GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs RTX 4070
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
GB206-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
AD104
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 16 GB with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 2 years and 1 month older RTX RTX 4070 12 GB that utilizes 46 pipelines and 5888 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
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
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4070
- Performs slightly better (up to 12%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 7% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 106 vs 99 FPS
- 23% higher maximum theoretical performance (29.1 vs 23.7 TFLOPS)
- Has 28% more shading units (5888 vs 4608)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 163 107 97 71 |
172 115 102 79 |
| The Witcher 3 | 178 150 111 61 |
194 159 114 61 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 266 198 140 80 |
272 205 149 81 |
| Far Cry 6 | 138 126 109 66 |
149 133 115 68 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 110 91 72 38 |
117 97 77 39 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 136 133 96 64 |
149 145 107 69 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 100 83 63 40 |
106 88 72 43 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 118 104 69 33 |
129 119 75 37 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 190 177 134 70 |
211 190 145 80 |
| 1080p High | 155 | 167 |
| 1080p Ultra | 130 | 139 |
| 1440p Ultra | 99 | 106 |
| 4K Ultra | 58 | 62 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 16044 | 17799 |
| Solar Bay | 76027 | 82861 |
| Port Royal | 10283 | 11156 |
| Fire Strike | 42482 | 44067 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 30335 | 35472 |
| Night Raid | 150051 | 153385 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 243.1 img/sec | 233 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 149.5 img/sec | 141.7 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.35 Gpixels/sec | 6.62 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.88 Gpixels/sec | 9.19 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.76 Gpixels/sec | 9.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.57 Gpixels/sec | 1.78 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 740.2 Gpixels/sec | 845.4 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 22183.7 FPS | 25043.9 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1204 | 1165 |
| DirectX 11 | 218 FPS | 243 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 89 FPS | 103 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11237 Ops/s | 14561 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-17 (StarSophia) | Steel Nomad Light | 17892 |
GeForce RTX 4070
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2025-12-14 (kashitsu) | Cinebench 2024 | 18051 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 10281 | 10246 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 29909 | 26153 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 26549 | 32054 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 59010 | 51337 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 117200 | 124617 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3993 | 3703 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6647 | 5484 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 12742 | 13134 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 44856 | 50548 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 175892 | 263477 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and RTX 4070General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 15, 2025 | April 13, 2023 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $429 | $599 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | GB206-300 | AD104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 7900 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5070 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (33rd and 30th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2407 MHz | 1920 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2572 MHz | 2475 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 5888 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 184 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 64 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 46 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 184 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 46 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 36MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 123 GPixel/s | 158 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 370 GTexel/s | 455 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 180 W | 200 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | 294 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | 35 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 119.05 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 87°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1313 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 21000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
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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