NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB
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US launch / reference: $299
Manufacturer source ↗NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB vs AMD Radeon RX 9070 16GB
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 16GB
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US launch / reference: $549
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 AMD Radeon RX 9070 16GB for
- 16GB memory on a 256-bit interface
- AV1 encoding and DisplayPort 2.1a support
Tradeoff: 220W board power requires suitable PSU and case cooling
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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 9070 16GB |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | NVIDIA Blackwell | AMD RDNA 4 |
| CUDA cores | 3,840 | Not documented |
| Memory | 8GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bus | 128-bit | 256-bit |
| Base clock | 2.28GHz reference | Not documented |
| Boost clock | 2.50GHz reference | Up to 2,520MHz |
| 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 |
| Compute units | Not documented | 56 |
| Stream processors | Not documented | 3,584 |
| Memory speed | Not documented | 20Gbps |
| Memory bandwidth | Not documented | 640GB/s |
| Game clock | Not documented | 2,070MHz |
| Typical board power | Not documented | 220W |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 8GB
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AMD Radeon RX 9070 16GB
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