The RTX 5060 is here, and finally completed the 50 series lineup that debuted with the 5090 five months ago. The new “mainstream” graphics cards are far from cheap, at $299/£270, but should offer reasonable performance and efficiency while adding multi-frame generation to this generation of GPUS. However, the 5060 still has only 8GB of VRAM ships, which can be a big limit for those who want to play the latest graphic display.
Before we understand the results, it is worth mentioning why this review is a little later than normal, a few days after the card is officially released on May 19. Typically, NVIDIA or its partners will send graphics cards and necessary drivers from a few days to a week before the embargo date, which is usually the day before the card starts selling. This is good for us because it allows us to conduct in-depth analysis that we prefer and still release at the same time as other stores, which is beneficial for potential buyers because they can get a sense of value and performance, so an informed decision about whether to buy a card – from the usual limited supply at launch is usually limited.
For the RTX 5060 release, NVIDIA -VIA ASUS – issued a card in time before it was released, but the drivers won't release it to reviewers until the card is released on May 19, which coincides with NVIDIA's Computex demonstration. Without a driver, the card is paperweight, so any launch day coverage must be limited – in many cases, the graphics card is off stock in the usual reviews, thus starting from the tech publisher. This is a frustrating situation, and I suspect that even NVIDIA's PR department, most of the comments start with the same complaint.
After the public release of the driver, we have been doing benchmarks around the clock to figure out how the new RTX 5060 performs, where its advantages and disadvantages lie and how it performs compared to other 50-series lineups, previous generation RTX cards and competing AMD models.
Looking at the specifications, you can see that the RTX 5060 is based on the cut version of the same GB206 mold powered from the RTX 5060 TI. The 5060 has 83% of the core count of the full-fat 5060 TI design and has a harmless 3% drop to increase the clock and the same 448GB/s memory bandwidth.
However, unlike the 5060 Ti (which debuted in the 8GB and 16GB models), the 5060 only works with 8GB of framebuffer memory – we'll have some in-depth discussions later. For your 16.6% core count and TGP you pay is about 20% less than the 5060 TI, so the 5060 should be worth slightly better.
| RTX 5070 | RTX 5070 | RTX 5060 | RTX 5060 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| processor | GB2203 | GB205 | GB206 | GB206 |
| Kernel | 8,960 | 6,144 | 4,608 | 3,840 |
| Increase the clock | 2.45GHz | 2.51GHz | 2.57GHz | 2.50GHz |
| memory | 16GB GDDR7 | 12GB GDDR7 | 16GB GDDR7 8GB GDDR7 |
8GB GDDR7 |
| Memory bus width | 256 | 192 | 128 bits | 128 bits |
| Memory bandwidth | 896GB/s | 672GB/s | 448GB/s | 448GB/s |
| Total graphics power | 300W | 250W | 180W | 150W |
| PSU recommendations | 750W | 650W | 450W | 450W |
| price | $749/£729 | $549/£539 | $429/£399 $379/£349 |
$299 |
| release date | February 20 | March 5 | April 16 | May 19 |
As you would expect from mainstream models, there is no RTX 5060 Founder Edition, third-party cards of all sizes are available. The RTX 5060 model we received is the Asus Prime model, an overengineered 2.5-slot, Tri-fan design, which is still described as “SFF Ready” due to its relatively modest 268mm length. In addition to a strong industrial design, the card has a dual BIOS with “quiet” and “performance” options – always useful. However, in this case the cooler is so big that even the “performance” option is very, very quiet. Card with this preset ship, we recommend it stay there.
Interestingly, the manufacturer's product page recommends using 750W or 850W ASUS power supplies, although Specification The same model page makes the wiser 550W recommendation. Anyway, you can use an eight-pin power connector and you'll be fine. In terms of ports, we are working on the RTX 50 series standard classification, including one HDMI 2.1B and three DisplayPort 2.1b.
Like the RTX 5060 Ti – but not the Radeon RX 9060 XT that AMD just announced – the RTX 5060 connects with a PCIE 8X. This works perfectly on modern PCIE 5.0 or 4.0 slots, but issues may occur on early motherboards with PCIE 3.0 slots – we'll test it in more detail on page 8.
For testing, we will pair the RTX 5060 with a bleeding edge system based on the fastest gaming CPU – AMD Ryzen 7 9800x3d. We also have 32GB of Corsair DDR5-6000 CL30 memory, a high-end Asus Rog Crosshair X870E hero motherboard and a 1000W Corsair PSU.
Having said that, let's get to the benchmark.
NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 5060 Analysis
- Introduction and testing drill [This Page]
- RT Benchmark: Alan Wake 2, Avatar: Pandora’s Border, Cyberpunk 2077
- RT Benchmark: Dying Light 2, F1 24, Killer: Assassination World
- RT Benchmark: Indiana Jones and the Big Circle, Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition, Plague Story: Requiem
- Game Benchmark: Alan Wake 2, Black Myth: Wukong, Cyberpunk 2077
- Game benchmark: F1 24, Forza Horizon 5, Senua's legend: Hellblade 2
- Game benchmark: Killer: Assassination World, Plague Story: Requiem
- PCIE 3.0 vs PCIE 5.0: Black Myth: Wukong, F1 24, Indiana Jones and Big Circle
- PlayStation 5 Comparison and DLSS 4 Multi-framework Generation
- Conclusions, Values and Recommendations
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