Nvidia RTX 5050, 5060, and 5060 Ti surface in Zotac EEC filings

RTX 5090 Gallery Shot
(Image credit: Nvidia)

Zotac has registered a slew of Nvidia GeForce GPUs with the EEC (Eurasian Economic Commission), including two new entries: the RTX 5060 series and the RTX 5050 (via Harukaze). Of the two, this is the first time we're hearing about an RTX 5050, succeeding the RTX 3050 as the RTX 40 series didn't feature a 50-class counterpart. In any case, we'll proceed with caution because a large number of SKUs listed at the EEC never actually see the light of day.

The newfound RTX 5050 could be Nvidia's first foray into the sub-$250 price bracket in a long time. This segment of the market has been primarily catered to by second-hand RTX 30 or Radeon RX 6000 series GPUs for the past few years. Lately, Intel's new Battlemage-based Arc B580 and Arc B570 have been a popular choice for budget gamers, though with a few caveats. As far as AMD is concerned, RDNA 4 will debut with the RX 9070 family (Navi 48) meaning budget RX 9060 or RX 9050 GPUs could take some time to materialize.

To reiterate, EEC listings never guarantee a GPU's release. OEMs typically register placeholder product names at these regulatory bodies, in case Nvidia launches said product in the future. With that in mind, it appears Zotac has filed several GPUs at the EEC spanning across multiple generations; from Kepler to Blackwell. The list includes the RTX 5060 Ti, RTX 5060, and the RTX 5050.

RTX 5060 series and RTX 5050 registrations

(Image credit: EEC)

Now, the RTX 5060 Ti is rumored to carry two variants: one with 8GB and the other with 16GB of VRAM. Hopefully, that's the only differentiating factor between the two, unlike the Pascal GTX 1060 series. Similarly, the same source claims that the RTX 5060 will offer only 8GB of memory and not much is known about the RTX 5050. Reports suggest the RTX 5060 family will debut next month, but alleged RTX 5070 delays might introduce some uncertainties.

Budget gamers will likely have to wait until Computex in late May for potential RTX 5050 and RX 9060/9050 reveals. It is far too early to expect anything from Intel, given that Battlemage launched just two months ago. Celestial will arrive with Panther Lake CPUs in the second half of 2025, with dedicated GPUs potentially coming later.

Hassam Nasir
Contributing Writer

Hassam Nasir is a die-hard hardware enthusiast with years of experience as a tech editor and writer, focusing on detailed CPU comparisons and general hardware news. When he’s not working, you’ll find him bending tubes for his ever-evolving custom water-loop gaming rig or benchmarking the latest CPUs and GPUs just for fun.

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  • Amdlova
    Can't wait for playing at 8k with these new 8gb beast... will have more frame than a 7900xtx from Amd. Quad-sli? Noooo. Just Quad super ghost frames. Every alphabet letters of technology for a rich experience. Dlllllllsss++++ TAAAAaaa+ ssao++++ hBao hairdryer crossdresser. This is the future only for 499$.
    Reply
  • Mr Majestyk
    With the real 5050 soon to masquerade as a steaming POS called the 5060, one can only watch in horror what the real 5040 trash tier garbage 5050 will be like. 64 bit bus and 16MB L2 cache for sure.
    Reply
  • usertests
    Don't expect more than 8GB of VRAM on the RTX 5050.
    Why would you? What would be nice is if they made a 75W model with 8 GB instead of 6 GB this time around.

    Mr Majestyk said:
    With the real 5050 soon to masquerade as a steaming POS called the 5060, one can only watch in horror what the real 5040 trash tier garbage 5050 will be like. 64 bit bus and 16MB L2 cache for sure.
    As long as the price and performance is right (competitive with other options), and it only uses 75 Watts, I don't care.

    But they probably won't be right, and these EEC filings can be full of fake names, like the upcoming 5050 Ti Super:
    https://videocardz.com/newz/palit-registers-all-possible-variants-of-geforce-rtx-50-series-at-eec
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  • joartrak
    I can just picture the office meetings about these GPUs.

    Employee 1 - Let's just make GPUs that are even worse than what we have just put out. These cards will then make the 5080s and 5090s seem like pure magic.
    Boss - That sounds like a great idea. The people will love it!

    Wah wah wahhh :(
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  • Mr Majestyk
    usertests said:

    As long as the price and performance is right (competitive with other options), and it only uses 75 Watts, I don't care.
    Then why wait for this trash? There are other options in the trash tier class already.
    Reply
  • usertests
    Mr Majestyk said:
    Then why wait for this trash? There are other options in the trash tier class already.
    I want to see what all three companies release this generation, e.g. RX 9040 vs. B380 vs. RTX 5050. And I'm in no particular hurry.
    Reply