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GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB vs Radeon RX 9070 XT

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Key Differences

  • RX 9070 XT is 64% faster than RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB (12 measured runs at 4K and 1440p (native)).
  • RX 9070 XT has the most memory bandwidth: 644.6 GB/s against 448 GB/s.
  • RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB draws the least power: 180 W against 304 W.
  • Core counts are not comparable across these architectures.
Spec GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB Radeon RX 9070 XT AMD
Overview
Product name NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT
4Kgaming performance 59.5% (-40%) 6 native test runs 100% (fastest) 6 native test runs
1440pgaming performance 62.7% (-37%) 6 native test runs 100% (fastest) 6 native test runs
Market price $766 Cheapest in stock · US · New retail ASUS Dual OC Black · Best Buy US · checked 1 day ago. In stock at 3 shops $870 Cheapest in stock · US · New retail XFX Swift Triple Fan · Amazon US · checked 14 hours ago. In stock at 3 shops
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 4.0
Generation / family GeForce RTX 50 Series Radeon RX 9000 Series
GPU codename GB206 Unknown
Launch date 2025-04-16 2025-03-06
Market segment Desktop in GeForce RTX 50 Series Gaming
Board type / entry type Reference GPU Reference GPU
GPU
Process node TSMC 5 nm TSMC 4 nm
Die size 181 mm² 357 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 53.9 billion
GPU chip GB206 Navi 48
SM / multiprocessor count 36 Unknown
Shader processors Raw counts do not scale linearly across architectures or generations. 4608 CUDA Cores 4096 Stream Processors
AI units Dedicated AI silicon differs significantly across vendors. Not directly comparable. 144 Tensor Cores Unknown AI Accelerators
RT units Dedicated RT unit counts do not scale the same way across vendors. 36 RT Cores 64 Ray Accelerators
ROPs 48 128
TMUs 144 256
Clocks
Base / Core clock 2,407 MHz 1,660 MHz
Boost clock 2,572 MHz 2,970 MHz
Memory clock 1,750 MHz 2,518 MHz
Memory
Memory size 16 GB 16 GB
Memory type GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory bus width 128-bit 256-bit
Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s 644.6 GB/s
Bus / Interface
Bus interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
AGP / PCI / PCIe distinction PCIe PCIe
Power
TDP / TBP / board power 180 W 304 W
Recommended PSU 600 W 700 W
Power connectors 1x PCIe 8-pin or 1x PCIe Gen 5 16-pin Unknown
Slot width Dual-slot, 241 mm length, 40 mm width Dual-slot
Display / Media
Display outputs 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b 1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1a
Features
DirectX support DirectX 12.2 DirectX 12.2
OpenGL support OpenGL 4.6 OpenGL 4.6
Vulkan support Vulkan 1.4 Vulkan 1.4
CUDA support 12.0 Not applicable
Shader Model 6.8 6.8
Ray tracing support Hardware RT units present Hardware RT units present
Performance / Benchmarks
FP32 throughput 23.7 TFLOPS 48.66 TFLOPS
FP16 throughput 23.7 TFLOPS 97.32 TFLOPS
Muted cells indicate unavailable, not applicable, or not directly comparable specifications.

DLAA counts as native resolution; DLSS, FSR and XeSS upscaling never do. A ray tracing setting without a readable on or off value is read as on.

Gaming benchmarks

Every card ran the same games at the same settings on one test system: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM. The index sets the fastest card to 100 using the eligible test runs.

  • GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
  • Radeon RX 9070 XT

4K native rendering

  1. Radeon RX 9070 XT 100 index, fastest
  2. GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 59.5 index, 40% behind fastest

Index uses 6 native test runs; fastest card = 100.

Per-game results 6 test runs across 5 games
Average and 1% low FPS per game at 4K on AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM
Game Avg FPS · 1% low RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB RX 9070 XT Difference
007 First Light Ultra · Native RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 32 FPS 1% low 25 RX 9070 XT 57 FPS 1% low 49 +78% RX 9070 XT
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra · Native RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 58 FPS 1% low 49 RX 9070 XT 102 FPS 1% low 90 +76% RX 9070 XT
PRAGMATA Max · DLAA · RT on RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 45 FPS 1% low 36 RX 9070 XT 76 FPS 1% low 65 +69% RX 9070 XT
PRAGMATA Max · DLAA RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 48 FPS 1% low 38 RX 9070 XT 78 FPS 1% low 67 +63% RX 9070 XT
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Ultra · Native RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 26 FPS 1% low 22 RX 9070 XT 40 FPS 1% low 31 +54% RX 9070 XT
Spider-Man 2 Very high · Native RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 47 FPS 1% low 26 RX 9070 XT 80 FPS 1% low 51 +70% RX 9070 XT

1440p native rendering

  1. Radeon RX 9070 XT 100 index, fastest
  2. GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 62.7 index, 37% behind fastest

Index uses 6 native test runs; fastest card = 100.

Per-game results 6 test runs across 5 games
Average and 1% low FPS per game at 1440p on AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, DDR5-6000 MHz RAM
Game Avg FPS · 1% low RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB RX 9070 XT Difference
007 First Light Ultra · Native RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 63 FPS 1% low 54 RX 9070 XT 102 FPS 1% low 84 +62% RX 9070 XT
Forza Horizon 6 Ultra · Native RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 85 FPS 1% low 73 RX 9070 XT 140 FPS 1% low 120 +65% RX 9070 XT
PRAGMATA Very high · DLAA RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 89 FPS 1% low 67 RX 9070 XT 138 FPS 1% low 113 +55% RX 9070 XT
PRAGMATA Very high · DLAA · RT on RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 83 FPS 1% low 62 RX 9070 XT 135 FPS 1% low 111 +63% RX 9070 XT
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl Ultra · Native RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 46 FPS 1% low 36 RX 9070 XT 70 FPS 1% low 57 +52% RX 9070 XT
Spider-Man 2 Very high · Native RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB 81 FPS 1% low 44 RX 9070 XT 130 FPS 1% low 88 +60% RX 9070 XT