GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5050 OC Low Profile 8G

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GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5050 OC Low Profile 8G at a glance

The GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 5050 OC Low Profile 8G is a GIGABYTE retail card of the RTX 5050 on Blackwell 2.0. It is not marked as a factory-overclocked board ; the GPU’s reference boost is 2572 MHz.

Length is 182 mm and it occupies 2.0 slots (L=182 W=69 H=36 mm). Board power is 130 W with 1 x 8-pin. Outputs: DisplayPort 2.1b *1 DisplayPort 1.4a *1 HDMI 2.1b *2. Warranty is 36 months.

This is a short card and is a better candidate for compact cases than most RTX 5050 partners.

Best fit: Compact builds that need this GPU in a shorter board design, subject to slot-width clearance.

Inherited GPU performance

Raster scores come from the RTX 5050, not from this cooler. At 1440p that is 24.27% of the dataset’s best (budget), with 31% at 1080p and 19% at 4K. The chip uses 8 GB GDDR6.

This card’s 1440p value is excellent at 80.1 performance per dollar.

Compare other GIGABYTE and partner boards of this GPU in the RTX 5050 retail-card table.