GeForce RTX 5070 vs 5060 Ti (16GB)
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070
GB205-300
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
GB206-300
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 12 GB with 48 pipelines and 6144 shaders against the 3 months newer RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) 16 GB that utilizes 36 pipelines and 4608 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 5070
- Performs significantly better (up to 43%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 29% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 128 vs 99 FPS
- 30% higher maximum theoretical performance (30.9 vs 23.7 TFLOPS)
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
- Has 50% higher memory bandwidth: 672 vs 448 GB/s
- Features 48 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Achieves 28% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (190K vs 148K)
- Has 33% more shading units (6144 vs 4608)
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 197 140 130 97 |
163 107 97 71 |
| The Witcher 3 | 216 183 131 71 |
178 150 111 61 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 293 210 160 81 |
266 198 140 80 |
| Far Cry 6 | 164 145 128 82 |
138 126 109 66 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 140 117 92 51 |
110 91 72 38 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 178 171 136 89 |
136 133 96 64 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 123 107 89 58 |
100 83 63 40 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 164 144 99 43 |
118 104 69 33 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 253 238 189 98 |
190 177 134 70 |
| 1080p High | 192 | 155 |
| 1080p Ultra | 162 | 130 |
| 1440p Ultra | 128 | 99 |
| 4K Ultra | 74 | 58 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 22708 | 16044 |
| Solar Bay | 107004 | 76027 |
| Port Royal | 14498 | 10283 |
| Fire Strike | 58324 | 42482 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 43879 | 30335 |
| Night Raid | 172064 | 150051 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 254.4 img/sec | 243.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 180.6 img/sec | 149.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 7.91 Gpixels/sec | 5.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 10.2 Gpixels/sec | 6.88 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 10.7 Gpixels/sec | 7.76 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.84 Gpixels/sec | 1.57 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 975.7 Gpixels/sec | 740.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 27816.5 FPS | 22183.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1289 | 1204 |
| DirectX 11 | 279 FPS | 218 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 106 FPS | 89 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 14323 Ops/s | 11237 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5070
No benchmark results yet
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-17 (StarSophia) | Steel Nomad Light | 17892 |
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) | 12270 | 10281 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 30237 | 29909 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 35585 | 26549 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 62662 | 59010 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 145190 | 117200 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 4198 | 3993 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 6233 | 6647 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 16709 | 12742 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 58300 | 44856 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 246598 | 175892 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5070 and 5060 Ti (16GB)General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | April 15, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $549 | $429 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | GB205-300 | GB206-300 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 9070 | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (21st and 33rd place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2160 MHz | 2407 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2512 MHz | 2572 MHz |
| Shading Units | 6144 | 4608 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 192 | 144 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 80 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 48 | 36 |
| Tensor Cores | 192 | 144 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 48 | 36 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 48MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 201 GPixel/s | 123 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 482 GTexel/s | 370 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| TGP | 250 W | 180 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 263 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 31.1 billion | 21.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 118.25 MTr/mm² | 120.99 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | - | 87°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 12 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Bus | 192-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 2.1b |
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