GeForce RTX 5060 — Benchmarks & Specs
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Bottom line: how fast is the GeForce RTX 5060?
At 1440p (Ultra, DLSS Quality), the GeForce RTX 5060 averages 172 fps in Cyberpunk 2077, per Digital Trends. For local LLM inference it generates 211.0 tokens/sec running qwen3:0.6b at q4_K_M under ollama, per DatabaseMart. In 3DMark Fire Strike it scores 34,779 points, per Digital Trends.
Every figure above is a row in the tables below, and each row links out to the review or public benchmark database the number was taken from. SpecPicks aggregates published measurements; it does not report first-party benchmark runs.
The GeForce RTX 5060 is a graphics card from the Blackwell family from NVIDIA. Data on this page draws on 8+ Amazon listings, 10 synthetic benchmark results, 12 community AI inference reports, 14 measured game frame-rate results, aggregated from public benchmark databases (TechPowerUp, PassMark, Geekbench, Cinebench) and the LocalLLaMA community. Read this page when shopping the GeForce RTX 5060, comparing it against other graphics cards in your build, or sizing it for a specific workload (gaming at 1080p/1440p/4K, productivity benchmarks, or local LLM inference).
Gaming Performance (measured FPS)
Average and 1% low frame rates by game, resolution, and quality preset. Bars are scaled against the fastest result on this page.
| Game | Resolution | Settings | Relative | Avg FPS | 1% low | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1440p | Ultra DLSS Quality | 172 fps | — | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| Alan Wake 2 | 1080p | RT Ultra RT on DLSS Quality | 168 fps | — | Club386 2025-06-03 | |
| Alan Wake II | 1080p | High RT on DLSS Quality | 168 fps | — | Club386 2025-06-03 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Ultra DLSS Balanced | 164 fps | — | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| Marvel's Spider-Man Remastered | 1080p | Very High | 159 fps | — | NoobFeed 2025-07-11 | |
| God of War | 1080p | Ultra DLSS Balanced | 154 fps | — | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | 1080p | Ultra DLSS Quality | 149 fps | — | Club386 2025-06-03 | |
| Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 | 1080p | High DLSS Quality | 149 fps | — | Club386 2025-06-03 | |
| Horizon Zero Dawn Remastered | 1080p | Ultra | 147 fps | — | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| Red Dead Redemption 2 | 1080p | Ultra | 141 fps | — | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1440p | Ultra DLSS Balanced | 137 fps | — | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 1080p | Ultra | 125 fps | — | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| Assassin's Creed Mirage | 1080p | Ultra | 119 fps | — | Club386 2025-06-03 | |
| God of War | 1080p | Ultra | 115 fps | — | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 |
AI Inference Performance
Tokens per second under each model + quantization. Higher = faster generation. Bars compare runs across the same model.
| Model | Quantization | Relative | Tokens/sec | VRAM used | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| qwen3:0.6b | q4_K_M ollama | 211.0 tok/s | 0.5 GB | DatabaseMart 2026-08-03 | |
| qwen3:0.6b | q4_K_M ollama | 211.0 tok/s | — | Databasemart 2026-07-08 | |
| qwen3:1.7b | q4_K_M ollama | 156.4 tok/s | — | Databasemart 2026-07-08 | |
| qwen3:1.7b | q4_K_M ollama | 156.4 tok/s | 1.4 GB | DatabaseMart 2026-08-03 | |
| gemma3:1b | q4_K_M ollama | 146.6 tok/s | 0.8 GB | DatabaseMart 2026-08-03 | |
| gemma3:1b | q4_K_M ollama | 146.6 tok/s | — | Databasemart 2026-07-08 | |
| llama3.2:1b | q4_K_M ollama | 133.5 tok/s | — | Databasemart 2026-07-08 | |
| phi:2.7b | q4_K_M ollama | 131.5 tok/s | 1.6 GB | DatabaseMart 2026-08-03 | |
| phi3.5:3.8b | q4_K_M ollama | 113.9 tok/s | 2.2 GB | DatabaseMart 2026-08-03 | |
| phi3.5:3.8b | q4_K_M ollama | 113.9 tok/s | — | Databasemart 2026-07-08 | |
| deepseek-r1:1.5b | q4_K_M ollama | 111.1 tok/s | — | Databasemart 2026-07-08 | |
| deepseek-r1:1.5b | q4_K_M ollama | 111.1 tok/s | 1.1 GB | DatabaseMart 2026-08-03 |
Synthetic Benchmarks
Higher is better. Bars are scaled within each benchmark family (multi-thread, single-thread, etc.) so you can compare like-with-like at a glance.
| Benchmark | Relative | Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike | 34,779 points | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| PassMark G3D Mark | 20,804 pts | PassMark 2026-04-20 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Extreme | 17,893 points | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 14,464 points | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 13,731 points | TopCPU (3DMark leaderboard aggregate) 2025-05-01 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy | 13,731 points | TopCPU (community median) 2026-05-01 | |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra | 8,764 points | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| 3DMark Port Royal | 8,732 points | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 | |
| 3DMark Port Royal | 8,661 points | Overclocking.com 2025-09-04 | |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme | 6,772 points | Digital Trends 2025-09-23 |
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