NVIDIA started GeForce RTX 5060 sales on 2025. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Blackwell 2.0 architecture and made with 0 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 8 GB of GDDR7 memory clocked at 1.75 GHz are supplied, and together with 128 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 355.0 GB/s.

Compatibility-wise, this is a dual-slot graphics card attached via PCIe 5.0 x16 interface. 1x 16-pin power connector is required, and power consumption is at 170 Watt.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking	264
Place by popularity	not in top-100
Power efficiency	8.58	of 100.00 (Radeon 890M)
Architecture	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	GB206
Market segment	Desktop
Release date	2025 (recently)

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	4608	of 21760 (GeForce RTX 5090)
Core clock speed	2235 MHz	of 2670 MHz (Arc B580)
Boost clock speed	2520 MHz	of 3599 MHz (Radeon RX 7990 XTX)
Manufacturing process technology	0 nm	of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V)
Power consumption (TDP)	170 Watt	of 2400 Watt (Data Center GPU Max Subsystem)
Texture fill rate	362.9	of 2,554 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Floating-point processing power	23.22 TFLOPS	of 104.8 (GeForce RTX 5090)
ROPs	48	of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX)
TMUs	144	of 1280 (Data Center GPU Max NEXT)
Tensor Cores	144	of 1216 (Radeon Instinct MI300X)
Ray Tracing Cores	36	of 170 (GeForce RTX 5090)

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 x16
Width	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	1x 16-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	355.0 GB/s	of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X)

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 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	+

API 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	1.3
CUDA	10.1

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. 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.

RTX 5060 21.14

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 8125

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.

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2

35−40

Full HD
Medium Preset

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

Full HD
High Preset

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

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	65−70
Counter-Strike 2	35−40
Far Cry 5	65−70
Forza Horizon 5	55−60
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	140−150
Valorant	85−90

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	30−35
Red Dead Redemption 2	18−20
World of Tanks	140−150

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	40−45
Counter-Strike 2	30−35
Far Cry 5	55−60
Forza Horizon 5	30−35
Metro Exodus	45−50
Valorant	55−60

4K
High Preset

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

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	21−24
Counter-Strike 2	18−20
Far Cry 5	27−30
Fortnite	24−27
Forza Horizon 5	16−18
Valorant	24−27

Closest competitors

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

Radeon R9 295X2 105.53

Radeon R9 Nano 104.45

GeForce GTX TITAN 101.23

GeForce RTX 5060 100

Radeon RX 470 99.62

Radeon R9 290 99.62

GeForce GTX 780 98.58

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to GeForce RTX 5060 is Radeon RX 470, which is nearly equal in speed and lower by 1 position in our ranking.