The RTX 5090 has 4x the memory and 5.6x the bandwidth. The RTX 5050 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
4x more on RTX 5090
- RTX 5050
- 8 GB
- RTX 5090
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
5.6x higher on RTX 5090
- RTX 5050
- 320 GB/s
- RTX 5090
- 1,792 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
80% cheaper on RTX 5050
- RTX 5050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5090
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 5050 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | $0.72 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.59 /GPU/hr from $0.21 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | $0.64 /GPU/hr from $0.25 |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. No median for on-demand and spot on the RTX 5050: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
RTX 5050 vs RTX 5090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 5050 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB GDDR7 | 4x more on RTX 5090 |
| Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 1,792 GB/s | 5.6x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 512-bit | 4x wider on RTX 5090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | 210.5 TFLOPS | 1,676 TFLOPS | 8x higher on RTX 5090 |
| FP8 | 52.6 TFLOPS | 419 TFLOPS | 8x higher on RTX 5090 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 26.3 TFLOPS | 209.5 TFLOPS | 8x higher on RTX 5090 |
| INT8 | 105.3 TOPS | 838 TOPS | 8x higher on RTX 5090 |
| FP32 | 13.2 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS | 8x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 130 W | 575 W | 4.4x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Released | Q3 2025 | Q1 2025 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 5050 datasheet and RTX 5090 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | RTX 5050 | RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPUhub
Singapore
|
-- | $0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $0.71 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand |
1 provider list the RTX 5050 and 23 the RTX 5090. Every listing is on the RTX 5050 page and the RTX 5090 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 5060
8 GB GDDR7 · 40% more bandwidth than the RTX 5050
On-demand from $0.12 /GPU/hr -
Nvidia RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 · 15% less bandwidth than the RTX 5050
On-demand from $0.07 /GPU/hr
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Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 44% less bandwidth than the RTX 5090
On-demand from $0.33 /GPU/hr
Our data for Nvidia RTX 5050 was last updated on Nov. 13, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5090 on Sept. 14, 2026.