade, its use of faster GDDR7 memory more than counters this. This makes Nvidia’s rumoured RTX 5050 9GB a straight-up upgrade from its existing 8GB counterpart. That said, overall performance differences should be small. However, it is clear that Nvidia could have used this GPU’s full memory bus and built a 12GB model. For that matter, a 12GB RTX 5060 or RTX 5060 Ti would also be possible.
| CUDA Cores | Memory Capacity | Memory Type | Memory Bus | Memory Bandwidth | |
| RTX 5050 9GB (Rumoured) | 2,560 | 9GB (3x3GB) | GDDR7 28 Gbps | 96-bit | 336 GB/s |
| RTX 5050 8GB | 2,560 | 8GB (4x2GB) | GDDR6 20 Gbps | 128-bit | 320 GB/s |
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