NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 vs NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell Comparison

Head-to-Head Benchmarks

The database places the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 in direct competition across nine benchmark suites. The results are decisive: the RTX PRO 4500 wins all nine head-to-head comparisons, with zero wins for the GeForce RTX 5060. The largest margin appears in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test, where the RTX PRO 4500 scores 7025 against the RTX 5060's 3628, a 93.6% advantage. The GeForce card comes closest in the Passmark G2D test, where the professional card leads by only 15.8%, scoring 1336 versus 1154. The remaining seven tests show the RTX PRO 4500 ahead by margins ranging from 54.5% (Passmark DirectX 12) to 95.7% (Geekbench Vulkan). In the compute-oriented Passmark GPU Compute test, the lead is 76.7%. Across all tests, the average score for the RTX PRO 4500 is 31532, placing it in the 76th percentile of all GPUs in the database, while the RTX 5060's average of 26331 sits in the 72nd percentile. The nearest rivals to the RTX PRO 4500 in the database include the NVIDIA TITAN RTX (average score 31676, just 0.4% lower), the NVIDIA GRID M60-1 (31220, 1.0% lower), and the Quadro M5000 (31206, 1.0% lower), which indicates the RTX PRO 4500 is tightly grouped with these workstation and professional cards. The nearest rival to the RTX 5060 is the AMD Radeon 860M (26401, 0.3% lower), followed by the NVIDIA GeForce MX550 (26421, 0.3% lower) and the AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT 50th Anniversary (26553, 0.8% higher). The data suggests the RTX 5060 competes in a cluster of similar mid-range cards, while the RTX PRO 4500 sits among top-tier workstation parts.

The Verdict

The benchmark data points to a single conclusion: for any workload represented in the database, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell is the faster card. It wins every head-to-head test, with its largest leads in next-generation API-heavy workloads like Steel Nomad and Geekbench Vulkan. The RTX 5060 is not faster in any of the nine recorded tests. The database's percentiles confirm this: the RTX PRO 4500 outperforms 76% of all GPUs, a higher percentile than the RTX 5060's 72%. Users with compute-heavy workloads or who run recent DirectX 12 or Vulkan titles should choose the RTX PRO 4500. Users whose workloads are limited to older DirectX 9 or 2D tests will still see a meaningful, but smaller, advantage for the RTX PRO 4500, which leads by 15.8% in Passmark G2D. The data does not contain a workload where the RTX 5060 wins.

Architecture Differences

The two cards come from the same Blackwell architecture family but target different segments, and the silicon reflects that. The RTX PRO 4500 uses the GB203 chip, fabricated on a 5 nm process at TSMC, with 45,600 million transistors on a 378 mm² die, a transistor density of 120.6 million per mm². The RTX 5060 uses the GB206 chip, also 5 nm at TSMC, with 21,900 million transistors on an 181 mm² die, or 121.0 million transistors per mm². The workstation card has 10496 shading units, 328 texture mapping units, 112 ROPs, 82 ray tracing cores and 328 tensor cores. The RTX 5060 has 3840 shading units, 120 TMUs, 48 ROPs, 30 ray tracing cores and 120 tensor cores. The RTX PRO 4500's larger chip is reflected in its higher pixel rate of 269.6 GPixel/s versus 119.9 GPixel/s for the RTX 5060, and its texture rate of 789.5 GTexel/s versus 299.6 GTexel/s.

Specification Differences

Both cards are dual-slot and use a PCIe 5.0 interface, but the physical connectors differ: the RTX PRO 4500 uses a 16-pin power connector and carries a 550 W power supply recommendation, while the RTX 5060 uses one 8-pin connector and a 300 W recommendation. The RTX PRO 4500's dimensions are 267 mm by 111 mm by 40 mm; the RTX 5060 is 241 mm by 111 mm by 40 mm. Display outputs also differ: the RTX PRO 4500 provides four DisplayPort 2.1b outputs, while the RTX 5060 provides one HDMI 2.1b and three DisplayPort 2.1b outputs. API support is identical on both: DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6 and Vulkan 1.4. The RTX PRO 4500 has a launch MSRP of 299 USD; it is listed as active, with a release date of 2025-03-17, and its predecessor is the "Workstation Ada". The RTX 5060 is active, released 2025-05-18, with a launch MSRP of 299 USD, and its predecessor is the GeForce 40, with the GeForce 60 as successor.

FAQ

Q: How much faster is the RTX PRO 4500 than the RTX 5060 in the 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12 test?

A: The RTX PRO 4500 scores 7025, the RTX 5060 scores 3628, and the RTX PRO 4500 leads by 93.6%.

Q: Which card has more memory?

A: The RTX PRO 4500 has 32 GB of GDDR7 memory on a 256-bit bus, while the RTX 5060 has 8 GB on a 128-bit bus. Memory bandwidth is 896.0 GB/s for the RTX PRO 4500 versus 448.0 GB/s for the RTX 5060.

Q: Which card wins in Passmark G3D?

A: The RTX PRO 4500 scores 33360, the RTX 5060 scores 20891, so the RTX PRO 4500 wins by 59.7%.

Q: What is the process node for both cards?

A: Both are manufactured at TSMC on a 5 nm process. The RTX PRO 4500 has 45,600 million transistors, the RTX 5060 has 21,900 million.

Q: Do both support the same APIs?

A: Yes, both support DirectX 12 Ultimate (12_2), OpenGL 4.6, and Vulkan 1.4.

Q: In which tests does the RTX 5060 come closest to the RTX PRO 4500?

A: The smallest gap is in the Passmark 2D test, where the RTX PRO 4500 scores 1336 and the RTX 5060 scores 1154, a 15.8% lead. In every other test the lead is at least 54.5%.

Where Each One Wins

The RTX PRO 4500 wins all nine recorded benchmarks. Its largest wins are in new-generation API tests: 93.6% in 3DMark Steel Nomad DX12, 95.7% in Geekbench Vulkan, and 76.7% in Passmark GPU Compute. It also leads by 60.6% in Passmark DirectX 10, 60.0% in DirectX 11, 76.4% in DirectX 9, 59.7% in Passmark G3D, and 54.5% in DirectX 12. The RTX 5060's closest performance relative to the RTX PRO 4500 is in Passmark G2D, where it scores 1154 versus 1336, a 15.8% gap. There is no recorded benchmark where the GeForce RTX 5060 takes the lead.