Nvidia

GeForce RTX 5060

The GeForce RTX 5060 is Nvidia’s 8GB graphics card with a 145W board power rating, built on the Blackwell GB206 architecture. Below you’ll find its full spec sheet and gaming and productivity benchmarks, plus all 17 board versions we track, each with its cheapest current price.

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GeForce RTX 5060 graphics card

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Render and synthetic scores are in the Benchmarks section below.

Gaming scores are normalised performance indexes derived from Tom’s Hardware’s published GPU benchmarks. Performance per dollar and per watt are our own calculations on top of that data.

GeForce RTX 5060Top GPU
51.2
100.0

1080p Gaming

31.8
100.0

1440p Gaming

18.6
100.0

4K Gaming

The GeForce RTX 5060 scores 51.2 at 1080p, 31.8 at 1440p, and 18.6 at 4K on a scale where 100 = the fastest GPU we test (RTX 5090). These scores apply to all board versions of this chip.

Performance-per-dollar rank among all GPUs with live pricing

Value at 1080p

#11

of 50

Value at 1440p

#12

of 49

Value at 4K

#27

of 46

Benchmarks

Standardized benchmark scores for this chip, each compared to the fastest card we track and linked to its source. They apply to every board version.

3D & gaming

3DMark Fire Strike Graphicstechnical.city ↗
GeForce RTX 506037,971 points
GeForce RTX 4090 (best)75,641 points
3DMark Steel NomadUL 3DMark ↗
GeForce RTX 50603,170 points
GeForce RTX 5090 (best)14,544 points
PassMark G3DPassMark Software ↗
GeForce RTX 506020,681 G3D Mark
GeForce RTX 5090 (best)38,974 G3D Mark

Compute & AI

Geekbench 7 OpenCLGeekbench Browser ↗
GeForce RTX 5060113,337 points
GeForce RTX 5090 (best)337,912 points

GeForce RTX 5060 versions (17)

Every board version we track, cheapest first.

From$459.99
17 versions in stock

17 board versions of the GeForce RTX 5060 are listed above, starting from $459.99. Prices update daily from live retailer stock. Click any version name for its full spec sheet and all current retailer prices.

Specifications

Board versions of the GeForce RTX 5060 range from 197–302 mm long, so check your case's GPU clearance before buying.

Performance

Boost clock
2497 MHz
Base clock
2280 MHz
Shader cores
3,840
SM count
30
Texture units (TMUs)
120
Render outputs (ROPs)
48
RT cores
30 · 4th gen
Tensor / AI cores
120 · 5th gen

Memory

VRAM
8GB GDDR7
Memory bus
128-bit
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
Memory speed
28 Gbps
L2 cache
32 MB

GPU die

Architecture
Blackwell GB206
Process node
TSMC 4N
Foundry
TSMC
Die size
181 mm²
Transistors
21.9 billion
Generation
GeForce RTX 50

Power

TDP
145W
Recommended PSU
550W
Power connectors
1 8-pin

Display & outputs

Max resolution
7680 × 4320
Max displays
4
HDCP
2.3
Outputs
1 HDMI 2.1b, 3 DisplayPort 2.1b
PCIe interface
PCIe 5.0 ×16

APIs & software

DirectX
12 Ultimate (12.2)
Vulkan
1.4
OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
CUDA
Compute 12.0
Shader model
6.9

Video encoding & decoding

CodecEncodeDecode
H.264 / AVCSupportedSupported
H.265 / HEVCSupportedSupported
AV1SupportedSupported
VP9Not supportedSupported

Encoder: NVENC 9th gen · Decoder: NVDEC 6th gen

Features

Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation, DLSS 5 Neural Rendering
Also runs
FSR 3, FSR 3 Frame Generation, XeSS 2, XeSS 2 Frame Generation
Resizable BAR
Yes

Physical

Reference length
241 mm
Slot width
2 slots
Released
2025-05-19
MSRP
$299.00

3,840 shader cores feed a 128-bit memory interface delivering 448 GB/s of peak bandwidth. 30 RT cores handle real-time ray tracing; 120 tensor cores accelerate AI workloads and DLSS Super Resolution. Compare the GeForce RTX 5060 against the full GPU lineup on the full graphics card rankings.

Local AI performance

What the GeForce RTX 5060 can run on your own machine, and how fast.

Largest model it can run (8K context)

Q4 (the usual choice, near-original quality)
~9.3B
Q8 (closer to original, half the model size)
~5.3B
FP16 (unquantised, for training and research)
~2.8B

Parameter counts the card holds with room for an 8K conversation, counting the model weights plus its attention cache. A longer conversation needs more memory, so it lowers these figures.

Speed & value

Speed, 8B model at Q4
73-84 tok/s
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
Price per GB of VRAM
$57.50

Generation speed tracks memory bandwidth, because every word produced reads the whole model from memory. Shown as a range.

Models that fit, at Q4

ModelSizeMemory neededEst. speed
Glm4 9B9.4B5.8GB61-71 tok/s
Yi 9B8.8B5.8GB66-76 tok/s
Yi Coder 9B8.8B5.8GB66-76 tok/s

Popular models small enough for this card at Q4, one per family. Speed is left blank for mixture-of-experts models, where a bandwidth estimate is not reliable enough to publish.

Across generations

Where the GeForce RTX 5060 sits in Nvidia’s lineup — the generation before and after.

Previous generation
GeForce RTX 4060

How the GeForce RTX 5060 compares

Similar cards worth a look, based on live prices and 1440p gaming performance. Open a card for its full spec sheet, or a head-to-head for the side-by-side benchmark and price breakdown.

Step up
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB
23% faster9% pricier ($40.00)

About 23% more 1440p performance, for 9% more ($40.00).

8GB · from $499.99

Step down
Intel Arc B580
5% slower28% cheaper ($130.00)

Save 28% ($130.00) for roughly 5% less 1440p performance.

12GB · from $329.99

GeForce RTX 5060 vs Intel Arc B580

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