GeForce RTX 5060
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How it stacks up to the flagship
Each metric is shown as a percentage of the GeForce RTX 5090 D, the strongest card we track.
Estimated benchmark results
Each result is shown as a share of the RTX 5090 D's score in the same test.
Performance breakdown
FPS Across Resolutions
Average FPS across all PC games
Cost per frame
Launch MSRP ($299) ÷ average FPS — lower is better.
What Owners Say
Folks love the big jump in ray tracing and efficiency over older cards. The main complaint is the stingy 8GB VRAM, which already holds it back in newer titles.
- Runs cool in any case
- Plays modern games at high settings
- Great for 1080p maxed out
- Upgrade from older cards is huge
- VRAM is too low for modern games
- Price increase over last generation
- Power connector still feels unnecessary
Supported technologies
Full specifications
- Architecture
- Blackwell 2.0
- Process node
- 5 nm
- Transistors
- 21.9 B
- SM Count
- 30
- Release date
- 2025
- Launch price
- $299
- CUDA Cores
- 3,840
- RT Cores
- 30
- Tensor Cores
- 120
- TMUs
- 120
- ROPs
- 48
- L2 cache
- 32 MB
- Size
- 8 GB
- Type
- GDDR7
- Bus width
- 128-bit
- Bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
- Memory clock
- 1750 MHz
- Base clock
- 2280 MHz
- Boost clock
- 2497 MHz
- FP32 (float)
- 19.18 TFLOPS
- FP16 (half)
- 19.18 TFLOPS
- Pixel rate
- 120 GPixel/s
- Texture rate
- 299.6 GTexel/s
- TDP
- 145W
- Suggested PSU
- 300W
- Power connectors
- 1x 8-pin
- Bus interface
- PCIe 5.0 x8
- Length
- 241 mm
- Slot width
- 2-slot
- Max resolution
- 7680×4320
- Outputs
- 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
API and SDK support
- DirectX
- 12 Ultimate (12_2)
- Shader Model
- 6.8
- OpenGL
- 4.6
- OpenCL
- 3.0
- Vulkan
- 1.4
- CUDA
- 12.0
Our verdict on the RTX 5060
The RTX 5060 is a mid-range Blackwell card that finally brings GDDR7 memory, but its 8 GB cap holds it back.
Get it if you want a solid 1080p card for modern games without breaking the bank or needing a huge power supply. Skip it if you play at higher resolutions or want VRAM that'll last more than a couple years.
Buy it if…
- Buy it if you're a 1080p gamer who wants high settings for years.
- Buy it if you need a cool, efficient card for a compact build.
- Buy it if you want smooth ray tracing without breaking the bank.
Its place in the overall top
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