NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB
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US launch / reference: $299
Manufacturer source ↗NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB vs GeForce RTX 5090
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GeForce RTX 5090
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US launch / reference: $1,999
Manufacturer source ↗Start with the tradeoffs
Consider NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB for
- Supports DLSS Multi Frame Generation in compatible software
- AV1 encoding and modern DisplayPort 2.1b support
Tradeoff: 8GB VRAM capacity; no 16GB RTX 5060 configuration in official specs
Consider GeForce RTX 5090 for
- Unrivaled 4K and path-tracing
- DLSS 4 Multi-Frame Gen
- 32 GB VRAM for AI
Tradeoff: Enormous power draw
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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 GeForce RTX 5060 8GB | GeForce RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | NVIDIA Blackwell | Blackwell |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 | 21,760 |
| Memory | 8GB GDDR7 | Not documented |
| Memory bus | 128-bit | 512-bit |
| Base clock | 2.28GHz reference | Not documented |
| Boost clock | 2.50GHz reference | Not documented |
| Total graphics power | 145W reference | Not documented |
| Recommended system power | 550W reference; system dependent | Not documented |
| PCI Express | Generation 5 | Not documented |
| Video codecs | AV1 hardware encode and decode; 1 ninth-generation NVENC | Not documented |
| Tensor cores | Not documented | 680 (5th gen) |
| RT cores | Not documented | 170 (4th gen) |
| VRAM | Not documented | 32 GB GDDR7 |
| Bandwidth | Not documented | 1792 GB/s |
| TBP | Not documented | 575 W |
| PCIe | Not documented | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB
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GeForce RTX 5090
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