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GeForce RTX 5060 vs GeForce RTX 4070 — Specs & Performance Compared

Side-by-side comparison of 2 GPU parts: GeForce RTX 5060 vs GeForce RTX 4070. MSRP range: $299 · $599. 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 4070 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 29% (29% in PassMark G3D Mark). 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 5060GeForce RTX 4070
vram gb 812

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 5060GeForce RTX 4070
3DMark DirectX Raytracing (higher is better) —51 fps
3DMark DirectX Raytracing Feature Test (higher is better) —51 FPS
3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) 34,779 points37,790 points
3DMark Fire Strike Extreme (higher is better) 17,893 points—
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) 8,764 points—
3DMark FireStrike Ultra (higher is better) —9,880 points
3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) 8,697 points11,040 points
3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) 3,574 points4,423 points
3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) 3,221 points3,853 points
3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) 13,731 points16,822 points
3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) 6,772 points8,456 points
PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) 1,159 pts1,168 pts

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

  • qwen3:0.6b: 211.0 tok/s
  • qwen3:0.6b: 211.0 tok/s
  • qwen3:1.7b: 156.4 tok/s

All GeForce RTX 5060 AI benchmarks →

GeForce RTX 4070

  • llama3.2:1b: 283.0 tok/s
  • llama3.2:1b: 283.0 tok/s
  • llama2:7b: 92.3 tok/s

All GeForce RTX 4070 AI benchmarks →

Quick answers

Which is faster, the GeForce RTX 5060 or the GeForce RTX 4070?

The GeForce RTX 4070 is ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060 on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 1% to 29% (29% in PassMark G3D Mark).

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 and the GeForce RTX 4070 cost at launch?

The GeForce RTX 5060 launched at a $299 MSRP and the GeForce RTX 4070 at $599. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.

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