AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB VS MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Gaming OC

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB has a base GPU clock speed of 1700 MHz, while the MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Gaming OC has a much higher base clock of 2317 MHz. The turbo clock speeds also reflect this difference, with the RX 9060 XT reaching 3130 MHz, significantly surpassing the RTX 5050's 2632 MHz. Despite the higher clock speeds of the RTX 5050, the Radeon RX 9060 XT maintains an advantage in pixel rate, delivering 200.3 GPixel/s compared to the RTX 5050's 84.22 GPixel/s. The RX 9060 XT also outperforms the RTX 5050 in floating-point performance with 25.6 TFLOPS, compared to the RTX 5050's 13.48 TFLOPS.

In terms of texture rate, the RX 9060 XT again takes the lead, with a rate of 400.6 GTexels/s, while the RTX 5050 achieves 210.6 GTexels/s. The RX 9060 XT also has an advantage in shading units, offering 2048 compared to the RTX 5050's 2560. However, the RTX 5050 has more texture mapping units (TMUs) at 80 versus the RX 9060 XT's 128, as well as fewer render output units (ROPs), with 32 in the RTX 5050 versus 64 in the RX 9060 XT.

Both products support Double Precision Floating Point (DPFP), with no differences in this regard. The RX 9060 XT features a GPU memory speed of 2518 MHz, which is notably higher than the RTX 5050's memory speed of 1750 MHz, suggesting better memory bandwidth for the AMD card.

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Gaming OC have identical specifications for effective memory speed, both featuring an effective memory speed of 20000 MHz. The maximum memory bandwidth is also the same for both, at 320 GB/s. Both products use GDDR6 memory, and both support ECC memory, ensuring error correction capabilities are available for both models. The memory bus width is the same as well, with both cards sporting a 128-bit bus.

The primary difference between the two cards is their VRAM. The RX 9060 XT is equipped with 16GB of VRAM, while the RTX 5050 has only 8GB of VRAM. This gives the RX 9060 XT a clear advantage in terms of memory capacity, which could be important for handling more demanding workloads or higher-resolution textures.

In summary, while both cards share many memory-related specifications, the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT offers double the VRAM of the MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Gaming OC, potentially providing better performance in memory-intensive tasks.

Both the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Gaming OC support DirectX 12 Ultimate, ensuring compatibility with the latest graphics features. The OpenGL version is also the same for both cards, with both supporting version 4.6. However, there is a difference in OpenCL support: the RX 9060 XT supports version 2.2, while the RTX 5050 supports a newer version 3.0.

Both cards support multi-display technology, ray tracing, and 3D, making them suitable for advanced graphical applications. The RTX 5050 has the added advantage of supporting DLSS (Deep Learning Super Sampling), while the RX 9060 XT does not. Additionally, the RX 9060 XT uses AMD's SAM (Smart Access Memory) technology, while the RTX 5050 uses Intel's Resizable BAR, a similar feature but associated with different platform requirements.

Another distinction is that the RX 9060 XT does not feature RGB lighting, while the RTX 5050 includes it. The RX 9060 XT supports up to three displays, while the RTX 5050 can handle up to four displays, offering slightly more flexibility for multi-monitor setups.

Both the AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Gaming OC feature an HDMI output with one HDMI port each. Both cards also support HDMI 2.1b, ensuring compatibility with high-definition displays. The key difference lies in the number of DisplayPort outputs. The RX 9060 XT offers two DisplayPort outputs, while the RTX 5050 provides three. Neither card includes USB-C ports, DVI outputs, or mini DisplayPort outputs, so both are limited to their HDMI and DisplayPort connections.

In summary, while both cards have similar HDMI output configurations, the RTX 5050 offers an additional DisplayPort compared to the RX 9060 XT, giving it an edge in terms of display connectivity options.

The AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB and the MSI GeForce RTX 5050 Gaming OC differ in their GPU architecture and physical dimensions. The RX 9060 XT uses the RDNA 4.0 architecture, while the RTX 5050 is built on the Blackwell architecture. In terms of thermal design power (TDP), the RX 9060 XT has a higher TDP of 160W, compared to the 130W of the RTX 5050, indicating a potentially higher power consumption for the Radeon card. Both cards use PCI Express (PCIe) version 5 and feature advanced semiconductor technology, with the RX 9060 XT built on a 4 nm process, while the RTX 5050 is built on a 5 nm process.

The RX 9060 XT also has more transistors, with 29,700 million compared to the RTX 5050's 16,900 million. Both cards lack air-water cooling systems, keeping their cooling solutions simpler. Physically, the RX 9060 XT is wider at 267 mm, while the RTX 5050 is slightly smaller at 202 mm. However, the RTX 5050 is taller at 120 mm compared to the RX 9060 XT's 111 mm.

In summary, the RX 9060 XT offers a more advanced architecture and more transistors, while the RTX 5050 has a smaller form factor and lower TDP. The two cards also differ in semiconductor size, with the RX 9060 XT using a more advanced 4 nm process.