Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
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
142
94
84
58
67
38
28
14
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
49
41
28
14
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
89
60
39
16
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
51
46
31
15
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
30
21
16
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
37
30
21
14
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
28
20
14
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
30
26
17
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
55
49
32
18
Avg FPS
1080p High13648
1080p Ultra11437
1440p Ultra8525
4K Ultra4813
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
3956
Time Spy137013908
Solar Bay6321419003
Port Royal8595413
Fire Strike3761210196
Night Raid11162645167
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
42967
Background Blur209.1 frames/s73.3 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s39.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec1.65 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec2.13 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec2.06 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.55 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec191.1 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps5921.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
7774
G2D Mark1152481
DirectX 11199 fps48 fps
DirectX 1277 fps42 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s3639 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
51 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a262.9 fps
Car Chasen/a255.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a207.6 fps
T-Rexn/a950.2 fps
ALU 2n/a1377.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a232.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1502.2
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
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 RTX 2050 Mobile
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 December, 17, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-250 GA107

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 735-1185 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1245-1477 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2048
TMUs 120 64
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 16
Ray Tracing Cores 30 32
Tensor Cores 120 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 40-47 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 80-95 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 5.1-6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x8
TGP 145 W 30-45 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 8 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 40 MTr/mm²

Memory

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

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
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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