NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
84/100 editorial
US launch / reference: $449
Manufacturer source ↗NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB vs GeForce RTX 5090
GeForce RTX 5090 leads by 14 editorial points. Your priorities and current prices can change the better choice.
GeForce RTX 5090
98/100 editorial
US launch / reference: $1,999
Manufacturer source ↗Start with the tradeoffs
Consider NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB for
- 16 GB at last on the x60 class
- DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Generation
- Sub-200 W TBP
Tradeoff: 8 GB SKU exists and confuses buyers
Consider GeForce RTX 5090 for
- Unrivaled 4K and path-tracing
- DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Gen
- 32 GB VRAM for AI
Tradeoff: Enormous power draw
Scores and judgments are editorial. Specdex does not run an in-house benchmark lab. Manufacturer claims and independent measurements may use different test conditions.
Editorial fit by scenario
4K & rasterization
GeForce RTX 5090
leads on raster (100 vs 80)
Based on available shared editorial ratings.
Ray tracing
GeForce RTX 5090
leads on rt (100 vs 84)
Based on available shared editorial ratings.
AI workloads
GeForce RTX 5090
leads on ai (100 vs 86)
Based on available shared editorial ratings.
Power efficiency
NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
leads on efficiency (88 vs 78)
Based on available shared editorial ratings.
Specifications side by side
Arrows indicate a higher capacity, higher power rating, or lower weight/time for comparable simple quantities. They do not establish overall product quality. Unknown values remain unavailable.
| Specification | NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| CUDA cores | 4608 | 21,760 |
| VRAM | 16 GB GDDR7 | 32 GB GDDR7 |
| Memory bus | 128-bit | 512-bit |
| Base clock | 2.41 GHz | Not documented |
| Boost clock | 2.57 GHz | Not documented |
| Tensor cores | 5th gen (759 AI TOPS) | 680 (5th gen) |
| RT cores | 4th gen (72 TFLOPS) | 170 (4th gen) |
| TBP | 180 W | 575 W |
| PCIe | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Process | TSMC 4NP | Not documented |
| Connector | 8-pin | Not documented |
| Architecture | Not documented | Blackwell |
| Bandwidth | Not documented | 1792 GB/s |
Inspect the shared editorial ratings
Missing criteria are excluded from pairwise scenarios. A difference below two points is treated as a tie. These are not raw benchmarks.
- raster
- 80 / 100
- rt
- 84 / 100
- ai
- 86 / 100
- efficiency
- 88 / 78
NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB
Prices & availability
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GeForce RTX 5090
Prices & availability
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