Component comparison

GeForce RTX 4060 vs GeForce RTX 5060

GeForce RTX 4060 vs GeForce RTX 5060 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 4060
  • + Memory clock (MHz) (+500 MHz)
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+70 W)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+22 mm²)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+606)
  • + Normalized score (+25.6)
B GeForce RTX 5060
  • + Release year (+2)
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+176 GB/s)
  • + Transistors (M) (+3,000M)
  • + CUDA cores (+768)
  • + TMUs (+24)
  • + RT cores (+6)
  • + Tensor cores (+24)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+4.07 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+1.80 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+63.40 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+41.1)
  • + 3DMark Fire Strike (+4836)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 4060
Component B
GeForce RTX 5060
Release year 2023 2025 (+2)
VRAM (GB) 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory clock (MHz) 2000 MHz (+500 MHz) 1500 MHz
Bandwidth (GB/s) 272 GB/s 448 GB/s (+176 GB/s)
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 128 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 115 W (+70 W) 45 W
Lithography (nm) 5 nm 5 nm
Transistors (M) 18,900M 21,900M (+3,000M)
Die size (mm²) 159 mm² (+22 mm²) 181 mm²
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 3,072 3,840 (+768)
TMUs 96 120 (+24)
ROPs 48 48
RT cores 24 30 (+6)
Tensor cores 96 120 (+24)
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 15.11 TFLOPS 19.18 TFLOPS (+4.07 TFLOPS)
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 118.10 GPixel/s 119.90 GPixel/s (+1.80 GPixel/s)
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 236.20 GTexel/s 299.60 GTexel/s (+63.40 GTexel/s)
Energy efficiency 28.0 69.2 (+41.1)
PassMark (overall) 17,355 (+606) 16,749
3DMark Time Spy 10,329 —
3DMark Fire Strike 26,530 31,366 (+4836)
Geekbench OpenCL 101,654 —
Geekbench Vulkan 99,998 —
Normalized score 75.9 (+25.6) 50.3

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 4060 GeForce RTX 5060 Delta
Battlefield 5 130 FPS 130 FPS ≈
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
Counter-Strike 2 195 FPS 220 FPS 12.8% (B)
Cyberpunk 2077 123 FPS 95 FPS +29.5% (A)
Escape from Tarkov 120 FPS 120 FPS ≈
Far Cry 5 128 FPS 130 FPS 1.6% (B)
Fortnite 180 FPS 170 FPS +5.9% (A)
Forza Horizon 4 160 FPS 150 FPS +6.7% (A)
Forza Horizon 5 238 FPS 255 FPS 7.1% (B)
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Metro Exodus 25 FPS 95 FPS 280% (B)
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Resident Evil 4 Remake 124 FPS 110 FPS +12.7% (A)
The Witcher 3 191 FPS 140 FPS +36.4% (A)
Valorant 240 FPS 230 FPS +4.3% (A)

Specs from public sources (PassMark, Geekbench). FPS measured at 1080p medium settings.

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 5060 wins 12 of the comparable criteria. The choice depends on your use case.

🤔 How to choose

Universal advice for any use case.

  • Reliability vs price: reliability (median 50) ↔ price (median 385.1).
  • Weight vs CPU: mobility (median 48) ↔ overall performance (median 49.8).
  • Upgradeability vs battery: upgradability (median 50) ↔ battery life (median 2.8).