MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING
vs
ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING has 2560 shader units and these clock a maximum of 2.59 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 13.25 TFLOPS.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 has 3840 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 2.53 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 19.41 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING is equipped with a graphics chip of the Blackwell 2.0 architecture, which has 20 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 is based on the Blackwell 2.0 architecture and is equipped with 30 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING GPU ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5050 Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
GB207-300-A1 GPU Chip GB206-250-A1
Blackwell 2.0 Architecture Blackwell 2.0
20 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
2560 Shader 3840
32 Render Output Units 48
80 Texture Units 120
20 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 2.500 GHz clocks.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 has a 8 GB large GDDR7 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.750GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR7
2.500 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
20.0 Gbps Memory Speed 28.0 Gbps
320 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
128 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING has a turbo clock of 2.587 GHz. The turbo frequency of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 is 2.527 GHz.

2.280 GHz Base Clock 2.280 GHz
2.587 GHz Boost Clock 2.527 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING has 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 85 °C.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 is equipped with a 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 89 °C.

130 W TDP 145 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
85 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING are cooled with a Air cooling.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 88 mm Fan 1 2 x 90 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 supports HDCP in version 2.3 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
1x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
3x DP v2.1b DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_2 (Ultimate).

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
MSI Mystic Light LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING is 41 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 is 41 mm and thus requires the space of 3 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

202 mm Length 228 mm
120 mm Height 123 mm
41 mm Width 50 mm
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 3 PCIe-Slots
497 g Weight --
PCIe 5 x 8 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

Manufactured using the 5 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 5050 GAMING was released in Q3/2025.

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 published in Q2/2025 is manufactured with a structure width of 5 nanometers.

G5050-8G Part-no DUAL-RTX5060-8G
Q3/2025 Release date Q2/2025
249 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $ (Reference)
5 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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