The RTX 5050 snapped back under $500, and the RTX 5090 surged again

Today clears the ad hoc gate without any hand-waving. The tracked RTX 5050 crashed from $1,246.40 on September 14 to $499.99 today on its exact Amazon page, a 59.9% one-day drop, but that same page now shows currently unavailable. That makes the RTX 5050 vs. RTX 5060 comparison a funny one for the wrong reason: if the 5050 ever comes back in stock anywhere near this number, it matters again, but right now the RTX 5060 is still the card you can actually click and buy at $459.99.

The halo tier went the other way. The tracked RTX 5090 jumped from $5,997.00 to $6,899.99, while the tracked RTX 5080 held at $1,299.00 and the tracked RX 9070 XT stayed at $799.51. That keeps the RTX 5090 vs. RTX 5080 comparison firmly in luxury territory, and the RTX 5080 vs. RX 9070 XT comparison still looks like the sharper reality check for anyone who wants high-end performance without lighting money on fire.

The strangest normalization happened on the workstation side. The tracked RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell fell from $15,999.99 to $7,939.00, a 50.4% drop in a day on the exact listing this site tracks. That is still absurdly expensive next to a gaming card, but the RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell vs. RTX 5090 comparison looks a lot less cartoonish than it did yesterday.