GeForce RTX 5060 vs PG506-217

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Primary details

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

Place in the rankingnot ratednot rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
ArchitectureAmpere (2020−2024)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGA100GB206
Market segmentWorkstationDesktop
Release date12 April 2021 (3 years ago)2025

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 cores35844608
Core clock speed930 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speed1440 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors54,200 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology7 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)165 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate322.6362.9
Floating-point processing power10.32 TFLOPS23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs9648
TMUs224144
Tensor Cores224144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 x16PCIe 5.0 x16
Length267 mmno data
Width2-slot2-slot
Supplementary power connectors8-pin EPS1x 16-pin

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 typeHBM2GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount24 GB8 GB
Memory bus width3072 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1215 MHz1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth933.1 GB/s355.0 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 ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

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

DirectXN/A12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader ModelN/A6.8
OpenGLN/A4.6
OpenCL3.03.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA8.010.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 24 GB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 165 Watt 170 Watt

PG506-217 has a 200% higher maximum VRAM amount, and 3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between PG506-217 and GeForce RTX 5060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that PG506-217 is a workstation graphics card while GeForce RTX 5060 is a desktop one.


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NVIDIA PG506-217
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