Nvidia RTX 5050, RTX 5060, and RTX 5060 Ti specs leak — expect 8GB/16GB flavors and higher TGPs
Not a pleasant leak, if you were hoping for more VRAM.
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 series GPUs leaks, via renowned industry insider Kopite, reveal minimal changes across the board, especially in the VRAM department. Earlier today, the leaker spilled the beans surrounding Nvidia's upcoming budget GPU offerings in a series of tweets. From the looks of it, after three long years we're finally getting another 50-class GPU from Nvidia, but there isn't much to show for it.
As shown by the Steam Hardware Survey, Nvidia's 60-class GPUs are extremely popular among gamers, with flagship-grade SKUs nowhere in sight. While it's hard to estimate how much Nvidia rakes in from the budget segment, it undoubtedly plays a key role in shaping mind share and consumer sentiment. The cheapest GPU in the top-five list goes for $300. This speaks volumes about how much the average user is willing to spend on their graphics card.
As per their usual leaks, Kopite has detailed specifications of Nvidia's soon-to-be-announced budget GPUs, likely at GTC in a few days. The RTX 5060 Ti reportedly carries the GB206-300-A1 GPU core, with 4,608 CUDA cores (36 SMs) and a 128-bit memory interface. Going by rumored data from the same leaker, this should be a fully enabled GB206 die, coming in 8GB and 16GB (clamshell) flavors with a 180W TGP (Total Graphics Power). With 75W from the PCIe slot, the 5060 Ti falls comfortably within range of a single 8-pin connector (150W), even for some custom variants.
GPU Name |
RTX 5060 Ti |
RTX 4060 Ti |
RTX 5060 |
RTX 4060 |
RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Family |
Blackwell |
Ada Lovelace |
Blackwell |
Ada Lovelace |
Blackwell |
Board Name |
PG152-SKU10/15 |
PG190-SKU361 |
PG152-SKU25 |
PG173-SKU371 |
PG152-SKU50 |
GPU Core |
GB206-300-A1 |
AD106-350-A1 |
GB206-250-A1 |
AD107-400-A1 |
GB207-300-A1 |
CUDA Cores |
4,608 |
4,352 |
3,840 |
3,072 |
2,560 |
SMs |
36 |
34 |
30 |
24 |
20 |
Bus Width |
128-bit |
128-bit |
128-bit |
128-bit |
128-bit |
Memory |
16GB/8GB GDDR7 |
16GB/8GB GDDR6 |
8GB GDDR7 |
8GB GDDR6 |
8GB GDDR6 |
TGP |
180W |
165W/160W |
150W |
115W |
130W |
The vanilla RTX 5060 only purportedly offers an 8GB configuration, but that's expected since all these GPUs are limited to a 128-bit bus. With 3,840 CUDA cores (30 SMs), it is expected to be built using binned GB206 dies (GB206-250-A1) that otherwise did not qualify for the more powerful RTX 5060 Ti. The TGP has been upped to 150W from 115W, though you could tune that with a pinch of undervolting if needed. Nvidia might be able to extract a decent uplift versus the RTX 4060 considering the 25% more CUDA cores, 30% higher TGP, and other architectural refinements.
Lastly, the budget RTX 5050 drops to the entry-level GB207, with a fully functional die provided Kopite's data is solid. The GB207 design limits it to just 20 SMs or 2,560 CUDA cores. Assuming a 10% architectural uplift from Ada Lovelace to Blackwell, normalized for core counts and frequencies, the RTX 5050 might struggle against the RTX 4060 in certain scenarios. In any case, we'd love to see this GPU hit shelves for under $200, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
Nvidia's GTC runs from March 17 to 21, where we can expect to learn more about budget Blackwell among other AI, data science, and robotics related developments.
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oofdragon The 5070 is actually worse than a 4070 Super, what will a 5060 Ti 16GB being to table? Spoilers.. NOTHING. And at what price again? Oh right.. close enough to a $550 Radeon 9070 which will drop to $499 soon enough and already obliterates the failure 5070? Yep. RIP NgreedReply
The 5060 will compete with the 9060 XT that will actually match the 5070 for much less, I wonder who the duck is going to buy these duck failure of cards really -
magbarn 5060 is getting probably a 30% uplift, which other than the 5090, seems to be a larger generational uplift than the rest of the meh Blackwells.Reply -
usertests Reply
Yeah, the only sticking points are the VRAM and the price. Anyone looking to spend $300+ on one should suspect a 12 GB Super model using 3 GB modules dropping less than a year later.magbarn said:5060 is getting probably a 30% uplift, which other than the 5090, seems to be a larger generational uplift than the rest of the meh Blackwells. -
salgado18 I remember the GTX 1050 ti being a 75W card, with no extra PCIe cables, and now the RTX 5050 ti uses up double that. I get it that power is cheap an do are PSUs, but I kind of wished that power constraints remained more mundane. Some computers are using energy equivalent to a microwave oven just to play games.Reply -
Eximo Reply
Those that are building desktops are generally not power conscious compared to mobile users, and since the mobile variants use the same silicon, they just take the good quality ones and underclock them to meet power limits. You can basically do the same.salgado18 said:I remember the GTX 1050 ti being a 75W card, with no extra PCIe cables, and now the RTX 5050 ti uses up double that. I get it that power is cheap an do are PSUs, but I kind of wished that power constraints remained more mundane. Some computers are using energy equivalent to a microwave oven just to play games. -
SSGBryan Reply
A 5060ti 16gb is for people running chatgpt or stable diffusion locally on their pc.oofdragon said:The 5070 is actually worse than a 4070 Super, what will a 5060 Ti 16GB being to table? Spoilers.. NOTHING. And at what price again? Oh right.. close enough to a $550 Radeon 9070 which will drop to $499 soon enough and already obliterates the failure 5070? Yep. RIP Ngreed
The 5060 will compete with the 9060 XT that will actually match the 5070 for much less, I wonder who the duck is going to buy these duck failure of cards really -
_Shatta_AD_ Reply
If the 5060 gets a 30% uplift, then it would cannibalized both the 5060 Ti and the 5070. Ngreedier would never allow that. They would artificially downclock or voltage limit the card just to prevent that and binned the chip so they leave room for the 5060 Ti Super(basically a higher-binned GB-206, slightly overclocked chip above the non-limited GB-206) in Q4 2025 and drop the price of 5060 Ti. Creating a 1000 tiers to maximize each iteration in order to maximize profits is the new tactics for all monopolistic companies. They'll make you pay through your nose for every SINGLE percentage uplift you get.magbarn said:5060 is getting probably a 30% uplift, which other than the 5090, seems to be a larger generational uplift than the rest of the meh Blackwells. -
King_V So, the 5050 is supposed to struggle against the 4060, yet use more power to do so?Reply
Not a good look.
EDIT: and I missed mentioning this, regarding the 5050:
In any case, we'd love to see this GPU hit shelves for under $200, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.
I could well be just imagining it, but given how the 3050 and 3050 6GB remained overpriced, I got the feeling that Nvidia resented feeling the need to release something less than a 60-series card. It's not quite as bad of an insult as the GTX 1630, but it's not that far off.
That quote about the pricing? Yeah, that's definitely feeling like "but let's not get ahead of ourselves" translates to "but you know what Nvidia is going to here."