GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile vs RTX 4050

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared GeForce RTX 4050 with GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile, including specs and performance data.

RTX 4050
2023
6 GB GDDR6, 100 Watt
36.28

RTX 5060 Mobile outperforms RTX 4050 by a substantial 35% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking15481
Place by popularity44not in top-100
Power efficiency25.8777.57
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (2022−2024)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameAD107GB206
Market segmentDesktopLaptop
Release date2023 (2 years ago)20 May 2025 (recently)

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 cores25603328
Core clock speed2505 MHz952 MHz
Boost clock speed2640 MHz1455 MHz
Number of transistors18,900 million21,900 million
Manufacturing process technology5 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)100 Watt45 Watt
Texture fill rate211.2151.3
Floating-point processing power13.52 TFLOPS9.684 TFLOPS
ROPs3232
TMUs80104
Tensor Cores120104
Ray Tracing Cores1826

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).

InterfacePCIe 4.0 x8PCIe 5.0 x16
Width2-slotno data
Supplementary power connectors1x 12-pinno data

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 typeGDDR6GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount6 GB8 GB
Memory bus width96 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed2250 MHz1500 MHz
Memory bandwidth216.0 GB/s384.0 GB/s
Resizable BAR++

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 Connectors1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4aPortable Device Dependent
HDMI+-

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 Ultimate (12_2)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model6.76.8
OpenGL4.64.6
OpenCL3.03.0
Vulkan1.31.4
CUDA8.912.0
DLSS++

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.

RTX 4050 36.28
RTX 5060 Mobile 48.96
+35%

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.

RTX 4050 14435
RTX 5060 Mobile 19481
+35%

Gaming performance

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

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 36.28 48.96
Maximum RAM amount 6 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 100 Watt 45 Watt

RTX 5060 Mobile has a 35% higher aggregate performance score, a 33.3% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 122.2% lower power consumption.

The GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile is our recommended choice as it beats the GeForce RTX 4050 in performance tests.

Be aware that GeForce RTX 4050 is a desktop card while GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile is a notebook one.

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