GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks (6% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti takes 2 (12% in 3DMark Fire Strike). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 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 8GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti. MSRP range: $379 · $429. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
*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
| Spec | GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 8 | 16 |
| vram type | — | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | — | 180 |
| cuda cores | — | 4608 |
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, KitGuru, Beebom, Overclocking.com, 3DMark, 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.
| Benchmark | GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, WorthPlaying, KitGuru |
36,678 points | 40,925 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: Beebom |
— | 9,437 points |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: Overclocking.com, KitGuru |
10,248 points | 10,096 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, Overclocking.com, KitGuru |
4,162 points | 4,100 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, Overclocking.com, KitGuru, 3DMark |
3,592 points | 3,588 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck, KitGuru, Yahoo Tech, Funky Kit |
16,170 points | 15,279 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: KitGuru |
— | 7,136 points |
| 3DMark Wild Life Unlimited (higher is better) Source: Notebookcheck |
100,315 points | — |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,196 pts | 1,196 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
22,260 pts | 22,264 pts |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
380 rank | 16 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 8GB
- qwen3:0.6b: 211.0 tok/s (DatabaseMart)
- qwen3:0.6b: 211.0 tok/s (DatabaseMart)
- llama3.2:1b: 210.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
- llama3.2:1b: 213.0 tok/s (LocalScore (Mozilla Builders))
- qwen3:4b: 135.0 tok/s (GPU Battle)
- gpt-oss:20b: 111.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (Discussion #15396, gpt-oss guide))
Quick answers
Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti?
The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks (6% in 3DMark Time Spy); the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti takes 2 (12% in 3DMark Fire Strike).
Which is better for running local LLMs?
On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 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 8GB and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti cost at launch?
The GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 8GB launched at a $379 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti at $429. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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