GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs 3060 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
GB206-300
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 4 years and 5 months older RTX 3060 Ti that utilizes 38 pipelines and 4864 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 (8GB)
- Performs better (up to 35%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- 46% higher maximum theoretical performance (23.7 vs 16.2 TFLOPS)
- Shows 29% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 99 vs 77 FPS
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
- Achieves 22% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (141K vs 115K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 160 105 93 71 |
132 88 75 54 |
| The Witcher 3 | 181 153 109 57 |
152 128 92 47 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 263 199 146 83 |
226 169 121 64 |
| Far Cry 6 | 139 127 107 63 |
114 103 83 47 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 108 91 69 38 |
86 73 55 29 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 135 128 98 64 |
107 99 72 47 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 100 81 68 38 |
82 69 48 28 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 118 104 68 33 |
92 81 48 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 186 176 129 69 |
139 132 95 53 |
| 1080p High | 154 | 126 |
| 1080p Ultra | 129 | 105 |
| 1440p Ultra | 99 | 77 |
| 4K Ultra | 57 | 43 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 15958 | 11707 |
| Solar Bay | 76075 | 54429 |
| Port Royal | 10040 | 6971 |
| Fire Strike | 42259 | 29571 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 30380 | 24417 |
| Night Raid | 138076 | 109862 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 197.7 img/sec | 185.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 131.5 img/sec | 108.4 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 5.28 Gpixels/sec | 5.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.79 Gpixels/sec | 7.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.74 Gpixels/sec | 5.54 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.53 Gpixels/sec | 1.15 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 726.7 Gpixels/sec | 478 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 21833.6 FPS | 15183 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1204 | 989 |
| DirectX 11 | 218 FPS | 164 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 89 FPS | 78 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 11237 Ops/s | 9865 Ops/s |
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) | 9511 | 7384 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 29012 | 19320 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 25621 | 16108 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 52204 | 34615 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 122234 | 74811 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3209 | 2638 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6074 | 4136 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 12095 | 8718 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 45666 | 25946 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 182591 | 153275 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and 3060 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 15, 2025 | December 2, 2020 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $379 | $399 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Ampere |
| GPU Codename | GB206-300 | GA104 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 6700 XT |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i5 12600K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (35th and 49th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2407 MHz | 1410 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2572 MHz | 1665 MHz |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 4864 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 152 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 38 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 152 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 38 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 4MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 123 GPixel/s | 133 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 370 GTexel/s | 253 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 180 W | 200 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | Samsung |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 8 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | 392 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | 17 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 43.37 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 87°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 256-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 | 8.6 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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