NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
23.3Rasterization—
20Ray Tracing27.6
32.8Memoryspec-based41.5
83.8Efficiencyspec-based95.9
28.8Compute41.2
2 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB7 spec wins — NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
InnoReviews verdict
No overall winner yet: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.
Which would you pick?
Key differences
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
- 50% higher Bus width: 192 bit vs 128 bit
Reasons to pick the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050
- Stronger Ray Tracing score: 28 vs 20
- Stronger compute score: 41 vs 29
- 100% higher Shading units: 2,560 vs 1,280
- 75% lower process: 4 nm vs 16 nm
- 67% higher bandwidth: 320 GB/s vs 192 GB/s
General
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Announced | 2016 | 2025 |
| Architecture | Pascal | Blackwell |
| Process | 16 nm | 4 nm+75% |
| TDP | 120 W+8% | 130 W |
| Power connector | 1x 6-pin | — |
Cores & Clocks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Shading units | 1,280 | 2,560+100% |
| RT cores | — | 20 |
| Tensor / AI cores | — | 80 |
| Base clock | 1,506 MHz | 2,310 MHz+53% |
| Boost clock | 1,709 MHz | 2,570 MHz+50% |
Memory
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 6 GB | 8 GB+33% |
| VRAM type | GDDR5 | GDDR6 |
| Bus width | 192 bit+50% | 128 bit |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 320 GB/s+67% |
Benchmarks
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Time Spy | 4,178Bottom 10% | — |
| 3DMark Speed Way | — | 2,430Bottom 22% |
| PassMark G3D | 10,021Bottom 15% | — |
Features
| Spec | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
| Upscaling | — | DLSS 4 |
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