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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p High136116
1080p Ultra11495
1440p Ultra8570
4K Ultra4839
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spy1370110620
Solar Bay6321449040
Port Royal85956050
Fire Strike3761228559
Night Raid111626121867
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur209.1 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark11521080
DirectX 11199 fps174 fps
DirectX 1277 fps77 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a709 fps
Car Chasen/a615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a496.1 fps
T-Rexn/a2635.8 fps
ALU 2n/a3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a280.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)83627696
Image Segmentation (HP)2283113706
Horizon Detection2237523289
Face Detection (HP)4195531126
Pose Estimation (Q)8468578361
Text Classification (SP)32963315
Machine Translation (HP)50833491
Object Detection (SP)110239386
Depth Estimation (Q)3881736778
Style Transfer (SP)155103148120
FrameworkONNXONNX
BackendDirectMLDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB206-250 AD107

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 3840 3072
TMUs 120 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 24
Ray Tracing Cores 30 24
Tensor Cores 120 96
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 145 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 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

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

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
5 (71.43%)
2 (28.57%)
Total Votes: 7

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