NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 5060 sales 19 May 2025 at a recommended price of $299. This is a high-end Blackwell 2.0 architecture desktop card based on 5 nm manufacturing process and primarily aimed at gamers. 8 GB of GDDR7 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 5.0 x8 interface. Its manufacturer default version has a length of 241 mm. 1x 8-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 145 Watt.

Primary details

Some basic facts about GeForce RTX 5060: architecture, market segment, release date etc.

Place in the ranking	52
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	100.00
Power efficiency	27.97	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	GB206
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	19 May 2025 (recently)
Launch price (MSRP)	$299	of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

The higher the performance-to-price ratio, the better. We use the manufacturer's recommended prices for comparison.

Performance to price scatter graph

Detailed specifications

GeForce RTX 5060's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of GeForce RTX 5060's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	3840	of 24064 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
Core clock speed	2280 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	2497 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Number of transistors	21,900 million	of 153,000 million (Radeon Instinct MI300)
Manufacturing process technology	5 nm	of 3 nm (GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop)
Power consumption (TDP)	145 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	299.6	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	19.18 TFLOPS	of 126 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)
ROPs	48	of 512 (Moore Threads MTT S4000)
TMUs	120	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	120	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	30	of 188 (RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell)

Form factor & compatibility

This section provides details about the physical dimensions of GeForce RTX 5060 and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).

Interface	PCIe 5.0 x8
Length	241 mm
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 8-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of memory installed on GeForce RTX 5060: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.

Memory type	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	8 GB	of 288 GB (Radeon Instinct MI325X)
Memory bus width	128 Bit	of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X)
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile)
Memory bandwidth	448.0 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Shared memory	-
Resizable BAR	+

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on GeForce RTX 5060. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.

Display Connectors	1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI	+

API and SDK compatibility

APIs supported by GeForce RTX 5060, sometimes including their particular versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.8
OpenGL	4.6
OpenCL	3.0
Vulkan	1.4
CUDA	12.0
DLSS	+

Benchmark performance

Synthetic benchmark performance of GeForce RTX 5060. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score.

RTX 5060 57.00

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 5060 22680

3DMark 11 Performance GPU

3DMark 11 is an obsolete DirectX 11 benchmark by Futuremark. It used four tests based on two scenes, one being few submarines exploring the submerged wreck of a sunken ship, the other is an abandoned temple deep in the jungle. All the tests are heavy with volumetric lighting and tessellation, and despite being done in 1280x720 resolution, are relatively taxing. Discontinued in January 2020, 3DMark 11 is now superseded by Time Spy.

RTX 5060 173106

3DMark Vantage Performance

3DMark Vantage is an outdated DirectX 10 benchmark using 1280x1024 screen resolution. It taxes the graphics card with two scenes, one depicting a girl escaping some militarized base located within a sea cave, the other displaying a space fleet attack on a defenseless planet. It was discontinued in April 2017, and Time Spy benchmark is now recommended to be used instead.

RTX 5060 37921

3DMark Fire Strike Graphics

Fire Strike is a DirectX 11 benchmark for gaming PCs. It features two separate tests displaying a fight between a humanoid and a fiery creature made of lava. Using 1920x1080 resolution, Fire Strike shows off some realistic graphics and is quite taxing on hardware.

RTX 5060 35195

3DMark Cloud Gate GPU

Cloud Gate is an outdated DirectX 11 feature level 10 benchmark that was used for home PCs and basic notebooks. It displays a few scenes of some weird space teleportation device launching spaceships into unknown, using fixed resolution of 1280x720. Just like Ice Storm benchmark, it has been discontinued in January 2020 and replaced by 3DMark Night Raid.

RTX 5060 839999

Unigine Heaven 3.0

This is an old DirectX 11 benchmark using Unigine, a 3D game engine by eponymous Russian company. It displays a fantasy medieval town sprawling over several flying islands. Version 3.0 was released in 2012, and in 2013 it was superseded by Heaven 4.0, which introduced several slight improvements, including a newer version of Unigine.

RTX 5060 121801

Gaming performance

Let's see how good GeForce RTX 5060 is for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in frames per second. Comparisons with game system requirements are included, but remember that sometimes official requirements may reflect reality inaccurately.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular modern games across different resolutions:

Full HD	154
1440p	78
4K	52

Cost per frame, $

1080p	1.94
1440p	3.83
4K	5.75

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	280−290
Cyberpunk 2077	130−140
Dead Island 2	250−260

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160
Counter-Strike 2	280−290
Cyberpunk 2077	130−140
Dead Island 2	250−260
Far Cry 5	250
Fortnite	240−250
Forza Horizon 4	210−220
Forza Horizon 5	160−170
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	300−310

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160
Counter-Strike 2	280−290
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	270−280
Cyberpunk 2077	130−140
Dead Island 2	250−260
Far Cry 5	228
Fortnite	240−250
Forza Horizon 4	210−220
Forza Horizon 5	160−170
Grand Theft Auto V	150−160
Metro Exodus	130−140
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	286
Valorant	300−310

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	150−160
Cyberpunk 2077	130−140
Dead Island 2	250−260
Far Cry 5	213
Forza Horizon 4	210−220
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	143
Valorant	300−310

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite

240−250

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	150−160
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive	350−400
Grand Theft Auto V	110−120
Metro Exodus	85−90
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180
Valorant	300−350

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	130−140
Cyberpunk 2077	70−75
Dead Island 2	130−140
Far Cry 5	145
Forza Horizon 4	170−180
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	106

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite

150−160

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	70−75
Grand Theft Auto V	130−140
Metro Exodus	55−60
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	91
Valorant	300−350

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	90−95
Counter-Strike 2	70−75
Cyberpunk 2077	30−35
Dead Island 2	55−60
Far Cry 5	75
Forza Horizon 4	120−130
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	95−100

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite

75−80

Closest competitors

GeForce RTX 5060's performance relative to its closest rivals among desktop graphics cards.

GeForce RTX 3070 Ti 103.14

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB 100.3

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 100.19

GeForce RTX 5060 100

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 99.26

Radeon RX 7700 XT 99.09

Radeon RX 7700 99.09

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 5060 is Radeon RX 7700 XT, which is slower by 1% and lower by 4 positions in our ranking.