GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop VS GeForce RTX 5050
We are comparing the GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop ( NVIDIA ) head-to-head with the GeForce RTX 5050 ( NVIDIA ) . You’ll get the key pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.
Note: This comparison of GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop vs. GeForce RTX 5050 is based on Comparigon's analysis and is for informational purposes only.
Last Updated: August 21, 2026
Overall Comparison
KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop AND GeForce RTX 5050
Here’s how GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop and GeForce RTX 5050 stack up against each other in their most impactful areas. Use these bullets to see at a glance which graphics card excels where.
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
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19% higher 4K Ultra FPS (44 vs 37)
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17% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (77 vs 66)
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15% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (105 vs 91)
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18% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (12014 vs 10217)
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21% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (7421 vs 6150)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5050
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30% higher Boost Clock (2572 MHz vs 1976 MHz)
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3% higher PassMark G3D Mark score (17408 vs 16882)
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36% higher PassMark GPU Compute score (8550 vs 6265)
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36% higher FP32 Compute (13.17 TFLOPS vs 9.68 TFLOPS)
SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop AND GeForce RTX 5050
Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop and GeForce RTX 5050.
Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.
If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.
| Specification | GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5050 |
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General Info
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| GPU Name: | GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop | GeForce RTX 5050 |
| GPU Type: | Laptop GPU | Discrete |
| Codename: | GB206 | GB207-300 |
| Vendor: | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Foundry: | TSMC | TSMC |
| Architecture: | Blackwell 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| Generation: | GeForce 50 Mobile | GeForce 50 |
| Release Date: | April 14, 2025 | July 1, 2025 |
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Board Design
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| Bus Interface: | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| PCIe Version: | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| PCIe Lanes: | 16 | x8 |
| Process Size: | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Transistors: | 21.9 billion | 16.9 billion |
| Density: | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 113.42 MTr/mm² |
| Die Size: | 181 mm² | 149 |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP): | 45-115 W | 130 W |
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Graphics Processor
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| Compute Units: | 26 | 20 |
| Shading Units: | 3328 | 2560 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): | 104 | 80 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs): | 48 | 32 |
| Tensor Cores: | 104 | 80 |
| Ray Tracing Cores: | 26 | 20 |
| Base Clock: | 952-1455 MHz | 2317 |
| Boost Clock: | 1455-2497 MHz | 2572 |
| L1 Cache: | 128 KB per cluster | 128 KB (per SM) |
| L2 Cache: | 32 MB | 24 MB |
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Raw Performance
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| Pixel Fill Rate: | 69.84 GPixel/s | 82.30 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate: | 151.3 GTexel/s | 205.8 GTexel/s |
| FP32 Performance: | 9.684 TFLOPs | t) 13.17 TFLOPs |
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Memory
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| Memory Type: | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size: | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Bus Width: | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Memory Clock: | 1750 MHz | 1750 |
| Effective Memory Speed: | 24000 Mbps | 20000 |
| Bandwidth: | 384 GB/s | 320 |
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APIs
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| DirectX: | 12 Ultimate (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: | 1 | Yes |
| DLSS: | DLSS 4 | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort: | 2.1b | 2.1b |
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Gaming FPS
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| 1080p Ultra (FPS): | 105 | 91 |
| 1440p Ultra (FPS): | 77 | 66 |
| 4K Ultra (FPS): | 44 | 37 |
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Benchmarks
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3D Mark
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| Steel Nomad Lite | 11870 | 10059 |
| Time Spy | 12014 | 10217 |
| Solar Bay | 52601 | 46901 |
| Port Royal | 7421 | 6150 |
| Fire Strike | 31698 | 28740 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 21586 | 18958 |
| Night Raid | 115861 | 111889 |
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GeekBench 6 OpenCL
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| Compute Score | 108121 | 92181 |
| Background Blur | 171 img/sec | 129.6 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 112.1 img/sec | 94.6 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 3.82 Gpixels/sec | 3.45 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.06 Gpixels/sec | 4.41 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 5.45 Gpixels/sec | 4.43 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.24 Gpixels/sec | 1.16 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 515.3 Gpixels/sec | 434.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 16147.9 | 13990.8 FPS |
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Passmark Graphics
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| G3D Mark | 16882 | 17408 |
| G2D Mark | 853 | 1088 |
| DirectX 11 | 163 | 152 |
| DirectX 12 | 79 | 69 |
| GPU Compute | 6265 | 8550 Ops/s |
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Blender (Rendering)
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| Blender Score | 3539 | 2876 |
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GeekBench 6 ML
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| Single Precision | 18679 | 16926 |
| Half Precision | 35323 | 34904 |
| Quantized | 14707 | 13248 |
| Image Classification | 7525 | 7103 |
| Image Segmentation | 23623 | 22390 |
| Image Super Resolution | 19973 | 17642 |
| Face Detection | 41164 | 40054 |
| Pose Estimation | 77589 | 66253 |
| Text Classification | 2880 | 3436 |
| Machine Translation | 5811 | 5705 |
| Object Detection | 9966 | 8910 |
| Depth Estimation | 37206 | 31732 |
| Style Transfer | 136961 | 107993 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
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FurMark
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| 1080p Vulkan | 9722 | — |
| 1440p Vulkan | 4221 | — |
| 1080p OpenGL | 8574 | 7796 |
| 1440p OpenGL | 5951 | — |
| 2160p OpenGL | — | 2011 |
Tip: ▲ indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while ▼ indicates a lower-is-better advantage.
PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop AND GeForce RTX 5050
The charts below visualize how GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop and GeForce RTX 5050 stack up in key performance metrics.
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Release Timeline of GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop and GeForce RTX 5050
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop was released 2 months, 17 days earlier than GeForce RTX 5050.
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Domain Score Summary
Note: Scores (0 to 100) are generated by Comparigon’s scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.
Our Verdict
In conclusion, the GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop has a narrow overall lead compared to the GeForce RTX 5050. Its strongest advantages are in Gaming Performance, AI & Machine Learning, Hardware Architecture and Workstation. They are still fairly close in Energy Efficiency.
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