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GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 — Specs & Performance Compared

Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 8% to 152%, including 132% in 3DMark Time Spy (37,979 vs 16,343). On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

Side-by-side GPU comparison of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090. MSRP range: $429 · $1,599. 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 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
vram gb 1624
vram type —GDDR6X
tdp w —450
cuda cores —16384

Synthetic benchmarks

Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from LanOC Reviews, Beebom, Overclocking.com, HWBOT, Overclock3D, HWCooling.net, 3DMark.com, The FPS Review, UL Benchmarks, [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread, TechPowerUp and Puget Systems; 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 16GBNVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better)
Source: LanOC Reviews		 41,427 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, HWBOT, LanOC Reviews, Overclock3D, HWCooling.net		 10,399 points25,820 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, 3DMark.com, LanOC Reviews		 4,178 points10,527 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better)
Source: Overclocking.com, The FPS Review, LanOC Reviews, UL Benchmarks		 3,657 points27,805 points
3DMark Steel Nomad Light (higher is better)
Source: The FPS Review		 —11,287 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better)
Source: [H]ard|Forum RTX 4090 Time Spy Thread, LanOC Reviews, 3DMark.com		 16,343 points37,979 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp, Beebom, LanOC Reviews, The FPS Review		 7,547 points29,321 pts
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (Graphics) (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 —19,000 pts
3DMark Time Spy GPU (higher is better)
Source: TechPowerUp		 —35,200 pts
Deep Learning Benchmark (ResNet-50) (higher is better)
Source: Puget Systems		 —128,000 images/sec

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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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090

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Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090?

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB on all 5 shared benchmarks on file, by 8% to 152%, including 132% in 3DMark Time Spy (37,979 vs 16,343).

Which is better for running local LLMs?

On gemma:26b, both reach about 5.0 tokens/s (per LocalLLaMA; per LocalLLaMA).

What did the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 cost at launch?

The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB launched at a $429 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 at $1,599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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