NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

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GeForce RTX 4060 compared with GeForce RTX 5060

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5060
Overview
Released
Released	June 2023	May 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	3,072	3,840
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,460 MHz	2,500 MHz (better)
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Third-generation RT Cores; 35 RT TFLOPS	Fourth-generation RT Cores; 58 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	Fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 242 AI TOPS	Fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 614 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1.83 GHz	2.28 GHz
Cache
Cache	24 MB L2	–
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	8 GB GDDR7
Memory bus
Memory bus	128-bit	128-bit
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	272 GB/s	–
Memory detail
Memory detail	NVIDIA quotes 453 GB/s effective bandwidth with the L2 cache	–
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	115 W (better)	145 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box); some partner cards use 1 × 6-pin	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box)
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	550 W	550 W
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot	–
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	1 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode	1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode