GeForce RTX 5090 vs RTX 5060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
GB202-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
GB206-250
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5090 32 GB with 170 pipelines and 21760 shaders against the 4 months newer RTX RTX 5060 8 GB that utilizes 30 pipelines and 3840 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 5090
- Performs significantly better (up to 3.8x) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 5.5x higher maximum theoretical performance (104.8 vs 19.2 TFLOPS)
- Shows 2.4x higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 207 vs 85 FPS
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 336 247 233 187 |
142 94 84 58 |
| The Witcher 3 | 364 327 237 123 |
166 137 100 53 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 363 265 202 99 |
238 188 131 74 |
| Far Cry 6 | 237 202 190 121 |
125 116 93 53 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 249 199 166 97 |
94 79 59 30 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 334 322 260 184 |
117 108 80 51 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 221 185 175 113 |
85 71 55 30 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 261 233 160 77 |
99 89 56 27 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 329 302 238 128 |
156 141 106 57 |
| 1080p High | 299 | 136 |
| 1080p Ultra | 254 | 114 |
| 1440p Ultra | 207 | 85 |
| 4K Ultra | 125 | 48 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 46873 | 13743 |
| Solar Bay | 236689 | 64583 |
| Port Royal | 38202 | 8691 |
| Fire Strike | 87569 | 37587 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 108751 | 26179 |
| Night Raid | 206648 | 134132 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 333 img/sec | 209.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 298.5 img/sec | 134.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 21.7 Gpixels/sec | 4.67 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 33.7 Gpixels/sec | 6.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 34.5 Gpixels/sec | 6.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 2.53 Gpixels/sec | 1.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 2850 Gpixels/sec | 607.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 59146.9 FPS | 18827.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1410 | 1147 |
| DirectX 11 | 341 FPS | 200 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 179 FPS | 77 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 24360 Ops/s | 10392 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5090
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 5060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-20 -> bang | GeekBench | 143443 |
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) | 18948 | 8362 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 55109 | 22831 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 58478 | 22375 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 114685 | 41955 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 344729 | 84685 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4464 | 3296 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 8184 | 5083 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 27802 | 11023 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 85572 | 38817 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 687080 | 155103 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5090 and RTX 5060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | April 15, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1999 | $299 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | GB202-300 | GB206-250 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 9060 XT |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (2nd and 41st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2017 MHz | 2280 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2407 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 21760 | 3840 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 680 | 120 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 176 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 170 | 30 |
| Tensor Cores | 680 | 120 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 170 | 30 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 96MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 424 GPixel/s | 120 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 1637 GTexel/s | 300 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| TGP | 575 W | 145 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 750 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 92.2 billion | 21.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 122.93 MTr/mm² | 120.99 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | - | 89°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 32 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Bus | 512-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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