GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs RTX 4060

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 16 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 1 year and 11 months older RTX RTX 4060 8 GB that utilizes 24 pipelines and 3072 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.

Review

General comparison of performance in games, applications, power efficiency, and other metrics
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
DeviceFacts Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
16 GB GDDR7
VS
8 GB GDDR6
72.1
(Good)
Value Index
41.6
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4060 over RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
  • Performs significantly better (up to 52%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 57% higher maximum theoretical performance (23.7 vs 15.1 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 43% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 99 vs 69 FPS

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
163
107
97
71
128
78
66
47
The Witcher 3
178
150
111
61
143
117
82
44
Counter-Strike 2
266
198
140
80
208
157
111
58
Far Cry 6
138
126
109
66
105
98
76
45
Hogwarts Legacy
110
91
72
38
78
65
47
26
CoD: Modern Warfare III
136
133
96
64
98
90
64
43
Ghost of Tsushima
100
83
63
40
73
61
45
27
Cyberpunk 2077
118
104
69
33
82
75
43
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
190
177
134
70
128
119
85
46
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 155 116
1080p Ultra 130 96
1440p Ultra 99 69
4K Ultra 58 40
Margin of Error Low Low

Benchmarks

Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps

3D Mark

Multiplatform graphics benchmark suite that directly correlates with performance in modern games
Steel Nomad Lite Score
16221
10683
Time Spy 16044 10615
Solar Bay 76027 49340
Port Royal 10283 6054
Fire Strike 42482 28540
Wild Life Extreme 30335 20610
Night Raid 150051 121368
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
148626
106633
Background Blur 243.1 img/sec 186.9 img/sec
Face Detection 149.5 img/sec 112.7 img/sec
Horizon Detection 5.35 Gpixels/sec 3.92 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 6.88 Gpixels/sec 5.16 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 7.76 Gpixels/sec 4.94 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.57 Gpixels/sec 1.34 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 740.2 Gpixels/sec 446.2 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 22183.7 FPS 14935.1 FPS
API OpenCL OpenCL
Sources: Geekbench [3], [4]

Cinebench 2024 GPU

Hardware benchmark using Maxon's Cinema 4D rendering engine
Cinebench 2024 GPU

Passmark Graphics

Videocard test that focuses on compute shaders, multi-texturing, tessellation, and other features
G3D Mark Score
22609
19485
G2D Mark 1204 1036
DirectX 11 218 FPS 174 FPS
DirectX 12 89 FPS 76 FPS
GPU Compute 11237 Ops/s 9150 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 11825 & 28684 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
4302.28
3132.26
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1419 & 2092 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-04-17 (StarSophia)Steel Nomad Light17892
GeForce RTX 4060
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Geekbench 6 OpenCL105636
📘 2026-03-21 (John Fernand)Cinebench 202410606

Artificial Intelligence Tests

Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasks

GeekBench 6 ML

Tests throughput of AI operations in single, half, and quantized precision
GB6 ML Single Precision
24763
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
47486
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
18826
14234
Image Classification (SP) 10281 7696
Image Segmentation (HP) 29909 13706
Image Super Resolution (Q) 26549 23289
Face Detection (HP) 59010 31126
Pose Estimation (Q) 117200 78361
Text Classification (SP) 3993 3315
Machine Translation (HP) 6647 3491
Object Detection (SP) 12742 9386
Depth Estimation (Q) 44856 36778
Style Transfer (SP) 175892 148120
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and RTX 4060

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 15, 2025 May 18, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $429 $299
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename GB206-300 AD107
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon RX 7700 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5060
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core i5 14600K or above
Desktop GPU rating (33rd and 54th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2407 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost Clock 2572 MHz 2460 MHz
Shading Units 4608 3072
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 96
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 36 24
Tensor Cores 144 96
Ray-tracing Cores 36 24
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 24MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 GPixel/s 118 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTexel/s 236 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
23.7 TFLOPS
15.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 180 W 115 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 181 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor Count 21.9 billion 18 billion
Transistor Density 120.99 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature 87°C -

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz -
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps -
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
448 GB/s
272 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 12.0 8.9
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a

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