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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop

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

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

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
106
65
53
35
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
115
92
65
34
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
167
123
90
42
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
86
80
61
33
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
63
53
35
18
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
75
65
45
32
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
60
47
33
20
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
64
56
34
15
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
98
89
62
33
Avg FPS
1080p High13693
1080p Ultra11474
1440p Ultra8553
4K Ultra4829
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
7959
Time Spy137018211
Solar Bay6321435563
Port Royal85954627
Fire Strike3761221866
Night Raid11162684235
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
81436
Background Blur209.1 frames/s141.4 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s84.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec3.07 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec3.91 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec3.85 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.1 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec325.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps11008.8 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
14434
G2D Mark1152630
DirectX 11199 fps130 fps
DirectX 1277 fps61 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s5961 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop
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
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
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 GB206-250 AD107 (GN21-X2)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1140-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1605-2370 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2560
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 30 20
Ray Tracing Cores 30 20
Tensor Cores 120 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 120 Gpix/sec 51-76 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 128-190 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 8.2-12.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 120.99 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
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

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