PowerColor Radeon RX 9050 8GB Low Profile leaks as first compact RDNA 4 option

A low profile version of AMD Radeon RX 9050 GPU has been hinted by a hardware leaker momomo_us. As per the leak, PowerColor is said to work on a low profile version of this card. It'll be the first ever known low-profile model of RX 9050. So, those who want to go for low profile PC builds, may have a card for this particular GPU architecture.

First compact RDNA 4 graphics card option surfaces in leak

As per the leak, the model is RX9050 8GB LP. For now, PowerColor offers full size dual fan design of RX 9050 8GB. It's available in Reaper series. The low profile variant will be added along Vastarmor Radeon RX 9060 XT 16GB LP as the few compact RDNA 4 cards.

Specifications

• Stream Processors: 1,024
• Compute Units: 16
• Memory: 8GB GDDR6
• Memory Bus: 128-bit
• Boost Clock: up to 2,600 MHz

The standard AMD reference configuration of RX 9050 comes with 1024 Stream Processors and 16 Compute Units. The graphics card has 8GB GDDR6 memory across a 128-bit bus. It boosts up to 2600MHz.

The standard board power is 92W typical. It needs a single 8 pin connector to get power.

It's not clear if PowerColor will go by these reference specs in low profile variant. According to the source, PowerColor is said to work on this unit. It's not listed in their official catalog.

We were keeping an eye on Radeon RX 9050. We reported earlier rumors about its launch.

So, according to the leak, there's a low profile variant of RX 9050 under development from PowerColor. What exact specs and when this model will be launched, it's unconfirmed yet. The full size standard model (in Reaper series) is already available.