GeForce RTX 5060 vs GTX 690

Place in the ranking	367	264
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.48	no data
Power efficiency	3.28	8.57
Architecture	Kepler (2012−2018)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	GK104	GB206
Market segment	Desktop	Desktop
Release date	3 May 2012 (12 years ago)	2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$999	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance to price ratio. The higher, the better.

no data

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3072	4608
Core clock speed	915 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	1019 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	3,540 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	300 Watt	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	130.4	362.9
Floating-point processing power	3.13 TFLOPS	23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs	32	48
TMUs	128	144
Tensor Cores	no data	144
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	36

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Bus support	PCI Express 3.0	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 5.0 x16
Length	279 mm	no data
Height	4.376" (11.1 cm)	no data
Width	2-slot	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	2x 8-pin	1x 16-pin
SLI options	+	-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	4 GB (4 GB per GPU) GDDR5	8 GB
Memory bus width	512-bit (256-bit per GPU)	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1502 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	384 GB/s	355.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	Two Dual Link DVI-I. One Dual link DVI-D. One Mini-Displayport 1.2	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
Multi monitor support	4 displays	no data
HDMI	Yes (via dongle)	+
HDCP	+	-
Maximum VGA resolution	2048x1536	no data
Audio input for HDMI	Internal	no data

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

3D Blu-Ray	+	-
3D Gaming	+	-
3D Vision Live	+	-

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_0)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.2	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.1.126	1.3
CUDA	+	10.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

GTX 690 14.28

RTX 5060 21.14
+48%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

GTX 690 5489

RTX 5060 8125
+48%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

35−40

+0%

35−40

+0%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Dota 2	70−75 +0%	70−75 +0%
Elden Ring	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Fortnite	110−120 +0%	110−120 +0%
Metro Exodus	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Valorant	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%
World of Tanks	230−240 +0%	230−240 +0%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Far Cry 5	65−70 +0%	65−70 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%
Valorant	85−90 +0%	85−90 +0%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Elden Ring	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
World of Tanks	140−150 +0%	140−150 +0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45 +0%	40−45 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Far Cry 5	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%
Metro Exodus	45−50 +0%	45−50 +0%
Valorant	55−60 +0%	55−60 +0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Dota 2	35−40 +0%	35−40 +0%
Elden Ring	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
Metro Exodus	16−18 +0%	16−18 +0%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	60−65 +0%	60−65 +0%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 +0%	12−14 +0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24 +0%	21−24 +0%
Counter-Strike 2	18−20 +0%	18−20 +0%
Far Cry 5	27−30 +0%	27−30 +0%
Fortnite	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%
Valorant	24−27 +0%	24−27 +0%