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
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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).