GeForce RTX 5060: specs and benchmarks
Aggregate performance score
GeForce RTX 5060 provides acceptable gaming and benchmark performance at 19.85% of a leader's which is GeForce RTX 5090 D.
Contents
Summary
NVIDIA is going to start GeForce RTX 5060 sales 19 May 2025 at a recommended price of $299. This is a desktop graphics card based on a Blackwell 2.0 architecture and made with 5 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 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 | 286 | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 30.82 | |
| Power efficiency | 9.84 | of 100.00 (Radeon 890M) |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 (2025) | |
| GPU code name | GB206 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 19 May 2025 | |
| 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) |
| 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 (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| 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) |
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.
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.
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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 | 110−120 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 35−40 |
Full HD
Medium Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 65−70 | |
| Fortnite | 100−110 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80−85 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 60−65 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 35−40 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 75−80 | |
| Valorant | 140−150 |
Full HD
High Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 110−120 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 230−240 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 65−70 | |
| Fortnite | 100−110 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80−85 | |
| Forza Horizon 5 | 60−65 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 70−75 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 35−40 | |
| Metro Exodus | 40−45 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 75−80 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 55−60 | |
| Valorant | 140−150 |
Full HD
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 80−85 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 40−45 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 65−70 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 80−85 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 35−40 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 75−80 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 55−60 | |
| Valorant | 140−150 |
Full HD
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 100−110 |
1440p
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 40−45 | |
| Counter-Strike: Global Offensive | 140−150 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 30−35 | |
| Metro Exodus | 24−27 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 170−180 | |
| Valorant | 180−190 |
1440p
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 55−60 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 18−20 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 45−50 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 50−55 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 21−24 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 30−35 |
1440p
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 45−50 |
4K
High Preset
| Counter-Strike 2 | 18−20 | |
| Grand Theft Auto V | 35−40 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 12−14 | |
| Metro Exodus | 16−18 | |
| The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt | 27−30 | |
| Valorant | 110−120 |
4K
Ultra Preset
| Battlefield 5 | 30−33 | |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 18−20 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 8−9 | |
| Far Cry 5 | 21−24 | |
| Forza Horizon 4 | 35−40 | |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 12−14 | |
| PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS | 20−22 |
4K
Epic Preset
| Fortnite | 21−24 |
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.
Here are some closest AMD rivals to GeForce RTX 5060:
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
Recommended processors
These processors are most commonly used with GeForce RTX 5060 according to our statistics.
