Component comparison

GeForce RTX 5060 vs GeForce RTX 5050

GeForce RTX 5060 vs GeForce RTX 5050 — detailed GPU comparison: performance, gaming FPS, specifications.

Advantages

A GeForce RTX 5060
  • + Bandwidth (GB/s) (+128 GB/s)
  • + Transistors (M) (+5,000M)
  • + CUDA cores (+1280)
  • + TMUs (+40)
  • + ROPs (+16)
  • + RT cores (+10)
  • + Tensor cores (+40)
  • + FP32 performance (TFLOPS) (+6.01 TFLOPS)
  • + Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) (+37.60 GPixel/s)
  • + Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) (+93.80 GTexel/s)
  • + Energy efficiency (+44.9)
  • + PassMark (overall) (+2682)
  • + Normalized score (+8.9)
B GeForce RTX 5050
  • + TGP / TDP (W) (+70 W)
  • + Lithography (nm) (-2 nm)
  • + Die size (mm²) (+32 mm²)

Detailed spec comparison

Spec Component A
GeForce RTX 5060
Component B
GeForce RTX 5050
Release year 2025 2025
VRAM (GB) 8 GB 8 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory clock (MHz) 1500 MHz —
Bandwidth (GB/s) 448 GB/s (+128 GB/s) 320 GB/s
Memory bus (bit) 128 bit 128 bit
TGP / TDP (W) 45 W 115 W (+70 W)
Lithography (nm) 5 nm 3 nm (-2 nm)
Transistors (M) 21,900M (+5,000M) 16,900M
Die size (mm²) 181 mm² 149 mm² (+32 mm²)
Base clock (MHz) — —
Boost clock (MHz) — —
CUDA cores 3,840 (+1280) 2,560
TMUs 120 (+40) 80
ROPs 48 (+16) 32
RT cores 30 (+10) 20
Tensor cores 120 (+40) 80
FP32 performance (TFLOPS) 19.18 TFLOPS (+6.01 TFLOPS) 13.17 TFLOPS
Pixel fill rate (GPixel/s) 119.90 GPixel/s (+37.60 GPixel/s) 82.30 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate (GTexel/s) 299.60 GTexel/s (+93.80 GTexel/s) 205.80 GTexel/s
Energy efficiency 69.2 (+44.9) 24.3
PassMark (overall) 16,749 (+2682) 14,067
3DMark Time Spy — —
3DMark Fire Strike 31,366 —
Geekbench OpenCL — —
Geekbench Vulkan — —
Normalized score 50.3 (+8.9) 41.3

In both

CUDA DLSS ReBAR ray_tracing

FPS in games (1080p)

Game GeForce RTX 5060 GeForce RTX 5050 Delta
CS:GO 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
GTA V 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈
Overwatch 240 FPS 240 FPS ≈
PUBG 140 FPS 140 FPS ≈

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

Based on the comparison: GeForce RTX 5060 wins 13 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).