Frozen RTX 5050 takes on the RTX 4060

[u/Tra5hL0rd_]

I’ve been messing around with the RTX 5050 for a while now, first with a CPU cooler on it, where it beat the 1080 Ti and pretty much tied the 3060 Ti.

This time, I went further.
Subzero using an Amazon special water block, just to see if it could take out a stock 4060.

While I was testing, I noticed someone passed me on the Time Spy graphics leaderboard.
They were running a 9850X3D.
I had a 12600K.
Obviously… I couldn’t let that slide.

Four hours and way too many crashes later, I managed to push the 5050 to 3450 MHz, up from its stock 2950 MHz.
And, even on a $100 CPU I took back the graphics score.

By the time I got to actual game testing, I’m pretty sure the card was degrading in front of me.
But it still beat the 4060 in every game except one, Black Ops 6.... F*** BO6.

18% clock uplift
3400+ MHz sustained
This thing just won’t die.

Video’s here if you want to see how stupid it is.
https://youtu.be/-cXiURMTMBM

[u/Vb_33]

I mean the 4060 is only like 3% faster than a stock clock 5050 so it makes sense a Blackwell level OC would push it past it. Still a fun read, thanks.

[u/Active-Quarter-4197 → u/Vb_33]

The 5050 doesn't have the easy memory gains other blackwell cards have bc it uses gddr6

[u/somewhat_moist]

Reddit username and YouTube channel name check out - fun content, much more interesting that seeing how a CAD3000 GPU scales with different CPUs.

[u/Tra5hL0rd_ → u/somewhat_moist]

Haha thanks mate. Exotic cooling for a boring GPU, instead of boring cooling for an exotic GPU.

[u/kikimaru024]

Kinda sad to think that all the 5050 needed for better scores was for AIBs to give it a better cooler.

[u/nukleabomb]

Cool to see this.

I wonder if all other 50 cards can also hit similar uplifts if frozen.

[u/Tra5hL0rd_ → u/nukleabomb]

I can't afford a 5090! But time will tell if the 5060 I have can take the same abuse.

[u/Active-Quarter-4197 → u/nukleabomb]

they can do more.

The 5050 is worse simply bc it has way less memory gains as it doesn't have GDDR7

[u/Ar0ndight]

You've been one of my fav creators lately, really fun stuff

[u/Tra5hL0rd_ → u/Ar0ndight]

Thanks so much mate that's awesome to hear.

[u/HuhiPogChamp]

Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask, why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? ... We choose to [juice the fuck out of a 5050] in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard;