GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs RTX 5050
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
GB206-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050
GB207-300
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 16 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the RTX RTX 5050 8 GB that utilizes 20 pipelines and 2560 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
- Performs significantly better (up to 62%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 80% higher maximum theoretical performance (23.7 vs 13.2 TFLOPS)
- Shows 48% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 99 vs 67 FPS
- Includes 8 GB more video memory
- Features 64 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 61% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (148K vs 92K)
- Has 40% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 320 GB/s
- Has 80% more shading units (4608 vs 2560)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 163 107 97 71 |
121 78 67 46 |
| The Witcher 3 | 178 150 111 61 |
137 110 79 42 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 266 198 140 80 |
198 146 106 55 |
| Far Cry 6 | 138 126 109 66 |
104 93 74 41 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 110 91 72 38 |
74 63 44 23 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 136 133 96 64 |
92 84 61 39 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 100 83 63 40 |
74 58 43 25 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 118 104 69 33 |
79 70 44 21 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 190 177 134 70 |
125 113 82 43 |
| 1080p High | 155 | 112 |
| 1080p Ultra | 130 | 91 |
| 1440p Ultra | 99 | 67 |
| 4K Ultra | 58 | 37 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 16044 | 10200 |
| Solar Bay | 76027 | 47171 |
| Port Royal | 10283 | 6181 |
| Fire Strike | 42482 | 28750 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 30335 | 19017 |
| Night Raid | 150051 | 111186 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 243.1 img/sec | 129.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 149.5 img/sec | 94.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.35 Gpixels/sec | 3.45 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.88 Gpixels/sec | 4.41 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.76 Gpixels/sec | 4.43 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.57 Gpixels/sec | 1.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 740.2 Gpixels/sec | 434.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22183.7 FPS | 13990.8 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1204 | 1052 |
| DirectX 11 | 218 FPS | 152 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 89 FPS | 65 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11237 Ops/s | 8407 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-17 (StarSophia) | Steel Nomad Light | 17892 |
GeForce RTX 5050
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-25 (Sohail) | Cinebench 2024 | 34368 |
| 📘 2026-02-22 (Alex Paulino) | Cinebench 2024 | 39492 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 10281 | 7103 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 29909 | 22390 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 26549 | 17642 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 59010 | 40054 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 117200 | 66253 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3993 | 3436 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6647 | 5705 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 12742 | 8910 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 44856 | 31732 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 175892 | 107993 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and RTX 5050General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 15, 2025 | June 24, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | $249 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | GB206-300 | GB207-300 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (33rd and 55th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2407 MHz | 2317 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2572 MHz | 2572 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 32 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 20 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 80 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 20 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 123 GPixel/s | 82 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 370 GTexel/s | 206 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| TGP | 180 W | 130 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | 149 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | 16.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 113.42 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 87°C | 87°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 20000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 2.1b |
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