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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

27 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
67
38
28
14
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
49
41
28
14
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
89
60
39
16
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
51
46
31
15
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
30
21
16
9
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
37
30
21
14
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
28
20
14
n/a
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
17
n/a
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
55
49
32
18
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High48128
1080p Ultra37107
1440p Ultra2579
4K Ultra1345
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
3956
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy3908n/a
Solar Bay19003n/a
Port Royal413n/a
Fire Strike10196n/a
Night Raid45167n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
42967
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur73.3 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection39.7 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.65 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.13 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.06 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.55 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.1 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics5921.5 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
7774
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark481779
DirectX 1148 fps185 fps
DirectX 1242 fps72 fps
GPU Compute3639 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
51 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)262.9 fpsn/a
Car Chase255.7 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)207.6 fpsn/a
T-Rex950.2 fpsn/a
ALU 21377.4 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2232.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1502.2n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
14707
Image Classification (SP)n/a7525
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a23623
Horizon Detectionn/a19973
Face Detection (HP)n/a41164
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a77589
Text Classification (SP)n/a2880
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5811
Object Detection (SP)n/a9966
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a37206
Style Transfer (SP)n/a136961
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced December, 17, 2021 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Blackwell 2.0
Codename GA107 GB207

GPU

GPU Frequency 735-1185 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1245-1477 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 2048 3328
TMUs 64 104
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units 16 26
Ray Tracing Cores 32 26
Tensor Cores 64 104
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 40-47 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 80-95 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 30-45 W 45-125 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 40 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 64 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
112 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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