GPU Comparison

NVIDIA
GEFORCE

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

CORE STATE GB206
VRAM 8 GB
CLOCK SPEED 2497 MHz
TDP 145 W
BUS WIDTH 128 bit
ARCHITECTURE Blackwell 2.0
nm
PROCESS 5 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2025
VS
NVIDIA
GEFORCE

RTX A500 Mobile

CORE STATE GA107S
VRAM 4 GB
CLOCK SPEED 1537 MHz
TDP 30 W
BUS WIDTH 64 bit
ARCHITECTURE Ampere
nm
PROCESS 8 nm
LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_3dmark_steel_nomad_dx12
3,628
N/A
geekbench_opencl
112,787
41,263
geekbench_vulkan
113,321
37,873
passmark_directx_10
127
N/A
passmark_directx_11
200
N/A
passmark_directx_12
77
N/A
passmark_directx_9
225
N/A
passmark_g2d
1,154
N/A
passmark_g3d
20,891
N/A
passmark_gpu_compute
10,899
N/A

Analysis: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 vs NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile

Rendering performance benchmarks between NVIDIA RTX 5060 and NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (NVIDIA) show a clear winner. NVIDIA RTX 5060 achieves considerably superior performance in recent gaming benchmarks. The VRAM edge and design enhancements lead into noticeably smoother gaming results. Performance numbers validates this conclusion. Users demanding top-tier graphics would take note.

This memory edge of NVIDIA RTX 5060 becomes more critical at increased resolutions. Ultra HD rendering needs significant VRAM, and NVIDIA RTX 5060 provides additional capability. The converts into better gameplay in VRAM-hungry games. Upcoming releases might only demand additional VRAM. The advantage increases over generations.

NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (NVIDIA) struggles to keep up with NVIDIA RTX 5060's raw power. In price-conscious builders, NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (NVIDIA) might yet offer sufficient frame rates, however people demanding the best results should lean toward NVIDIA RTX 5060. This frame rate delta is sufficiently considerable to ignore. Intensive titles especially reveal this gap. The price gap provides dividends in frame rates.

In conclusion, NVIDIA RTX 5060 offers the superior option in this matchup. Its gaming superiority validate attention for those assembling a capable graphics build. Even though NVIDIA RTX A500 Mobile (NVIDIA) offers its positives, the benchmark results undeniably advantages NVIDIA RTX 5060. Form your selection based on this. This gaming gap is notable sufficiently to influence.

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION
RTX 5060
RTX A500 Mobile
Core Specs
Shading Units
3,840
2,048 -46.7%
Shaders
3,840
2,048 -46.7%
TMUs
120
64 -46.7%
ROPs
48
32 -33.3%
SM Count
30
16 -46.7%
Clocks
Base Clock
2280 MHz
832 MHz
Boost Clock
2497 MHz
1537 MHz
Memory Clock
1750 MHz 28 Gbps effective
1500 MHz 12 Gbps effective
Memory
Memory Size
8 GB
4 GB
VRAM (MB)
8,192
4,096 -50.0%
Memory Type
GDDR7
GDDR6
Memory Bus
128 bit
64 bit
Bandwidth
448.0 GB/s
96.00 GB/s
Cache
L1 Cache
128 KB (per SM)
128 KB (per SM)
L2 Cache
32 MB
2 MB
Performance
Pixel Rate
119.9 GPixel/s
49.18 GPixel/s
Texture Rate
299.6 GTexel/s
98.37 GTexel/s
FP32 (TFLOPS)
19.18 TFLOPS
6.296 TFLOPS
FP64 (TFLOPS)
299.6 GFLOPS (1:64)
98.37 GFLOPS (1:64)
FP16 (TFLOPS)
19.18 TFLOPS (1:1)
6.296 TFLOPS (1:1)
AI/RT
RT Cores
30
16 -46.7%
Tensor Cores
120
64 -46.7%
Power
TDP
145 W
30 W
TDP (W)
145
30 -79.3%
Suggested PSU
300 W
Power Connectors
1x 8-pin
None
Architecture
Architecture
Blackwell 2.0
Ampere
GPU Name
GB206
GA107S
Generation
GeForce 50
Ampere-MW (Ax000)
Process Size
5 nm
8 nm
Transistors
21,900 million
8,700 million
Die Size
181 mm²
200 mm²
Foundry
TSMC
Samsung
Density
121.0M / mm²
43.5M / mm²
API Support
DirectX
12 Ultimate (12_2)
12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenGL
4.6
4.6
Vulkan
1.4
1.4
OpenCL
3.0
3.0
CUDA
12.0
8.6
Shader Model
6.9
6.8
Physical
Slot Width
Dual-slot
IGP
Length
241 mm 9.5 inches
Height
111 mm 4.4 inches
Outputs
1x HDMI 2.1b3x DisplayPort 2.1b
Portable Device Dependent
Bus Interface
PCIe 5.0 x8
PCIe 4.0 x8
Other
Launch Price
299 USD
Production
Active
End-of-life
Predecessor
GeForce 40
Quadro Turing-M
Successor
GeForce 60
Ada-MW
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