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

Verdict: The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB leads on 6 of 8 shared benchmarks (1% in 3DMark Time Spy); the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB takes 2 (1% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme). On qwen2.5:14b, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB generates 42.3 tokens/s (per ComputingForGeeks) against 32.7 for the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB. MSRP range: $429 · $379. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.

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*Price sourced from Amazon.com. Price and availability subject to change.

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
vram gb 168

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from Notebookcheck, WorthPlaying, LanOC Reviews, Beebom, Overclocking.com, Mezha.ua, UL Benchmarks, Yahoo Tech, Funky Kit, PassMark and Tom's Hardware; each row links its sources, and where they differ the cell shows their median. 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)
Source: Notebookcheck, WorthPlaying, LanOC Reviews		 41,427 points36,678 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews		 21,102 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better)
Source: Beebom, LanOC Reviews		 9,318 points—
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, Beebom, LanOC Reviews, Mezha.ua		 10,399 points10,397 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews, Notebookcheck, Mezha.ua		 4,178 points4,179 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, LanOC Reviews, Notebookcheck, UL Benchmarks, Mezha.ua		 3,657 points3,646 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews, Notebookcheck, Yahoo Tech, Funky Kit, Mezha.ua		 16,343 points16,246 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: Beebom, LanOC Reviews, Mezha.ua		 7,547 points7,645 points
3DMark Wild Life Unlimited (higher is better)
Source: Notebookcheck		 —100,315 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 1,211 pts1,196 pts
PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better)
Source: PassMark		 22,642 pts22,260 pts
Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better)
Source: Tom's Hardware		 430 rank380 rank

AI inference (tokens/sec)

Top community-reported tokens-per-second results for popular LLMs whose weights fit the card's memory, each linked to its source. See the per-SKU benchmark page for the full set including quantization and prompt length.

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

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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 leads on 6 of 8 shared benchmarks (1% in 3DMark Time Spy); the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB takes 2 (1% in 3DMark Time Spy Extreme).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On qwen2.5:14b, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB generates 42.3 tokens/s (per ComputingForGeeks) against 32.7 for the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB (per LocalScore (Mozilla Builders)), best community run on file for each.

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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