New, more-affordable additions to the GeForce RTX 50 Series are now now officially en route, namely Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060. Better still, they’ll be with us very soon with the former of the two cards hitting store shelves less than 24 hours from the time of writing.
RTX 5060 Ti
RTX 5060 Ti launches imminently, on April 16. It will be available with either 8GB or 16GB of GDDR7 VRAM, respectively costing $379 (£349) or $429 (£399). Nvidia has revealed a few of the graphics card’s specifications outside of memory capacity, but you’ll need to wait for the Club386 review and coverage from other outlets for the full picture.
| GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | |
|---|---|
| Released | Apr 2025 |
| Codename | Blackwell |
| GPU | GB206 |
| Process | TSMC 4N (4nm) |
| Transistors | 21.9bn |
| Die size | 181mm² |
| CUDA cores | 4,608 |
| Boost clock | 2.57GHz |
| FP32 Boost TFLOPS | 24 |
| SM count | 36 |
| RT cores | 36 (4th Gen) |
| RT TFLOPS | 72 |
| Tensor cores | 144 (5th Gen) |
| ROPs | 48 |
| Memory | 8GB / 16GB |
| Mem. type | GDDR7 |
| Mem. clock | 28Gb/s |
| Mem. interface | 128-bits (PCIe 5.0 x8) |
| Mem. bandwidth | 448GB/s |
| Board power | 180W |
| Price | $379 / $429 |
While the jury’s out on the power of its GB206 GPU, we at least know that its memory configuration is cause for small celebration. RTX 5060 Ti’s bandwidth of 448GB/s is 56% higher than its predecessor, GeForce RTX 4060 Ti, which offers a piddly 288GB/s by comparison. This is thanks to the jump from GDDR6 memory modules to GDDR7, boosting clocks from 18Gb/s to 28Gb/s.
I should note that this bandwidth puts RTX 5060 Ti on par with GeForce RTX 3060 Ti, perhaps characterising this generational upgrade as more of a restorative measure in some respects. Regardless, it’s a welcome change that should alleviate some pressure on the one variant’s 8GB buffer and pair well with the 16GB model.
Outside of those specifications, Nvidia has confirmed that RTX 5060 Ti boasts 24 FP32 Boost TFLOPS and 72 RT TFLOPS. Comparing these numbers to RTX 4060 Ti, which respectively clocks in at 22 and 51 TFLOPS, I’m expecting a more-appreciable generational gap in ray traced frame rates on this card than we saw on GeForce RTX 5070 where the difference was much smaller.
Given the choice between an RTX 5060 Ti 8GB or 16GB, the latter capacity seems like a no brainer for an extra £50 / $50. This is under the presumption that ample MSRP stock will be available upon launch, of course. Nvidia isn’t gracing this card with a Founders Edition so it’s entirely up to partners to fill the market with models starting at the quoted $379 / $429 price point.
Performance
Nvidia has provided some frame rate data for RTX 5060 Ti but only using DLSS Super Resolution and Frame Generation.
Examining the bar chart above in more detail, the two results that stand out most to my eye are A Plague Tale: Requiem and Delta Force. The lack of Multi Frame Generation in these titles provides an equal playing field for RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 4060 Ti.
It seems that RTX 5060 Ti edges ahead of its predecessor by around 20fps in both games, or 25% in Plague Tale and 18% in Delta Force. This points to a decent uplift in ray tracing performance as its specifications suggested.
Of course, we won’t know the true extent of RTX 5060 Ti’s power until reviews arrive. You can expect my thoughts on the pixel pusher come launch, so stay tuned.
RTX 5060
Looking to the future, RTX 5060 will hit the scene in May for $299. Unlike its Ti sibling, though, there’ll only be one version of the card rocking 8GB of VRAM.
| GeForce RTX 5060 | |
|---|---|
| Released | May 2025 |
| Codename | Blackwell |
| GPU | TBA |
| Process | TSMC 4N (4nm) |
| Transistors | TBA |
| Die size | TBA |
| CUDA cores | TBA |
| Boost clock | TBA |
| FP32 Boost TFLOPS | 19 |
| SM count | TBA |
| RT cores | TBA (4th Gen) |
| RT TFLOPS | 58 |
| Tensor cores | TBA (5th Gen) |
| ROPs | TBA |
| Memory | 8GB |
| Mem. type | GDDR7 |
| Mem. clock | 28Gb/s |
| Mem. interface | TBA (PCIe 5.0) |
| Mem. bandwidth | TBA |
| Board power | TBA |
| Price | $299 |
Details are few and far between on RTX 5060 but its story seems largely same as RTX 5060 Ti. Providing Nvidia keeps the same 128-bit bus as GeForce RTX 4060, the 28Gb/s GDDR7 memory modules should do wonders to improve memory bandwidth and ease pressure on its 8GB buffer.
RTX 5060 packs 19 FP32 Boost TFLOPS and 58 RT TFLOPS of performance. This makes for a decent on-paper leap over RTX 4060 which respectively delivers 15 and 35 TFLOPS.
Further details on RTX 5060 should emerge closer to release. Perhaps it’ll launch alongside Radeon RX 9060 Series and we’ll have a proper budget bout on our hands.
Performance
Despite there now being a small wait time for RTX 5060, Nvidia has released some performance charts for the card.
Again, A Plague Tale: Requiem and Delta Force results immediately catch my eye. The generational leap from RTX 4060 to RTX 5060 seems similar if slightly larger than that of RTX 4060 Ti to RTX 5060 Ti. Here’s hoping this comes to pass.
As ever, expect our first-hand thoughts on RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 5060 in due course. Follow Club386 on Google News to make sure you’re notified as soon as coverage on Nvidia’s new offerings are available to read on the site.
