The verdict
It's a dead heat.
Neither pulls ahead on the published figures, so the decision is in the details this comparison cannot see. Check the current figures on both pages.
Choose RTX 5050 if…
- • You want RTX 5050's edge on what it cost at launch and how fast it boosts
Choose RTX 5060 if…
- • You want RTX 5060's edge on how many shader cores it has and how much ai compute it has
Round by round
- Round 1What it cost at launchRTX 5050 wins
RTX 5050 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How many shader cores it hasRTX 5060 winsRTX 50505/10
2,560 CUDA cores
NVIDIA reference spec
- 2,560 CUDA cores, against 3,840 CUDA cores
Source: nvidia.com ↗
RTX 5060 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How much AI compute it hasRTX 5060 wins
RTX 5060 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How fast it boostsRTX 5050 wins
RTX 5050 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How much power it drawsRTX 5050 wins
RTX 5050 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6Which memory it usesRTX 5060 wins
RTX 5060 wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
Side by side
Overall score
6.5
6.9
Price
See price
See price
How much power it draws
8.0
7.0
What it cost at launch
8.0
6.8
Which memory it uses
5.0
8.0
How much video memory you get
—
5.0
What power supply it needs
—
7.0
Head-to-head findings
How much power it draws
130 W
145 W
What it cost at launch
$249
$299
How much video memory you get
—
8 GB GDDR7
What power supply it needs
—
550 W
Which memory it uses
GDDR6
GDDR7
How fast it boosts
2.57 GHz
2.50 GHz
How many shader cores it has
2,560 CUDA cores
3,840 CUDA cores
How wide the memory bus is
—
128-bit
Record
Head-to-head record
0–0–1
4–1–1
Head-to-heads won
—
80 %
Rounds won
50 %
60 %
Pros
Cons
- 2,560 CUDA cores, against 3,840 CUDA cores
- 421 AI TOPS, against 614 AI TOPS
- GDDR6, against GDDR7
- 8 GB GDDR7, against 12 GB GDDR6
- 128-bit, against 192-bit
- 145 W, against 115 W
- $299, against $249