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© 2025 ITBrief 2:45am Nvidia’s RTX 5050 benchmarks are in — and they’re not great
Nvidia has been a little circumspect when it comes to sending out review units for its newest RTX graphics cards as of late. (That’s why there’s no PCWorld review yet for the RTX 5050 or 5060 or the 8GB version of the RTX 5060 Ti.) But reviewers gonna review… and the first reviews for the new RTX 5050 aren’t great.
Korean site Quasar Zone (spotted by Tom’s Hardware) has a full review and benchmark suite of the Colorful iGame version of the RTX 5050, which comes with a Blackwell processor, 2560 CUDA cores, 8GB of GDDR6 memory, a 128-bit bus, and a $250 USD price tag. (That’s the suggested retail price, anyway. As with all graphics cards at the moment, your results may vary when you get to the checkout screen.)
The results of Quasar Zone’s tests are less than impressive. The RTX 5050 just barely manages to hold even with the RTX 4060 from two years ago in most straight benchmarks, losing by a small margin in some. Intel’s Arc B580 (12GB, $250 retail) beats it handily in most synthetic benchmarks, though an average of in-game testing shows it only winning out by a small sliver—there are still a lot of games where Intel’s hardware and drivers are at a disadvantage.
There is a bright spot for team green, though, and it’s in frame generation. Flipping on the switch for the signature feature of the RTX 50 series allows the RTX 5050 to pull ahead of the RTX 4060 by a considerable amount—nearly double versus the older card with single-frame generation and DLSS enabled. That’s to be expected, since the Blackwell chips can, indeed, generate double or even triple the artificial frames of its predecessors. This led to some questionable claims when the series was introduced, and those who are interested in multiplayer competitive games (the “fake frames” crowd) won’t be won over.
Even with the boost from frame generation, it seems that the RTX 5050 is not the budget competitor that Nvidia needs in this segment… or at least that consumers want from Nvidia in this segment. Nvidia is still making an obscene amount of profit from its wide portfolio on the AI boom, so it’s not as if it really has to compete on the lower end. And it has a virtual monopoly on desktop graphics, anyway.
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This Ryzen 7 mini PC with 32GB RAM is on sale for its lowest price yet
Tiny design, tiny price. Mini PCs are growing ever more popular for how they pack so much power into such an affordable package. I mean, just look at this: the Acemagic K1 mini PC is on sale for $309 on Amazon, a sizeable 36% discount on its $484 MSRP. For what you’re getting in terms of specs, the original price was okay—this deal price is great.
Acemagic’s K1 mini PC isn’t a full-on powerhouse, but it’s good enough that you’ll have no issue swapping it for your wimpy laptop or aging desktop PC. Expect good performance with this under the hood: AMD Ryzen 7 5700U, Radeon RX Vega 8 integrated graphics, 32GB of RAM, 1TB of SSD storage. Want more? You can self-upgrade the internals up to 64GB of RAM and 4TB of SSD storage.
That’ll deliver a responsive experience with Windows 11, several apps, Chrome tabs, and basic everyday activities. But what really stands out here is the triple 4K@60Hz support via HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C video ports—no extra hub accessory needed! Other ports available include six fast USB-A, fast LAN, and a 3.5mm audio jack.
Don’t miss out on this chance to get the Acemagic K1 for only $309! But if you aren’t fully sold on this one, you should also check out our ever-evolving roundup of the best early Prime Day deals on mini PCs. And for other great deals, check out our Prime Day deals hub!
Save 36% on this Ryzen 7 mini PC with 32GB RAMBuy now at Amazon
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