NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 — Specs & Performance Compared
Verdict: The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 2% to 45%, including 45% in 3DMark Time Spy (22,221 vs 15,279). On qwen2.5:14b, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti generates 42.3 tokens/s (per ComputingForGeeks) against 20.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per LocalScore), best community run on file for each.
Side-by-side GPU comparison of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070. Both released in 2025. MSRP range: $429 · $549. Specs, synthetic benchmarks, AI inference tok/s, and Amazon availability below; each column header links to that part's benchmark page.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
*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 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
|---|---|---|
| vram gb | 16 | 12 |
| vram type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| tdp w | 180 | 250 |
| cuda cores | 4608 | 6144 |
Synthetic benchmarks
Each row says whether a higher or a lower number is better (ranks and times are lower-is-better). Scores come from WorthPlaying, KitGuru, Beebom, Overclocking.com, LANOC, 3DMark, Notebookcheck, 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 | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti | NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 |
|---|---|---|
| 3DMark Fire Strike (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying, KitGuru |
40,925 points | 41,611 points |
| 3DMark Fire Strike Ultra (higher is better) Source: Beebom |
9,437 points | — |
| 3DMark Port Royal (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com, KitGuru |
10,096 points | 13,939 points |
| 3DMark Speed Way (higher is better) Source: LANOC, Overclocking.com, WorthPlaying, KitGuru |
4,100 points | 5,787 points |
| 3DMark Steel Nomad (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying, Overclocking.com, KitGuru, 3DMark |
3,588 points | 5,154 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy (higher is better) Source: LANOC, Notebookcheck, KitGuru |
15,279 points | 22,221 points |
| 3DMark Time Spy Extreme (higher is better) Source: WorthPlaying, KitGuru |
7,136 points | 9,535 points |
| PassMark G2D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
1,196 pts | 1,299 pts |
| PassMark G3D Mark (higher is better) Source: PassMark |
22,264 pts | 28,758 pts |
| Tom's Hardware GPU Hierarchy (lower is better) Source: Tom's Hardware |
16 rank | 812 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.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti
- llama3.2:1b: 213.0 tok/s (LocalScore.ai)
- qwen3:4b: 135.0 tok/s (GPU Battle)
- gpt-oss:20b: 111.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (Discussion #15396, gpt-oss guide))
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub (CUDA performance scoreboard))
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (knightli.com)
- llama2:7b: 127.5 tok/s (llama.cpp GitHub)
Quick answers
Which is faster, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti or the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 is ahead of the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti on all 8 shared benchmarks on file, by 2% to 45%, including 45% in 3DMark Time Spy (22,221 vs 15,279).
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 20.8 for the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 (per LocalScore), best community run on file for each.
What did the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 cost at launch?
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti launched at a $429 MSRP and the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 at $549. Street prices drift from launch pricing; the Where to buy section links current listings.
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