GeForce RTX 5060 vs GTX 470M

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking629not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiency4.65no data
ArchitectureFermi (2010−2014)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameGF104GB206
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date3 September 2010 (14 years ago)2025

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores2884608
Core clock speed535 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2520 MHz
Number of transistors1,950 millionno data
Manufacturing process technology40 nm0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)75 Watt170 Watt
Texture fill rate25.68362.9
Floating-point processing power0.6163 TFLOPS23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs2448
TMUs48144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop sizelargeno data
InterfaceMXM-B (3.0)PCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsNone1x 16-pin
SLI options+-

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeGDDR5GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount1536 MB8 GB
Memory bus width192 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speed1250 MHz2500 MHz
Memory bandwidth60.0 GB/s80 GB/s
Shared memory--

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display ConnectorsNo outputs1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI-+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX12 API12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model5.16.7
OpenGL4.54.6
OpenCL1.13.0
VulkanN/A1.3
CUDA+9.1

Pros & cons summary


Maximum RAM amount 1536 MB 8 GB
Power consumption (TDP) 75 Watt 170 Watt

GTX 470M has 126.7% lower power consumption.

RTX 5060, on the other hand, has a 433.3% higher maximum VRAM amount.

We couldn't decide between GeForce GTX 470M and GeForce RTX 5060. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that GeForce GTX 470M is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5060 is a desktop one.


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