NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB
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US launch / reference: $299
Manufacturer source ↗NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
87/100 editorial
US launch / reference: $349
Third-party reference ↗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 AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT for
- 16 GB GDDR6 variant future-proofs against VRAM-hungry games
- 32 CU RDNA 4 with DisplayPort 2.1a + PCIe 5.0
- Strong 1440p value at $349 (16 GB) / $299 (8 GB)
Tradeoff: 192-bit memory bus narrower than RX 9070 series
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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 | AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | NVIDIA Blackwell | RDNA 4 |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 | Not documented |
| Memory | 8GB GDDR7 | Not documented |
| Memory bus | 128-bit | 192-bit |
| Base clock | 2.28GHz reference | 2.53 GHz |
| Boost clock | 2.50GHz reference | 3.13 GHz |
| 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 |
| Process | Not documented | TSMC N4P |
| GPU die | Not documented | Navi 48 |
| Compute units | Not documented | 32 |
| Stream processors | Not documented | 2048 |
| Ray accelerators | Not documented | 32 |
| AI accelerators | Not documented | 64 |
| VRAM | Not documented | 8 GB or 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Bandwidth | Not documented | 320 GB/s |
| TBP | Not documented | 150 W (8 GB) / 160 W (16 GB) |
| PCIe | Not documented | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| Display outputs | Not documented | 1× HDMI 2.1b + 3× DisplayPort 2.1a |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB
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AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
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