RTX 5050 for Blender
Blackwell 2.0 GPU best suited to lighter Blender scenes, learning workflows, and budget-conscious rendering setups.
Last updated: May 26, 2026
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2,873
Entry-level speed — fine for learning and lighter scenes.
8 GB
Enough for moderate scenes; heavy assets may push against the limit.
2,560
Lower core count — adequate for lighter rendering workloads.
Blackwell 2.0
Latest-generation design with cutting-edge efficiency and rendering throughput.
320 GB/s
Lower bandwidth may become a bottleneck in texture-heavy or complex scenes.
2572 MHz
High clock speed — helps with viewport responsiveness and per-core performance.
OptiX
OptiX hardware acceleration provides the fastest Cycles rendering path.
130 W
Low power — easy to cool and efficient for smaller builds.
2025
More technical details
Core specs
- Tensor cores: 80
- RT cores: 20
- Base clock: 2317 MHz
- Process size: 5 nm
Memory specs
- Memory type: GDDR6
- Memory bus: 128-bit
Benchmark performance
This chart estimates how many seconds this GPU takes to render one frame of each standard Blender benchmark scene, so you can compare practical rendering speed at a glance.
These are single-frame estimates derived from Blender Open Data benchmark medians at the scene sample counts, not full-animation render times or guarantees for every real project.
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A concise editorial read on where this GPU looks strong, the tradeoffs to keep in mind, and who it suits best.
What stands out
- Blackwell 2.0 architecture
- 5 nm process node
- Boost clock of 2572 MHz
- 320 GB/s memory bandwidth
Tradeoffs to know
- Limited VRAM at 8 GB
- 128-bit memory bus may bottleneck some tasks
Who should choose it
- Next-gen architecture with Blackwell 2.0
- Improved efficiency with 5 nm process node
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