Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
127
81
70
49
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
142
114
82
46
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
204
154
114
57
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
107
96
75
42
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
80
66
50
26
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
96
89
64
41
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
74
61
45
25
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
83
74
44
22
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
130
119
87
43
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High116111
1080p Ultra9591
1440p Ultra7066
4K Ultra3937
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy1062010201
Solar Bay4904045966
Port Royal60506128
Fire Strike2855929129
Night Raid121867n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur186.9 frames/sn/a
Face Detection112.7 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection3.92 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection5.16 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur4.94 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.34 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching446.2 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics14935.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark10801113
DirectX 11174 fps155 fps
DirectX 1277 fps71 fps
GPU Compute9311 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)709 fpsn/a
Car Chase615.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)496.1 fpsn/a
T-Rex2635.8 fpsn/a
ALU 23284 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2280.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3372.6n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Image Classification (SP)7696n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)13706n/a
Horizon Detection23289n/a
Face Detection (HP)31126n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)78361n/a
Text Classification (SP)3315n/a
Machine Translation (HP)3491n/a
Object Detection (SP)9386n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)36778n/a
Style Transfer (SP)148120n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced May, 18, 2023 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Codename AD107 GB207-300

GPU

GPU Frequency 1830 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2460 MHz 2572 MHz
Shader Units 3072 2560
TMUs 96 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 24 20
Ray Tracing Cores 24 20
Tensor Cores 96 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 24000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 118 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 236 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 115 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 159 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 18 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 113.21 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency n/a 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 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

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
1 (33.33%)
2 (66.67%)
Total Votes: 3

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