nvidia
Brand6GB GDDR5
Memory1280
Cores192.2 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
nvidia
Brand8GB GDDR6
Memory2560
Cores320 GB/s
BandwidthNVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
$299 • Jul 2016
GeForce RTX 5050
$249 • Jul 2025
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
Specs Comparison
| Specification | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Memory Size | 6 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 120 W | 130 W |
| Core Clock | N/A | N/A |
| Boost Clock | 1709 MHz | 2572 MHz |
| Memory Bandwidth | 192.2 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| Process Size | 16nm | 5nm |
| Architecture | Pascal | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Shading Units | 1280 | 2560 |
| RT Cores | N/A | 20 |
| TMUs | 80 | 80 |
| ROPs | 48 | 32 |
| Memory Bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock | 2002 MHz | 2500 MHz |
| Pixel Rate | 82.03 GPixel/s | 82.3 GPixel/s |
| Texture Rate | 192.2 GTexel/s | 205.8 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance | 4.375 GFLOPS | 13.17 GFLOPS |
| L2 Cache | 1.50 MB | 24.00 MB |
| Die Size | 200 mm² | 149 mm² |
| Transistors | 4400 Million | 16900 Million |
| Required PSU | 300 W | 300 W |
| Power Connectors | 1x 6-pin | 1x 8-pin |
| Bus Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| DirectX | 12.1 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| Foundry | TSMC | TSMC |
Comparison in Synthetic Benchmarks
3DMark Time Spy
Synthetic DirectX 12 benchmark that measures GPU performance in gaming workloads
Graphics Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
Geekbench 6
Cross-platform benchmark that measures GPU compute performance using OpenCL and Metal APIs
OpenCL Score
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
GFXBench 5.0
Cross-platform 3D graphics benchmark suite that measures GPU performance across different APIs
Aztec Ruins High (FPS)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
PassMark G2D
Comprehensive 2D graphics benchmark that measures GPU performance in various graphics operations
G2D Mark
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
Game Benchmarks Comparison
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Wins!
Based on 4 synthetic benchmarks
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6 GB
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
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