Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
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
142
94
84
58
21
12
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
16
13
9
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
38
22
15
n/a
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
24
25
15
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
15
11
10
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
29
24
14
11
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
11
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
10
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
23
16
12
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High13621
1080p Ultra11415
1440p Ultra8511
4K Ultra48-
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
1831
Time Spy137011735
Solar Bay63214n/a
Port Royal8595n/a
Fire Strike376126771
Night Raid11162627045
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
20580
Background Blur209.1 frames/s52.5 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s24.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec0.79 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec65.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps1832.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
5028
G2D Mark1152457
DirectX 11199 fps38 fps
DirectX 1277 fps20 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s2089 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
30 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a174.9 fps
Car Chasen/a160.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a143.1 fps
T-Rexn/a650.7 fps
ALU 2n/a631.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a231 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a759.5
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 October, 25, 2016
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Entry-level
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB206-250 GP107
Price n/a 109

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1354 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1455 MHz
Shader Units 3840 640
TMUs 120 40
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 5
Ray Tracing Cores 30 No
Tensor Cores 120 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 1024 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 58 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 1.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 145 W 75 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 14 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 132 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 3 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 22.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1752 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 7000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 2 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050
112.1 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 6.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

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

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