GeForce RTX 5070 VS GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)

We are comparing the GeForce RTX 5070 (NVIDIA) with the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) (NVIDIA). Scroll down to the pros and cons of each graphics card, in-depth specs, and gaming benchmarks.

Last Updated: September 8, 2026

KEY DIFFERENCES OF GeForce RTX 5070 AND GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)

Here’s how GeForce RTX 5070 and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) stack up against each other in their most impactful areas.

GeForce RTX 5070: 5 advantages GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB): 1 advantage

Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5070

5
  • 28% higher 4K Ultra FPS (74 vs 58)
  • 28% higher 1440p Ultra FPS (127 vs 99)
  • 24% higher 1080p Ultra FPS (161 vs 130)
  • 41% higher 3DMark Time Spy score (22672 vs 16029)
  • 41% higher 3DMark Port Royal score (14348 vs 10165)

Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)

1
  • 33% more VRAM (16GB vs 12GB)

SPECIFICATION TABLE COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5070 AND GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)

Below is the detailed specification table comparing GeForce RTX 5070 and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB).

Note: Highlighted specs mean that GPU wins that spec row.

If neither side is highlighted, it is a tie or there is not enough data for both specs.

Specification GeForce RTX 5070 GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
General Info
GPU Name: GeForce RTX 5070 GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
GPU Type: Discrete Discrete
Codename: GB205-300 GB206
Vendor: NVIDIA NVIDIA
Foundry: TSMSC TSMC
Architecture: Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Generation: GeForce 50 GeForce 50
Release Date: March 4, 2025 April 16, 2025
Board Design
Bus Interface: PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
PCIe Version: 5.0 5.0
PCIe Lanes: x16 x8
Process Size: 5 nm 5 nm
Transistors: 31.1 billion 21.9 billion
Density: 118.25 MTr/mm² 121.0 MTr/mm²
Die Size: 263 181 mm²
Board Length: 245 mm 241 mm
Board Width: 40 mm 40 mm
Board Height: 115 mm 111 mm
Total Graphics Power (TGP): 250 W 180 W
Graphics Processor
Compute Units: 80 36
Shading Units: 6144 4608
Texture Mapping Units (TMUs): 192 144
Render Output Units (ROPs): 80 48
Tensor Cores: 192 144
Ray Tracing Cores: 48 36
Base Clock: 2325 2407 MHz
Boost Clock: 2512 2572 MHz
L1 Cache: 128KB per cluster 128 KB per SM
L2 Cache: 48MB shared 32 MB
Raw Performance
Pixel Fill Rate: 201.0 GPixel/s 123.5 GPixel/s
Texture Fill Rate: 482.3 GTexel/s 370.4 GTexel/s
FP32 Performance: 30.87 TFLOPs 23.70 TFLOPs
Memory
Memory Type: GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Size: 12 GB 16 GB
Memory Bus Width: 192-bit 128-bit
Memory Clock: 1750 1750 MHz
Effective Memory Speed: 28000 28000 Mbps
Bandwidth: 672 448.0 GB/s
APIs
DirectX: 12.2 12.2
Vulkan: 1.4 1.4
OpenGL: 4.6 4.6
OpenCL: 3.0 3.0
CUDA: 12.0 12.0
Ray Tracing: Yes Yes
DLSS: DLSS 4 DLSS 4
DisplayPort: 2.1b 2.1b
HDMI: 2.1b
Gaming FPS
1080p Ultra (FPS): 161 130
1440p Ultra (FPS): 127 99
4K Ultra (FPS): 74 58
Benchmarks
3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite 23186 16214
Time Spy 22672 16029
Solar Bay 106341 75557
Port Royal 14348 10165
Fire Strike 58080 42431
Wild Life Extreme 43673 30099
Night Raid 175736 150693
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
Compute Score 190967 148626
Background Blur 254.4 img/sec 243.1
Face Detection 180.6 img/sec 149.5
Horizon Detection 7.91 Gpixels/sec 5.35
Edge Detection 10.2 Gpixels/sec 6.88
Gaussian Blur 10.7 Gpixels/sec 7.76
Feature Matching 1.84 Gpixels/sec 1.57
Stereo Matching 975.7 Gpixels/sec 740.2
Particle Physics 27816.5 FPS 22183.7
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark 28787 22700
G2D Mark 1304 1216
DirectX 11 280 219
DirectX 12 106 89
GPU Compute 14598 Ops/s 11373
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins High (4K) 1199.40 171.70
Aztec Ruins Normal 995.80 903.40
Car Chase 859.00 792.70
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p) 4075.00 641.00
T-Rex 6657.70 2827.50
Tessellation 5998.50 5095.60
ALU 2 276.30 4413.60
Driver Overhead 2 265.70
API OpenGL
OS Windows Windows
Blender (Rendering)
Blender Score 6160 4338
GeekBench 6 ML
Single Precision 30221 24763
Half Precision 30221 47486
Quantized 23474 18826
Image Classification 12270 10281
Image Segmentation 30237 29909
Image Super Resolution 35585 26549
Face Detection 62662 59010
Pose Estimation 145190 117200
Text Classification 4198 3993
Machine Translation 6233 6647
Object Detection 16709 12742
Depth Estimation 58300 44856
Style Transfer 246598 175892
Framework ONNX ONNX
Backend DirectML DirectML
FurMark
1080p Vulkan 17361 11900
1440p Vulkan 12595 8514
2160p Vulkan 7899 3626
1080p OpenGL 16477 11275
1440p OpenGL 12295 8415
2160p OpenGL 6339 3922

Tip: indicates a higher-is-better spec advantage, while indicates a lower-is-better advantage.

PERFORMANCE CHART COMPARISON OF GeForce RTX 5070 AND GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)

The charts below visualize how GeForce RTX 5070 and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) stack up in key performance metrics.

Radar Chart Comparison

Category scores overview (0 to 100)
GeForce RTX 5070
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Bullet Chart Comparison

Market Top is the best score found. Colored bars are % of market top (0 to 100).
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GeForce RTX 5070
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Release Timeline of GeForce RTX 5070 and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)

GeForce RTX 5070
43 days
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)

GeForce RTX 5070 was released 1 month, 12 days earlier than GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB).

Value For Money Calculator

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GeForce RTX 5070

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Domain Score Summary

Scores are generated by Comparigon's scoring algorithm and are intended as a high-level guide. They may not map 1-to-1 with the individual spec-by-spec comparisons shown in the table.

GeForce RTX 5070 GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
ALL
Overall
Difference: 4
Leads
GeForce RTX 5070
80
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
76
Gaming Performance
Difference: 11
Leads
GeForce RTX 5070
73
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
62
AI & Machine Learning
Difference: 1
Leads
GeForce RTX 5070
65
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
64
Hardware Architecture
Difference: 3
Leads
GeForce RTX 5070
84
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
81
Workstation
Difference: 6
Leads
GeForce RTX 5070
70
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
64
Energy Efficiency
Difference: 19
Leads
GeForce RTX 5070
81
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
100

Our Verdict

In conclusion, the GeForce RTX 5070 has a narrow overall lead compared to the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB). Its strongest advantages are in Gaming Performance, AI & Machine Learning, Hardware Architecture and Workstation. The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) is the better fit if your top priority is Energy Efficiency.

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