Who is the NVIDIA - GeForce RTX 5060 for?
Entry-tier graphics card. Below 58 on the Mars Score means several weighted specs trail the category leaders by a wide margin.
Only consider if there's a specific reason — price, brand loyalty, ecosystem fit. The best graphics cards page will show what your money buys at a higher tier.
Mars Score is computed from 15 measured specs against the transparent formula for the graphics cards category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
No spec lands in the top quartile of the category normalization window. Strengths sit in untracked specs (build quality, ecosystem, etc.) rather than weighted axes.
- ▼CUDA / Stream cores: 3840 (below category average).
- ▼VRAM: 8 GB (below category average).
- ▼3DMark Time Spy: 11500 (below category average).
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- VRAM
- 8GB
- CUDA / Stream cores
- 3840
- Boost clock
- 2497MHz
- TDP
- 145W
All specifications
Core
- Chipset
- GB206
- Base clock?
- 2280 MHz
- Boost clock?
- 2497 MHz
Power & Form
- Recommended PSU?
- 550 W
- Length
- 242 mm
- Slot size
- 2-slot
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