Monday, May 11th 2026
AMD Radeon 9050 Leaks With 8 GB VRAM, More Stream Processors Than 9060
It seems as though AMD's Radeon RX 9000-series GPU family may finally be getting a true entry-level variant. According to a recent report by VideoCardz citing a source inside one of AMD's AIB partners, AMD will soon announce the AMD Radeon RX 9050 with 8 GB of GDDR6 VRAM and a down-clocked version of AMD's Navi 44 GPU also used in the RX 9060. AMD has not yet revealed any details about the potential upcoming GPU, but there is a spec sheet divulging some of the details of the GPU, including a higher core count than the RX 9060. The card is expected to require a minimum 450 W PSU, suggesting reasonably low power draw, although likely not low enough to power off the PCIe slot alone.
The aforementioned spec sheet lists a Game clock of 1920 MHz and a Boost clock of up to 2600 MHz for the RX 9050, although, notably, the actual stream processor count is up from 1792 on the RX 9060 to 2048 on the 9050. It's entirely possible that we will see the GPU modding community come up with some way to hack a higher clock speed onto the 9050 via something like a 9060 XT vBIOS or some similar trick, but until then it's entirely likely that performance will be lower than the 9060, because the clock speeds are slower on the 9050—13% lower Boost clocks and 20% slower Game clocks. The reports also note that the specifications are preliminary, so it may be the case that some of the stream processors will be disabled to put the 9050 below the 9060. This non-finalized spec means we are also unlikely to see the Radeon RX 9050 launch anytime soon. The spec sheet also lists a PCIe 5 ×16 bus width and an HDMI 2.1b and dual DisplayPort 2.1a ports.
Source:
VideoCardz
The aforementioned spec sheet lists a Game clock of 1920 MHz and a Boost clock of up to 2600 MHz for the RX 9050, although, notably, the actual stream processor count is up from 1792 on the RX 9060 to 2048 on the 9050. It's entirely possible that we will see the GPU modding community come up with some way to hack a higher clock speed onto the 9050 via something like a 9060 XT vBIOS or some similar trick, but until then it's entirely likely that performance will be lower than the 9060, because the clock speeds are slower on the 9050—13% lower Boost clocks and 20% slower Game clocks. The reports also note that the specifications are preliminary, so it may be the case that some of the stream processors will be disabled to put the 9050 below the 9060. This non-finalized spec means we are also unlikely to see the Radeon RX 9050 launch anytime soon. The spec sheet also lists a PCIe 5 ×16 bus width and an HDMI 2.1b and dual DisplayPort 2.1a ports.
78 Comments on AMD Radeon 9050 Leaks With 8 GB VRAM, More Stream Processors Than 9060
62.5% performance boost for the same money two levels below massive difference! Even at msrp 16GB model was never a good deal.
2) I don't play at 4k resolution.
3) I do use 3080 before, yes, it does perform better but not that much at 1080p, the major problem with 3080 is the power and heat it produces is a lot more than 5060Ti and that is with undervolt.
All increasingly off topic, though.
Radeon RX 6700 XT 12GB 230W : 2425 points
Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB 160W : 3798 points
1,566x faster and 1,33x more vram, 479 vs 349 USD
I've had both cards, bought for msrp
RDNA 4 >> RDNA 2 , it really is ~2.2x more efficient
6700 XT is also kinda decent, unlike 5700 XT
9060 XT 16 GB is basically 6800 XT using half the energy
I think there is a market for a 100-120W card with 8GB
2022 GeForce 3050 8GB was basically the equivalent of 2015 GeForce 960 4GB
similar power draw, around 2-4x performance, 2x memory
both were "the minimum" card for decent gaming in their respective years
too bad we can't have 16 GB cards for 199-249 USD in 2026
but we could soon see 7600 XT 8GB for that price with 110W instead of 175W
I'm limited because of the case I have to a low profile card and currently AMD doesn't have an upgrade option from the W6400 so if they brought one out in a low profile form factor (even if was double slot) I would buy one without hesitation in preference to an RTX 5050. I was hoping for a low profile RX7400 or RX7500 but they never materialized.
Its a niche market I guess though as most people would probably have space to upgrade to a bigger case and full size card...although I like to believe there are a few more people out there who are looking forward to low-power, compact, low-profile cards more than the top end stuff?
The bottleneck remains outdated hardware; people with poor specs and Xbox Series S users. I wish no one had anything worse than RTX 3060 12 GB, because that is a card which could support all current features, just with reduced resolution and only 60 frames per second. Cards like GTX 1650, 1650 Super, RX 570, 5600 XT or 6500 XT (and obviously Xbox Series S) can not support current feature set (or have so low vram) and that is problematic.
If we treat 1060 6GB as the "baseline performance", then:
⌁ 1660 is 20-25% above
⌁ 1660 Super is 25-35% above
⌁ RX 5700 is 50-60% above
⌁ RTX 2060 Super is 75-85% above
⌁ RTX 3060 is 95-105% above
⌁ Arc B580 is 130-140% above
⌁ RX 6700 XT is 150-165% above
⌁ RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is 240-260% above
But only Ampere and above mostly support current feature sets. RDNA3 is questionable.
* either a new die (which we knew nothing about until literally today, with all these leakers in the world, so I hugely doubt it)
* the same Navi 44 but literally 'half' disabled, which makes 0 sense, as these dies have amazing yields at this point, so there's no reason for AMD to disable half the cores.
www.msi.com/Graphics-Card/GeForce-RTX-3050-LP-E-6G-OC
www.asus.com/motherboards-components/graphics-cards/asus/rtx3050-o6g-lp-brk/
ANus, as always, old crappy DVI out and higher price lol
Yes it runs warm, especially in an SFF case. But yes it does DLSS 4 and has enough VRAM to actually be useful.
Feel free to buy such a card and unlock those cores. They did not manage to do that for the 9070 non xt to the 9070 xt.