AMD's Radeon RX 9050 leaks with 8GB VRAM and a budget price target
AMD is preparing a new entry-level graphics card called the Radeon RX 9050, and leaked specs suggest it will target the same 1080p gaming segment as Nvidia's RTX 5050. With GPU prices climbing across the board due to a GDDR6 memory shortage, a genuinely affordable RDNA 4 card could fill a real gap — if AMD prices it right.
The specs
According to a VideoCardz exclusive based on an OEM spec sheet, the RX 9050 carries 2,048 stream processors — the same Navi 44 XT die used in the RX 9060 XT. The boost clock comes in at 2,600 MHz, which is 600 MHz slower than the RX 9060 XT's 3,130 MHz. Memory is 8GB GDDR6 on a 128-bit bus with 288 GB/s bandwidth, and AMD recommends a 450W power supply.
The Radeon RX 9050 shares the same Navi 44 XT die as the RX 9060 XT, but runs at a significantly lower clock speed.
That core count is the head-scratcher. Using the same silicon as a mid-range card but running it significantly slower positions the RX 9050 as a cut-down version of an existing product rather than a clean entry-level design. A separate engineering-sample leak flagged by GameGPU suggests a different variant may exist with 1,536 cores and 6GB of VRAM, so multiple SKUs could still be in play.
The price problem
The RX 9050 makes sense only if it lands well below $250. The PC Gamer price tracker currently puts the RTX 5050 at around $290 and the RX 9060 XT 8GB at $300 or more. For the RX 9050 to avoid cannibalizing its own stablemate, it needs a meaningful gap — analysts broadly point to a sub-$250 target, with $220–$230 making the most sense.
The memory shortage complicates that. GDDR6 costs have risen steadily since early 2026, squeezing margins on any card in this segment. Nvidia is also rumored to announce an RTX 5050 9GB variant at Computex in early June, which would immediately pressure AMD on both specs and price.
Timing
AMD has no confirmed keynote at Computex 2026, so an announcement is more likely to come through AIB partners like XFX, Sapphire, or PowerColor than from a major AMD stage moment. Launch timing remains unconfirmed, and no retail pricing has been officially disclosed. Until a price is on the table, the RX 9050 is a promising spec sheet with a lot of work left to do.
