GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs 4070 Ti

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 4 months older RTX 4070 Ti 12 GB that utilizes 60 pipelines and 7680 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
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score

Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
16 GB GDDR7
VS
12 GB GDDR6X
72.1
(Good)
Value Index
43.7
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4070 Ti over RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
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 Ti
  • Performs significantly better (up to 46%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • 69% higher maximum theoretical performance (40.1 vs 23.7 TFLOPS)
  • Shows 29% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 128 vs 99 FPS
  • Features 96 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
  • Achieves 47% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (219K vs 148K)
  • Has 67% more shading units (7680 vs 4608)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
163
107
97
71
197
136
126
100
The Witcher 3
178
150
111
61
211
190
135
72
Counter-Strike 2
266
198
140
80
288
218
160
83
Far Cry 6
138
126
109
66
164
147
130
81
Hogwarts Legacy
110
91
72
38
140
115
89
50
CoD: Modern Warfare III
136
133
96
64
181
172
134
90
Ghost of Tsushima
100
83
63
40
124
107
92
55
Cyberpunk 2077
118
104
69
33
161
147
98
44
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
190
177
134
70
257
243
188
98
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 155 191
1080p Ultra 130 164
1440p Ultra 99 128
4K Ultra 58 75
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
23605
Time Spy 16044 22743
Solar Bay 76027 108437
Port Royal 10283 13995
Fire Strike 42482 53473
Wild Life Extreme 30335 45396
Night Raid 150051 171208
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
219163
Background Blur 243.1 img/sec 371.2 img/sec
Face Detection 149.5 img/sec 235 img/sec
Horizon Detection 5.35 Gpixels/sec 7.51 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 6.88 Gpixels/sec 10.6 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 7.76 Gpixels/sec 12.4 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.57 Gpixels/sec 2.03 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 740.2 Gpixels/sec 1120 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 22183.7 FPS 30420.2 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
31509
G2D Mark 1204 1209
DirectX 11 218 FPS 287 FPS
DirectX 12 89 FPS 115 FPS
GPU Compute 11237 Ops/s 18136 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 11825 & 15445 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
6634.23
Sources: Blender [9], [10] – 1419 & 2660 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 4070 Ti
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-09-14 (Isa)Cinebench 202480717
📘 2026-06-02 (Harley)Cinebench 202479993
📘 2026-03-27 (minato)Cinebench 202480470

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
32405
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
24894
Image Classification (SP) 10281 12496
Image Segmentation (HP) 29909 33378
Image Super Resolution (Q) 26549 37180
Face Detection (HP) 59010 62919
Pose Estimation (Q) 117200 171125
Text Classification (SP) 3993 3630
Machine Translation (HP) 6647 6420
Object Detection (SP) 12742 15804
Depth Estimation (Q) 44856 58647
Style Transfer (SP) 175892 331379
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and 4070 Ti

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 15, 2025 January 3, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $429 $799
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 Ti
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core i7 14700K or above
Desktop GPU rating (33rd and 15th place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2407 MHz 2310 MHz
Boost Clock 2572 MHz 2610 MHz
Shading Units 4608 7680
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 240
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 80
Compute Units (Pipelines) 36 60
Tensor Cores 144 240
Ray-tracing Cores 36 60
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 48MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 GPixel/s 209 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTexel/s 626 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
23.7 TFLOPS
40.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 285 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
504 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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