Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
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
122
74
65
45
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
139
109
81
42
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
198
150
107
56
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
103
95
72
39
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
74
64
44
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
90
84
61
38
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
72
59
41
24
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
80
72
45
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
120
113
79
42
Avg FPS
1080p High136111
1080p Ultra11491
1440p Ultra8566
4K Ultra4837
DeviationLowHigh

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
10047
Time Spy1370110201
Solar Bay6321445966
Port Royal85956128
Fire Strike3761229129
Night Raid111626n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
Background Blur209.1 frames/sn/a
Face Detection134.3 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics18827.5 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
17775
G2D Mark11521113
DirectX 11199 fps155 fps
DirectX 1277 fps71 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s9063 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
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 5050
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GB206-250 GB207-300

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 2317 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2572 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 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 206 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 13.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 145 W 130 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Max temperature n/a 87 °C
Transistor Size 181 mm² 149 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 16.9 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 113.42 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 20000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 12.0
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4

Results

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Survey

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