Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
161
104
94
72
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High15593
1080p Ultra13074
1440p Ultra9853
4K Ultra5829
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy158838211
Solar Bay7567935563
Port Royal101874627
Fire Strike4267021866
Night Raid14778584235
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blurn/a141.4 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a11008.8 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark1200630
DirectX 11217 fps130 fps
DirectX 1286 fps61 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
99.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a597.7 fps
Car Chasen/a531.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a416.7 fps
T-Rexn/a2221.6 fps
ALU 2n/a2915 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a258.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2946.5

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB206-300 AD107 (GN21-X2)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2560
TMUs 144 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 36 20
Ray Tracing Cores 36 20
Tensor Cores 144 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 12000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 96 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
45 (35.71%)
81 (64.29%)
Total Votes: 126

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