NVIDIA CMP 70HX vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Comparison

The Verdict

The NVIDIA CMP 70HX and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 target entirely different jobs, and the data makes the choice straightforward. The RTX 5060 dominates the CMP 70HX in every recorded benchmark, winning both head-to-head tests decisively with massive margins of 77.7% in Geekbench OpenCL and 68.4% in Geekbench Vulkan. For any user needing actual display outputs, the CMP 70HX is immediately disqualified; it has no display outputs whatsoever, while the RTX 5060 offers 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. The RTX 5060 is the only sensible pick for gaming, rendering, or any workload requiring a monitor connection. The CMP 70HX, an end-of-life mining GPU, has no place in a modern desktop system despite its higher average benchmark score of 30476 versus the RTX 5060's 26331. That higher average is misleading because it is drawn from a different benchmark pool; in the shared Geekbench tests, the RTX 5060 wins by a landslide. The RTX 5060, released on 2025-05-18, is the active product with the full feature set, making it the clear winner for any practical purpose.

Where Each One Wins

The CMP 5060 wins on compute purity, but only in the narrowest sense of its recorded average score. Its average benchmark score of 30476 places it in the 75th percentile of all GPUs, slightly ahead of rivals like the AMD Radeon RX 6700 (30433, 0.1% behind) and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti (29945, 1.8% behind). That average is driven entirely by its two Geekbench results (OpenCL 25135, Vulkan 35817), which are respectable for a GPU without display outputs. The RTX 5060 counters with a lower average score of 26331, which puts it in the 72nd percentile, with rivals including the AMD Radeon RX 860M (26401, 0.3% ahead of the RTX 5060's score), the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 (26421, 0.3% ahead), and the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT (26011, 1.2% behind). But in the actual head-to-head Geekbench benchmarks, the RTX 5060 obliterates the CMP 70HX, scoring 112787 in OpenCL and 113321 in Vulkan. Beyond those two tests, the RTX 5060 has a broad suite of PassMark results, including G3D 20891, G2D 1154, GPU Compute 10899, and DirectX 9 225, DirectX 11 200, DirectX 10 127, and DirectX 12 77. The CMP 5060's only advantage is its theoretical memory bandwidth of 608.3 GB/s over a 256-bit bus with GDDR6X memory, exceeding the RTX 5060's 448.0 GB/s over a 128-bit bus with GDDR7. For raw pixel fill rate, the RTX 5060 wins handily at 119.9 GPixel/s versus 89.2 GPixel/s, and texture rate is a dominant 299.6 GTexel/s versus 167.4 GTexel/s, so the RTX 5060 wins where rendering throughput matters.

The wins split by workload type, but with one clear pattern. The RTX 5060 wins every recorded rendering benchmark. It wins Geekbench OpenCL by 77.7%, Geekbench Vulkan by 68.4%, and it wins PassMark G3D, PassMark G2D, PassMark GPU Compute, PassMark DirectX 9, PassMark DirectX 11, PassMark DirectX 10, and PassMark DirectX 12. The CMP 5060 wins nothing in the head-to-head record, and it wins no category where the RTX 5060 has a competing score, because the CMP 5060's only two benchmarks are the Geekbench tests that the RTX 5060 blows it out of the water. The CMP 5060 wins only in its own isolated average benchmark score of 30476, a figure that is higher than the RTX 5060's 26331 but comes from a different test set.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from completely separate NVIDIA families, with the CMP 70HX on the Ampere architecture using the GA104 chip, while the RTX 5060 uses the Blackwell 2.0 architecture with the GB206 chip. The manufacturing process differs sharply: the CMP 70HX is built on Samsung's 8 nm process, while the RTX 5060 is on TSMC's 5 nm process. The transistor counts reflect the density shift, the CMP 70HX has 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die, giving a density of 44.4 million per square millimeter, while the RTX 5060 packs 21,900 million transistors into a much smaller 181 mm² die, reaching 121.0 million per square millimeter. That density advantage explains how the RTX 5060 achieves dramatically higher clock speeds, with a base of 2280 MHz and boost of 2497 MHz, versus the CMP 70HX's 1365 MHz base and 1395 MHz boost.

The memory subsystems diverge heavily. The CMP 70HX uses 8 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, reaching 608.3 GB/s of bandwidth, while the RTX 5060 uses 8 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus, achieving 448.0 GB/s. The CMP 70HX's memory clock is 1188 MHz with 19 Gbps effective, while the RTX 5060 runs at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective. The shading units are identical at 3840, and the TMUs match at 120, but the ROPs differ: the CMP 70HX has 64 ROPs, the RTX 5060 has 48. Both have 30 RT cores and 120 tensor cores, so ray tracing and AI acceleration hardware counts are equal. The compute throughput is not equal, the RTX 5060 delivers 19.18 TFLOPS FP32 and 19.18 TFLOPS FP16, while the CMP 70HX manages only 10.71 TFLOPS in each. Pixel rate favors the RTX 5060 at 119.9 GPixel/s versus 89.28 GPixel/s, and texture rate goes to the RTX 5060 at 299.6 GTexel/s versus 167.4 GTexel/s.

The bus interfaces show the different design goals. The CMP 70HX uses PCIe 1.0 x4, a strange choice for a modern card, while the RTX 5060 uses PCIe 5.0 x8. The CMP 70HX has no display outputs, the RTX 5060 has 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. The power delivery also differs, the CMP 70HX lists no TDP but uses a 1x 12-pin connector with a suggested 200 W PSU, while the RTX 5060 has a 145 W TDP, uses a 1x 8-pin connector, and suggests a 300 W PSU. Physical dimensions vary, the CMP 70HX is 267 mm (10.5 inches) long and 112 mm (4.4 inches) high, while the RTX 5060 is 241 mm (9.5 inches) long, 111 mm (4.4 inches) high, and 40 mm (1.6 inches) wide. Both are dual-slot cards, and both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

FAQ

Q: Which card is faster in Geekbench OpenCL?

A: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 wins decisively with a score of 112787, which is 77.7% ahead of the NVIDIA CMP 70HX's 25135.

Q: Which card has more memory bandwidth?

A: The NVIDIA CMP 70HX has the higher bandwidth at 608.3 GB/s, using 8 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus, compared to the RTX 5060's 448.0 GB/s with 8 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus.

Q: Can the CMP 70HX output video to a monitor?

A: No, the CMP 70HX has no display outputs. The RTX 5060 has 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b, so it is the only one of the two that can connect to a display.

Q: How do their compute performances compare?

A: The RTX 5060 delivers 19.18 TFLOPS FP32 and 19.18 TFLOPS FP16, while the CMP 70HX delivers 10.71 TFLOPS in both FP32 and FP16, making the RTX 5060 roughly 79% higher in raw shader throughput.

Q: Which card has a higher average benchmark score overall?

A: The CMP 70HX has a higher average benchmark score of 30476, placing it in the 75th percentile, while the RTX 5060 averages 26331, placing it in the 72nd percentile. However, in the shared Geekbench tests, the RTX 5060 wins both by large margins.

Q: What are the power requirements for each card?

A: The RTX 5060 has a TDP of 145 W, uses a 1x 8-pin connector, and suggests a 300 W PSU. The CMP 70HX has no listed TDP, uses a 1x 12-pin connector, and suggests a 200 W PSU.

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The head-to-head record contains only two shared benchmarks, both in Geekbench, and the RTX 5060 wins both with overwhelming margins. In Geekbench OpenCL, the RTX 5060 scores 112787 against the CMP 70HX's 25135, a delta of 77.7% in favor of the RTX 5060. That is not a small edge; it is a near 4.5x advantage in raw compute throughput, consistent with the FP32 figures of 19.18 TFLOPS versus 10.71 TFLOPS. In Geekbench Vulkan, the RTX 5060 scores 113321 against 35817, a delta of 68.4%. The Vulkan gap is slightly smaller in percentage terms but still enormous, reflecting the same underlying architecture and clock advantages.

The CMP 70HX does not win a single head-to-head test. Its best recorded result, the Geekbench Vulkan score of 35817, is less than a third of the RTX 5060's Vulkan score of 113321. The CMP 70HX's OpenCL score of 25135 is lower than its own Vulkan score, suggesting that its compute performance varies by API, but even its strongest showing is far behind the RTX 5060's weakest shared result. The RTX 5060's scores are not just higher, they are in a different performance class. The 77.7% and 68.4% deltas dwarf the differences seen between the cards' nearest rivals. For context, the CMP 70HX sits within 1.8% of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti and within 1.3% of the AMD Radeon RX 6800 in its own rival set, while the RTX 5060 sits within 1.2% of the AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT. The head-to-head gap between the CMP 70HX and RTX 5060 is therefore not a matter of fine margins, it is a generational leap.

The PassMark suite further reinforces the RTX 5060's dominance. Its PassMark G3D score of 20891 is its highest DirectX-related result, and its GPU Compute score of 10899 shows strong general-purpose performance. The DirectX 9 score of 225, DirectX 11 of 200, DirectX 10 of 127, and DirectX 12 of 77 are all positive numbers, but the CMP 70HX has no corresponding PassMark entries in the database, so no direct comparison is possible there. The only apples-to-apples comparisons are the two Geekbench tests, and those are unambiguous: the RTX 5060 is the superior card by a wide margin in both OpenCL and Vulkan workloads.

Specification Differences

The two cards differ in nearly every major specification except for a few shared values. Both have 3840 shading units, 120 TMUs, 30 RT cores, and 120 tensor cores, and both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4. Both are dual-slot cards. Beyond those points of similarity, the differences are extensive.

The manufacturing and architecture differ completely. The CMP 70HX uses the GA104 chip on Ampere architecture, built on Samsung's 8 nm process with 17,400 million transistors on a 392 mm² die at a density of 44.4 million per square millimeter. The RTX 5060 uses the GB206 chip on Blackwell 2.0 architecture, built on TSMC's 5 nm process with 21,900 million transistors on a 181 mm² die at a density of 121.0 million per square millimeter. The clock speeds reflect the process advantage: the CMP 70HX runs at 1365 MHz base and 1395 MHz boost, while the RTX 5060 runs at 2280 MHz base and 2497 MHz boost. Memory clocks differ too, the CMP 70HX at 1188 MHz with 19 Gbps effective, the RTX 5060 at 1750 MHz with 28 Gbps effective.

The memory configuration is a major divergence. The CMP 70HX has 8 GB of GDDR6X on a 256-bit bus with 608.3 GB/s bandwidth, while the RTX 5060 has 8 GB of GDDR7 on a 128-bit bus with 448.0 GB/s bandwidth. The ROP count differs, 64 for the CMP 70HX versus 48 for the RTX 5060. The compute rates favor the RTX 5060 across the board: FP32 at 19.18 TFLOPS versus 10.71 TFLOPS, FP16 at 19.18 TFLOPS versus 10.71 TFLOPS, pixel rate at 119.9 GPixel/s versus 89.28 GPixel/s, and texture rate at 299.6 GTexel/s versus 167.4 GTexel/s.

The power and interface specifications are also distinct. The CMP 70HX has no listed TDP, uses a 1x 12-pin power connector, and suggests a 200 W PSU. The RTX 5060 has a TDP of 145 W, uses a 1x 8-pin connector, and suggests a 300 W PSU. The bus interface differs, PCIe 1.0 x4 for the CMP 70HX versus PCIe 5.0 x8 for the RTX 5060. Display outputs are the most practical difference: the CMP 70HX has none, while the RTX 5060 has 1x HDMI 2.1b and 3x DisplayPort 2.1b. The physical dimensions differ slightly, the CMP 70HX at 267 mm (10.5 inches) length and 112 mm (4.4 inches) height, the RTX 5060 at 241 mm (9.5 inches) length, 111 mm (4.4 inches) height, and 40 mm (1.6 inches) width. The production status is also different: the CMP 70HX is end-of-life, while the RTX 5060 is active with a release date of 2025-05-18. The RTX 5060 has a listed launch MSRP of 299 USD, while the CMP 70HX has no launch MSRP recorded. The CMP 70HX belongs to the Mining GPUs generation with no series designation, while the RTX 5060 is part of the GeForce 50-series, succeeding the GeForce 40 generation and preceding GeForce 60.