NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 9 GB Edition Reportedly Cancelled
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NVIDIA has reportedly cancelled its planned GeForce RTX 5050 9 GB edition, which would have used three GDDR7 memory modules instead of the four GDDR6 modules found in the standard RTX 5050. According to MEGAsizeGPU, the decision stems from NVIDIA's current plan to relaunch the GeForce RTX 3060 12 GB, which would directly compete with the newer 9 GB variant and create product overlap.
The 9 GB RTX 5050 was designed to address memory shortages in the lower-end segment with a more efficient memory configuration. Despite using a narrower 96-bit memory bus compared to the 128-bit bus on the standard 8 GB model, the switch to 28 Gbps GDDR7 memory would have delivered approximately 336 GB/s of bandwidth—a roughly 5% improvement over the current model's 320 GB/s, plus a 12.5% boost in total VRAM capacity. The GPU was expected to maintain 2,560 CUDA cores using the GB206 die, similar to the existing RTX 5050 but different from the older GB207 die in the current variant. With the RTX 3060 revival already underway, NVIDIA concluded that launching the RTX 5050 9 GB wouldn't make business sense.
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