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GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 GPU parts: GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB vs GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB. MSRP range: $429 · $379. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability — click into any column header for the per-SKU benchmark page.

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 0% to 13% (13% in 3DMark Fire Strike). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s in the community runs on file.

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Where to buy

A listing for each part; the current price and stock are on the retailer's page.

Specs side-by-side

SpecGeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBGeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB
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Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Per-row scores come from public benchmark databases (PassMark, TechPowerUp, Geekbench, Cinebench). Empty cells mean we don't yet have that benchmark on file for the SKU.

BenchmarkGeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBGeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) 41,427 points36,678 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) 21,102 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) 9,318 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) 10,399 points10,248 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) 4,178 points4,162 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) 3,657 points3,592 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) 16,343 points16,170 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) 7,547 points—
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited (higher is better) —100,315 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) 1,211 pts1,196 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) 22,642 pts22,260 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) 430 rank380 rank

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization, prompt length, and source citations.

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

  • llama3.2:1b: 213.0 tok/s
  • llama3.2:1b: 210.0 tok/s
  • llama3.2:1b: 192.0 tok/s

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GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB

  • qwen3:0.6b: 211.0 tok/s
  • qwen3:0.6b: 211.0 tok/s
  • llama3.2:1b: 210.0 tok/s

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB or the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB?

The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB on all 7 shared benchmarks on file, by 0% to 13% (13% in 3DMark Fire Strike).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s in the community runs on file.

What did the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB cost at launch?

The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB launched at a $429 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB at $379. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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