GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs 4060 Ti 8GB

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 1 year and 11 months older RTX 4060 Ti 8GB that utilizes 34 pipelines and 4352 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)

We use average GPU prices from all manufacturers by default. Enter the current price of a specific card for better accuracy.
Currency
8 GB GDDR7
VS
8 GB GDDR6
100.6
(Excellent)
Value Index
45.1
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4060 Ti 8GB over RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
  • Performs better (up to 19%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
  • Shows 15% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 99 vs 86 FPS
  • Has 56% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 288 GB/s
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
160
105
93
71
150
97
84
61
The Witcher 3
181
153
109
57
167
137
98
52
Counter-Strike 2
263
199
146
83
239
187
136
76
Far Cry 6
139
127
107
63
129
119
95
54
Hogwarts Legacy
108
91
69
38
97
80
59
34
CoD: Modern Warfare III
135
128
98
64
121
112
80
53
Ghost of Tsushima
100
81
68
38
86
74
56
33
Cyberpunk 2077
118
104
68
33
102
91
57
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
129
69
164
146
109
58
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 154 139
1080p Ultra 129 116
1440p Ultra 99 86
4K Ultra 57 50
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
Time Spy 15958 13479
Solar Bay 76075 62428
Port Royal 10040 8103
Fire Strike 42259 34401
Wild Life Extreme 30380 25599
Night Raid 138076 136255
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
141028
Background Blur 197.7 img/sec 198.3 img/sec
Face Detection 131.5 img/sec 126.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 5.28 Gpixels/sec 4.35 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 6.79 Gpixels/sec 5.69 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 7.74 Gpixels/sec 6.72 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.53 Gpixels/sec 1.53 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 726.7 Gpixels/sec 656.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 21833.6 FPS 19149.2 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
G2D Mark 1204 1094
DirectX 11 218 FPS 202 FPS
DirectX 12 89 FPS 85 FPS
GPU Compute 11237 Ops/s 12003 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6] – 11825 & 15714 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU

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
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
Image Classification (SP) 9511 9359
Image Segmentation (HP) 29012 21463
Image Super Resolution (Q) 25621 26023
Face Detection (HP) 52204 42533
Pose Estimation (Q) 122234 99698
Text Classification (SP) 3209 3181
Machine Translation (HP) 6074 4956
Object Detection (SP) 12095 11009
Depth Estimation (Q) 45666 43518
Style Transfer (SP) 182591 203667
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) and 4060 Ti 8GB

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 15, 2025 May 18, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $399
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename GB206-300 AD106
Rival Equivalent - - Radeon RX 7700 XT
Successor - - GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
Recommended CPU - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above - Intel Core i5 14600K or above
Desktop GPU rating (35th and 43rd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2407 MHz 2310 MHz
Boost Clock 2572 MHz 2535 MHz
Shading Units 4608 4352
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 136
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 36 34
Tensor Cores 144 136
Ray-tracing Cores 36 34
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 32MB shared
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC

Raw Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 GPixel/s 122 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTexel/s 345 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
23.7 TFLOPS
22.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 180 W 160 W
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Fabrication Process 5 nm 5 nm
Die Size 181 mm² 188 mm²
Transistor Count 21.9 billion 22 billion
Transistor Density 120.99 MTr/mm² 117.02 MTr/mm²
Max. Temperature 87°C -

Memory

Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 2250 MHz
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps 18000 Mbps
Bus 128-bit 128-bit
ECC No No
Memory Bandwidth
448 GB/s
288 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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