GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs GeForce RTX 5090

[ VERDICT ] Winner: GeForce RTX 5090 (96/100)

GeForce RTX 5090 leads overall with a score of 96/100 compared to GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) (48/100), offering superior measured performance and technical specifications.

Benchmark Performance Comparison

Normalized Lab Scores
Benchmark measurements and scores across compared devices
Benchmark GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
Efficiency 47.0 Poor 48.0 Poor WINNER
Gaming 50.0 Below Average 100.0 Excellent WINNER

Detailed Technical Specifications

3D Mark

3D Mark specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
Fire Strike 42232 87569
Night Raid 138214 206648
Port Royal 10024 38202
Solar Bay 76018 236689
Time Spy 15948 46873
Wild Life Extreme 30380 108751

API

API specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
CUDA 12.0 12.0
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4
DirectX 12.2 12.2
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1b
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
Vulkan 1.4 1.4

Games

Games specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
1080p High 155 299
1080p Ultra 130 254
1440p Ultra 99 207
4K Ultra 58 125
CoD: Modern Warfare III 1361329562 334322260184
Counter-Strike 2 25920014484 36326520299
Cyberpunk 2077 1191057133 26123316077
Far Cry 6 14013110563 237202190121
Forza Horizon 5 1631059471 336247233187
Ghost of Tsushima 97836438 221185175113
Hogwarts Legacy 111887239 24919916697
Margin of Error Low Low
Shadow of the Tomb Raider 18717313471 329302238128
The Witcher 3 18415110957 364327237123

GeekBench 6 ML

GeekBench 6 ML specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
Backend DirectML DirectML
Depth Estimation (Q) 45666 85572
Face Detection (HP) 52204 114685
Framework ONNX ONNX
Image Classification (SP) 9511 18948
Image Segmentation (HP) 29012 55109
Image Super Resolution (Q) 25621 58478
Machine Translation (HP) 6074 8184
Object Detection (SP) 12095 27802
Pose Estimation (Q) 122234 344729
Style Transfer (SP) 182591 687080
Text Classification (SP) 3209 4464

GeekBench 6 OpenCL

GeekBench 6 OpenCL specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
API OpenCL OpenCL
Background Blur 197.7 img/sec 333 img/sec
Edge Detection 6.79 Gpixels/sec 33.7 Gpixels/sec
Face Detection 131.5 img/sec 298.5 img/sec
Feature Matching 1.53 Gpixels/sec 2.53 Gpixels/sec
Gaussian Blur 7.74 Gpixels/sec 34.5 Gpixels/sec
Horizon Detection 5.28 Gpixels/sec 21.7 Gpixels/sec
Particle Physics 21833.6 FPS 59146.9 FPS
Stereo Matching 726.7 Gpixels/sec 2850 Gpixels/sec

General

General specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Build Discrete Discrete
Case Desktop Desktop
GPU Codename GB206-300 GB202-300
Launch price (MSRP) $379 $1999
Purpose Gaming Gaming
Recommended CPU -Intel Core Ultra 5 245Kor above -Intel Core Ultra 9 285Kor above
Released April 15, 2025 January 7, 2025
Segment Mid-range High-end
Vendor Nvidia Nvidia

Graphics Processing Unit

Graphics Processing Unit specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
Base Clock 2407 MHz 2017 MHz
Boost Clock 2572 MHz 2407 MHz
Compute Units (Pipelines) 36 170
Instructions Per Cycle 2 IPC 2 IPC
L1 Cache 128KB per cluster 128KB per cluster
L2 Cache 32MB shared 96MB shared
Ray-tracing Cores 36 170
Render Output Units (ROPs) 48 176
Shading Units 4608 21760
Tensor Cores 144 680
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) 144 680

Memory

Memory specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
Bus 128-bit 512-bit
ECC No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 Mbps 28000 Mbps
Memory Clock 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Memory Size 8 GB 32 GB
Memory Type GDDR7 GDDR7

Passmark Graphics

Passmark Graphics specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
DirectX 11 218 FPS 341 FPS
DirectX 12 89 FPS 179 FPS
G2D Mark 1206 1410
GPU Compute 11212 Ops/s 24360 Ops/s

Physical

Physical specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
Die Size 181 mm² 750 mm²
Fabrication Process 5 nm 4 nm
Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
Manufacturing TSMC TSMC
Max. Temperature 87°C
TGP 180 W 575 W
Transistor Count 21.9 billion 92.2 billion
Transistor Density 120.99 MTr/mm² 122.93 MTr/mm²

Raw Performance

Raw Performance specifications comparison
Specification GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) GeForce RTX 5090
Pixel Fill Rate 123 GPixel/s 424 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTexel/s 1637 GTexel/s

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