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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  2. Review
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  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop 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 4050 Laptop
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
106
65
53
35
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
115
92
65
34
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
167
123
90
42
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
86
80
61
33
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
63
53
35
18
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
75
65
45
32
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
60
47
33
20
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
64
56
34
15
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
98
89
62
33
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High93128
1080p Ultra74107
1440p Ultra5379
4K Ultra2945
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy8211n/a
Solar Bay35563n/a
Port Royal4627n/a
Fire Strike21866n/a
Night Raid84235n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur141.4 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection84.1 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.07 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.91 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.85 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.1 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching325.9 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics11008.8 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark630779
DirectX 11130 fps185 fps
DirectX 1261 fps72 fps
GPU Compute5961 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)597.7 fpsn/a
Car Chase531.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)416.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex2221.6 fpsn/a
ALU 22915 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2258.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2946.5n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
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 February, 22, 2023 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Codename AD107 (GN21-X2) GB207

GPU

GPU Frequency 1140-2070 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1605-2370 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 2560 3328
TMUs 80 104
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units 20 26
Ray Tracing Cores 20 26
Tensor Cores 80 104
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 12000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 51-76 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 128-190 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 35-140 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 156 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 18.9 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 121.15 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 96 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 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 8.9 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 4

Results

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

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