GeForce RTX 5060 vs 4060 Ti 8GB

We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 with 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders against the 2 years 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)

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Currency
8 GB GDDR7
VS
8 GB GDDR6
64.9
(Average)
Value Index
45.1
(Average)

Key differences

Key distinctions and advantages of RTX 4060 Ti 8GB over RTX 5060
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060
  • Has 56% higher memory bandwidth: 448 vs 288 GB/s
  • Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
  • 15% higher maximum theoretical performance (22.1 vs 19.2 TFLOPS)

Gaming Performance

Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutions

Games

FPS Table
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
150
97
84
61
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
167
137
98
52
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
239
187
136
76
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
129
119
95
54
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
97
80
59
34
CoD: Modern Warfare III
117
108
80
51
121
112
80
53
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
86
74
56
33
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
102
91
57
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
164
146
109
58
Average FPS by Resolution
1080p High 136 139
1080p Ultra 114 116
1440p Ultra 85 86
4K Ultra 48 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
RTX 5060 +3%
13978
Time Spy 13743 13479
Solar Bay 64583 62428
Port Royal 8691 8103
Fire Strike 37587 34401
Wild Life Extreme 26179 25599
Night Raid 134132 136255
Sources: 3DMark [1], [2]

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GPU test for computational tasks (image processing, photography, computer vision, and ML)
GB6 Compute Score
127848
Background Blur 209.1 img/sec 198.3 img/sec
Face Detection 134.3 img/sec 126.2 img/sec
Horizon Detection 4.67 Gpixels/sec 4.35 Gpixels/sec
Edge Detection 6.13 Gpixels/sec 5.69 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 6.39 Gpixels/sec 6.72 Gpixels/sec
Feature Matching 1.36 Gpixels/sec 1.53 Gpixels/sec
Stereo Matching 607.8 Gpixels/sec 656.3 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 18827.5 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
20638
22600
G2D Mark 1147 1095
DirectX 11 200 FPS 202 FPS
DirectX 12 77 FPS 86 FPS
GPU Compute 10392 Ops/s 12016 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [5], [6]15449 & 15326 samples

Blender

Rendering performance test for 3D modeling
Blender GPU
Sources: Blender [9]693 samples

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
GeForce RTX 5060
DateBenchmarkResult
📘 2026-08-20 -> bangGeekBench143443
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8GB
No benchmark results yet

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
20375
22080
GB6 ML Half Precision
RTX 5060 +3%
37358
GB6 ML Quantized
15190
17354
Image Classification (SP) 8362 9359
Image Segmentation (HP) 22831 21463
Image Super Resolution (Q) 22375 26023
Face Detection (HP) 41955 42533
Pose Estimation (Q) 84685 99698
Text Classification (SP) 3296 3181
Machine Translation (HP) 5083 4956
Object Detection (SP) 11023 11009
Depth Estimation (Q) 38817 43518
Style Transfer (SP) 155103 203667
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
Sources: Geekbench [9], [10]

Specifications

Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 and 4060 Ti 8GB

General

Vendor Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Released April 15, 2025 May 18, 2023
Launch price (MSRP) $299 $399
Case Desktop Desktop
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
GPU Codename GB206-250 AD106
Rival Equivalent - Radeon RX 9060 XT - 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 (41st and 42nd place)

Graphics Processing Unit

Base Clock 2280 MHz 2310 MHz
Boost Clock 2500 MHz 2535 MHz
Shading Units 3840 4352
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 120 136
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 48
Compute Units (Pipelines) 30 34
Tensor Cores 120 136
Ray-tracing Cores 30 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 120 GPixel/s 122 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTexel/s 345 GTexel/s
FLOPS (FP32)
19.2 TFLOPS
22.1 TFLOPS

Physical

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 145 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 89°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
RTX 5060 +56%
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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