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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti

16 GB • Blackwell • 2572 MHz • 180 W

Storage
16 GBMemory
BlackwellArchitecture
2572 MHzBoost
180 WPower
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Should I buy it?

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
CONSIDER
  • Current model — 18 months on the market
Great choice if these matter:
  • Gaming
  • Value for Money
Watch out for:
  • The 8GB variant is a trap at 1440p and above — texture-heavy modern games stutter as VRAM fills.
  • 128-bit memory bus is the narrowest in the RTX 50 desktop lineup, capping raw bandwidth.
18 months on the marketLaunch price $429 (US)
Regret riskLOWlimited data
Main risks
  • The 8GB variant is a trap at 1440p and above — texture-heavy modern games stutter as VRAM fills.
  • 128-bit memory bus is the narrowest in the RTX 50 desktop lineup, capping raw bandwidth.
  • PCIe 5.0 x8 lane count can bottleneck older PCIe 3.0/4.0 motherboards slightly.
  • Rasterization gains over the 4060 Ti are modest without DLSS 4 frame generation switched on.
The risk level is computed from the release date and verified weaknesses. The confidence score appears only once enough owner reports exist.
This box relies only on verified specs, the release date and editorial assessment; owner reports join them as they come in. We do not predict prices.
What NVIDIA SaysGPUMemoryPowerLaunchSpecificationsFAQAlternatives
Official Statement

What does NVIDIA say about the product?

A summary of NVIDIA's official product description.

Official NVIDIA source

NVIDIA positions the RTX 5060 family as bringing Blackwell and DLSS 4 to mainstream price points.

Announced April 6, 2025 and on sale April 16, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti pairs the Blackwell GB206 chip with GDDR7 memory in 8GB and 16GB configurations, priced at $379 and $429. NVIDIA frames it around bringing next-generation performance and AI-enhanced visuals to a lower price tier than the RTX 50 series had reached before.

“The RTX 5060 family offers gamers next-generation performance and AI-enhanced visuals starting at $299”
Open NVIDIA's official statement
Graphics Processor

What's inside the card's core?

Manufacturer's official processing unit and architecture information.

GRAPHICS PROCESSOR

The actual hardware that determines frame rate.

4608 Processing Unit

Blackwell — Architecture · 4608 — Shading Unit · 36 RT — Ray Tracing Core · 144 Tensor — AI core

Blackwell460836 RT144 Tensor
BlackwellArchitecture
4608Shading Unit
36 RTRay Tracing Core
144 TensorAI core
Memory

How much and what speed memory?

Values decisive at high resolutions and high textures.

MEMORY

This determines the limit in 4K and high texture settings.

16 GB Memory

16 GB — GDDR7 · 128 bit — Memory bus · 448 GB/s — Memory bandwidth

16 GB128 bit448 GB/s
16 GBGDDR7
128 bitMemory bus
448 GB/sMemory bandwidth
Power and Cooling

How much power does it draw?

Official values determining power supply and case selection.

POWER AND COOLING

These values determine the power supply budget.

180 W

180 W — Card Power Consumption · 550 W — Recommended Power Supply · 8-pin — Power Connector

180 W550 W8-pin
180 WCard Power Consumption
550 WRecommended Power Supply
8-pinPower Connector
Who Is It For?

Where does it stand out?

A usage guide built from the specs and the editors' tags; not a test result.

Gaming

For gaming; tagged from the display's refresh rate and the chip's class. We have not measured frame rates or heat ourselves.

Good fit
Value for Money

An editor's tag for hardware that is well priced for what it offers. We do not track current prices; check the price before you buy.

Good fit
Editorial Analysis

Strengths and points to consider

The Kacbu editors' assessment of the specifications the maker publishes. We do not test devices ourselves, so nothing here is a measured result. Anything taken from an independent review is shown with its publication and date in the Press section.

Strengths based on the specs
16GB variant launched $70 below the previous-gen 4060 Ti 16GB, a real price cut rather than a rename.
180W TDP runs comfortably on a single 8-pin connector and a 550W supply — no 16-pin adapter anxiety.
Full DLSS 4 support brings multi-frame generation down to the mainstream tier for the first time.
GDDR7 keeps bandwidth respectable despite the narrow 128-bit bus.
Two-slot Founders Edition fits small-form-factor and budget builds.
Things to consider
The 8GB variant is a trap at 1440p and above — texture-heavy modern games stutter as VRAM fills.
128-bit memory bus is the narrowest in the RTX 50 desktop lineup, capping raw bandwidth.
PCIe 5.0 x8 lane count can bottleneck older PCIe 3.0/4.0 motherboards slightly.
Rasterization gains over the 4060 Ti are modest without DLSS 4 frame generation switched on.
Historical Product Info

Official launch details

Instead of tracking today's retail price, Kacbu keeps the product's official launch information as a reference.

AnnouncedApril 6, 2025

The manufacturer's official announcement date.

ReleaseApril 16, 2025

The start of the initial sales period.

US launch price$429

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti's launch price.

Source: the maker's page

NVIDIA is headquartered in the US and designs the GPU there; it does not fabricate it itself — the GB206 die is made at TSMC's fabs in Taiwan. Card assembly varies by board partner.

This is not the current retail price — it shows the product's historical, official launch information.
Specifications

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti specifications

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Your Selection

Selected storage
8 GB

General

Family
GeForce RTX 50
Release Year
2025
Manufacturer

Graphics Processor

GPU Chip
GB206
Manufacturing Process
TSMC 4N
RT Cores
36
Tensor Cores
144
Architecture
Shading Units

Memory

Memory Bus
Memory Size
Memory Type
Memory Speed
28 Gbps
Memory Bandwidth
448 GB/s

Frequency

Base Frequency
2407 MHz
Boost Clock

Video Engine

AV1 Decoding
VP9 Decoding
Yes
AV1 Encoding
H.264 Decoding
Yes
HEVC Decoding
Yes
H.264 Encoding
Yes
HEVC Encoding
Decoder Count
1
Encoder Count
Video Decoder
6th Gen NVDEC
Video Engine
4:2:2 Encoding

Power

Board Power
Power Connector
Recommended PSU

Display

Maximum Displays
4
Maximum Resolution
7680x4320

Dimensions

Slot Width
2 Slot (Founders Edition)
Interface
PCIe 5.0 x8
FAQ

The most common questions about this product

What the numbers on the spec sheet actually mean in day-to-day use.

8GB or 16GB — which one should I buy?
The 16GB card for $50 more, almost without exception. At 1080p the 8GB version is fine today, but several 2025-2026 titles already exceed 8GB of VRAM at high settings, and the extra memory is what keeps a GPU usable for years rather than one console generation.
Is the 128-bit bus a real limitation?
It caps peak bandwidth below the RTX 5070's 192-bit bus, and you can see it in memory-bound workloads. For gaming at 1080p–1440p with DLSS enabled it rarely becomes the bottleneck; it shows up more in production workloads that move large datasets.
How does it compare with the RTX 5070?
The 5070 has roughly a third more CUDA cores, a wider memory bus and higher bandwidth, for about $120 more. The 5060 Ti 16GB is the better value at 1080p–1440p; the 5070 is worth the step up if you push 1440p high-refresh or dabble in 4K.
Shared Hardware

Products that share this hardware

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Alternatives

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Local AI

Which models run on this card?

Whether a model runs on your machine is decided first by the graphics card's memory: the model file has to fit in VRAM with room left for the context window and the runtime. The states below are computed from memory alone; software support (CUDA, ROCm, Vulkan) is a separate matter.

VRAM: 16 GB

Largest model that runs comfortably: Qwen3.5 9B

  • Qwen3.5 0.8B1 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 2B2.7 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 4B3.4 GB packageComfortable
  • Qwen3.5 9B6.6 GB packageComfortable
  • gpt-oss-20b14 GB package · the maker states a 16 GB memory minimumRuns
  • Qwen3.5 27B17 GB packageLimited
  • Qwen3.5 35B24 GB packageLimited
  • gpt-oss-120b65 GB package · the maker states a 80 GB memory minimumNot suitable
  • Qwen3.5 122B81 GB packageNot suitable
  • ComfortableRoom for the model file and a long context
  • RunsFits; the context window may need to stay short
  • LimitedNot enough memory; part of the model spills to system RAM and runs slowly
  • Not suitableNot a GPU-run model on this card

Rule: 1.5× the requirement in memory is Comfortable, 1.15× Runs, 0.6× Limited; the requirement is the default package size, or the maker's stated minimum where there is one (a stated minimum counts as fitting at exactly that figure). Package sizes are the Ollama library's, minimums the maker's own statement; read on 2026-09-11. Sources: ollama.com/library/qwen3.5, ollama.com/library/gpt-oss, openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-oss

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