More Marketing BS: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Review & Benchmarks vs GTX 1060, 4060 Ti, & More
jimmy_thang
April 17, 2025
We benchmark the RTX 5060 Ti against the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB, the RTX 3070 Ti, 3080, RX 9070, and dozens of other GPUs
The Highlights
- NVIDIA’s RTX 5060 Ti ships in either 8GB or 16GB variants
- Counter to NVIDIA’s claims, the 5060 Ti does not offer a “50x” performance increase over a GTX 1060
- The 5060 Ti is about 13%-27% better than the 4060 Ti at 1440p
- Original MSRP: $430
- Release Date: April 16, 2025
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Intro
The shortest possible conclusion upfront is that the 5060 Ti is about 13%-27% better than the 4060 Ti at 1440p, typically in the range of 20-25%. At 1080p, the new card is 11-24% better, typically about 18-20%.
Against the 3060 Ti from 5 years ago, the 5060 Ti at 1440p is 16-39% improved, depending on the game. 1080p posted 21-40% gains, with a huge exception in Black Myth with ray tracing enabled, where there was a 56% uplift. The 3060 Ti was also the card that the 4060 Ti sometimes lost against.
For older devices or possible used candidates, the closest alternatives (by performance) to pay attention to in our charts will be the 3080 (watch our review) and 3070 Ti (watch our review), which often flank the 5060 Ti, and the 7700 XT (read our review) or 7800 XT (read our review) on AMD's side.
Editor's note: This was originally published on April 16, 2025 as a video. This content has been adapted to written format for this article and is unchanged from the original publication.
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But pricing is the big challenge today. NVIDIA says that this card has an MSRP of $430, with the 8GB variant at $380 and RTX 5060 non-Ti at $300, launching in May. The 5060 Ti cards launch today with the reviews. We only have the 16GB model right now. We might look at the 8GB version later.
Full transparency up-front. We’re keeping this review as simple and focused as possible, mostly because we’re currently traveling with a big story we’re working on. We still have dozens of gaming charts, but we wanted to be clear on that.
We’re also going to keep our concluding thoughts simple because we need to see how the actual pricing shakes-out before making firmer judgments, which means there’ll be more discussion in the coming weeks -- likely in HW News or potentially another dedicated story.
With that out of the way, here’s a quick version of the specs:
The short version is that NVIDIA’s RTX 5060 Ti ships in either 8GB or 16GB variants. The review samples we’re aware of are the 16GB model. There shouldn’t be any difference between these beyond the memory, from what we’re told. These cards have 4608 CUDA cores, 144 TMUs, and a gacha box of ROPs. Memory bandwidth is rated at 448GB/s with a memory bus of 128-bit, which is why we have the multiples of 8GB for memory.
The RTX 5070 technically has a lower memory capacity at 12GB. Theoretically, they could do a 24GB model, but these options stem from the bus width and controller choices.
The RTX 5060 non-Ti will ship in May and have 3840 CUDA cores with an 8GB framebuffer, also on a 128-bit bus.
AMD’s competition will include the, in theory, RX 9060 series, for which we don’t have full details yet. We’ll hear about that more likely next month.
We’re keeping it simple today, so let’s just get into the benchmarks.
RTX 5060 Ti Gaming Benchmarks
FFXIV 4K
Final Fantasy 14 at 4K is up first.
This one was bad for the RTX 4060 Ti, with the card landing at an abysmal 41 FPS AVG as compared to the 3060 Ti FTW3’s 48 FPS AVG. RIP EVGA. We explained this regression in our 4060 Ti review previously, which we titled “Do Not Buy.” Spoiler alert: The conclusion was to not buy it.
The 5060 Ti isn’t really competing with the 4060 Ti here: It’s competing with the 3060 Ti, and against that, we see an uplift of 12% to 54 FPS AVG. The improvement over the 4060 Ti looks more impressive, but that’s because the 4060 Ti sucks. The uplift over its 41 FPS AVG was 31%. The RTX 5070’s 78 FPS AVG has it about 43% ahead of the 5060 Ti.
Used RTX 3070 (watch our review) and 3070 Ti cards might be worth exploring: We saw completed and sold listings on eBay ranging from $270 to $340, which would put them below the 5060 Ti if it even hits its marketed MSRP, which it probably won’t. The 3070 is about equal to the 5060 Ti, with the 3070 Ti slightly ahead.
AMD’s RX 7800 XT is its closest performer to the 5060 Ti, landing at 58 FPS AVG and leading the 5060 Ti by almost 7%.
AMD’s RX 7600 (watch our review) falls way down the chart and runs at 32 FPS AVG. But then again, AMD does overall poorly in this particular game, with its 9070 XT (read our review) down below the RTX 5070. We talked about that in our 9070 series reviews.
Finally, NVIDIA’s claimed 50x performance increase over the GTX 1060 (watch our revisit) doesn’t come to fruition when not arbitrarily enabling and disabling favorable settings. The 1060 ran at 16 FPS AVG. 16 x 50 is 800 FPS, which would be 4x the performance of an RTX 5090 (read our review). We’ve gone beyond an RTX 5070 = 4090 and to a RTX 5060 Ti = RTX 9090. In reality, the 5060 Ti is 236% ahead. That’s still a big jump, but no need to stretch the truth about it.
FFXIV 1440p
At 1440p, the RTX 5060 Ti landed at 104 FPS AVG, which has it functionally tied with the 3070 Ti’s 108 FPS AVG and only slightly ahead of the 7700 XT’s 98 FPS AVG or 3070’s 97 FPS AVG. The lead over the 3060 Ti is now 16%, or about 25% ahead of the 4060 Ti. These gains are down from 4K. Lows are where you’d expect them for each card, with no meaningful differences.
The 5070 is about 47% ahead of the 5060 Ti, slightly up from the lead at 4K.
AMD’s 9070 ran at 126 FPS AVG here, producing a 22% advantage. The MSRP is higher, but then so is everything, including the companies that set these prices.
The GTX 1060 ran at 33 FPS AVG here, the 1650 (watch our review) at 23 FPS, 6500 XT (watch our review) at 31 FPS, and 3050 (watch our review) at 45 FPS AVG. Predictably, the 5060 Ti is a big improvement over all of these, but again, not 50x.
FFXIV 1080p
At 1080p, the 5060 Ti ran at 160 FPS AVG. That’s about the same as the 7700 XT and slightly ahead of the 3070 Ti. It’s finally moving up the relative ranking compared to Ampere. We think you’d still be better off with a used card right now.
The 4060 Ti ran at 133 FPS AVG here, so the 5060 Ti improves by 20%. Against the 3060 Ti, the 5060 Ti is about 25% better. The 4060 Ti is finally better than the 3060 Ti when at 1080p, so those two have flipped as well.
The lower-end round-up includes the GTX 1060 at 51 FPS AVG, 3050 at 66, 1070 (watch our review) at 70, and 2060 (watch our review) at 83. The 6600 (watch our review) ran at 86 FPS AVG and AMD’s 7600 ran at 107 FPS AVG.
Black Myth: Wukong - 4K
Black Myth: Wukong is up now, first at 4K. The 5060 Ti ran at 31 FPS AVG. That’s obviously unplayable and is because of the resolution and settings, but it’s still useful for relative scaling.
The result has it about equal to a 7800 XT. The 3080 leads by 18%, with the 5070 leading by 29%. The 3070 Ti ran a lower framerate than the 5060 Ti in this one.
Let’s move to something more playable.
Black Myth: Wukong - 1440p
At 1440p, the 5060 Ti ran at 57 FPS AVG and landed right between the 7800 XT and RTX 4070 (watch our review). These are all effectively tied. The 5070 held a 72 FPS AVG, or 27% ahead. That’s slightly down from 4K. The 5060 Ti is ahead of the 3070 Ti by 13%, the 4060 Ti by 27%, and the 3060 Ti by 34%. This is one of the games where the 4060 Ti and 3060 Ti are right next to each other.
AMD’s 7600 ran at 31.6 FPS AVG and isn’t really in the same class of card as what we’re reviewing today. Its 7800 XT and 7900 GRE (read our review) are the most comparable, but in theory, the inbound 9060 XT should be fighting in this territory.
Black Myth: Wukong - 1080p
At 1080p, the 5060 Ti pushed 81 FPS average with lows where you’d expect given the average. There is no particularly special frametime consistency benefit.
The 5060 Ti ends up at about the same level as the RTX 3080 and RTX 4070 (watch our review). The 5070, which still doesn’t equal a 4090 (no matter what NVIDIA says), and its 98 FPS AVG puts it 21% ahead of the 5060 Ti.
As for the last generations, NVIDIA’s new 5060 Ti leads the 4060 Ti by 24%, or the 3060 Ti by 40%.
AMD’s 7900 GRE is its closest card here, slightly ahead of the 5060 Ti, with the 7800 XT just behind.
Intel’s B580 cards are at around 46 FPS AVG, which has them similar to the RX 7600.
Starfield - 4K
In Starfield at 4K, the 5060 Ti ran at 41 FPS AVG with lows at 34 and 29, proportional to the cards around it. This puts the 3080 ahead of the 5060 Ti and the 5060 Ti ahead of the 3070 Ti.
AMD’s 7800 XT outdoes the 5060 Ti by 18%, with the more expensive 9070 non-XT up at 63 FPS AVG.
The RTX 5070 ran at 54 FPS AVG here, 32% ahead of the 5060 Ti. We’ll move to 1440p for prior generations.
Starfield - 1440p
At 1440p, the 5060 Ti landed at 65 FPS AVG. Unfortunately for NVIDIA, this is a terrible result: The 4060 Ti was at 58 FPS AVG, narrowing the uplift to only 13.4%. That isn’t a big improvement. The lead over the 3060 Ti’s 50 FPS AVG is 30%, also not that impressive for two generations.
AMD’s 7800 XT leads the 5060 Ti by 15.5%, with the 9070 (read our review) obviously way ahead given its higher theoretical price and positioning.
For those considering used options, the 5060 Ti only outdoes the 3070 Ti by about 8%, making it a reasonable alternative that might save some money.
Starfield - 1080p
At 1080p, the 5060 Ti held an 82 FPS AVG with lows positioned about the same as everything around it. The 3070 Ti’s 76 FPS AVG encroaches on the 5060 Ti’s result and, from an actual human perspective, would look about the same. The 4070 outperforms the 5060 Ti by 16%, with the 5070 ahead by 26%.
The 4060 Ti’s 74 FPS AVG means the 5060 Ti is about 11% better, overall a boring generational jaunt. The uplift over the 3060 Ti is 28%.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 - 4K
Dragon’s Dogma 2 at 4K is up next.
The 5060 Ti ran at 40 FPS AVG, so it’s nearly exactly tied with the 3070 Ti. The 0.2 FPS AVG advantage is well within run-to-run variance. Lows are also tied. AMD’s 7800 XT is 17% ahead of the 5060 Ti’s average FPS, with the 5070 ahead by 41%.
We’ll move to lower resolutions to look at the prior generation 60 and 60 Ti-class cards.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 - 1440p
At 1440p, the 5060 Ti ran at 70 FPS AVG, planting it right in the middle of the 3080 and 7700 XT. The 3070 Ti is right behind with a 65 FPS AVG, with the 4060 Ti at about the level of the 3070. The new 5060 Ti leads the 4060 Ti by 22% and the 3060 Ti with its 53 FPS AVG by 32%.
AMD’s 7600 is far down this chart, so it’ll need something newer in the 9060 class to compete here. Intel’s B580 is also down near the RTX 4060 and RX 6600 XT (watch our review).
As for what’s better than the 5060 Ti: Other than the 3080, the 4070 is about 12% better and 5070 is about 37% higher average FPS.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 - 1080p
At 1080p, the 5060 Ti ran at 93 FPS AVG, landing between the 3080 and 7700 XT again. The improvement over the 4060 Ti is just 19%, followed by the 3060 Ti’s 68 FPS AVG for an uplift of 36%. The 3070 Ti gives the 5060 Ti just a 10% lead, doing better than the 4060 Ti.
As for the GTX 1060, considering 50x its performance would put it over 1,100 FPS, we’d say NVIDIA missed the mark on this by orders of magnitude.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - 4K
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty is next. This is newer data, so we haven’t re-run the 4060 Ti, 4060, and 3060 series cards through here yet. We’ll show it anyway for the other comparisons.
At 4K/Ultra without RT first, the RTX 5060 Ti ran at 31 FPS AVG. This has it meaningfully ahead of the 3070 Ti by percentage, improved by 19%. The 7800 XT leads the 5060 Ti by about 10% here, with the 5070 about 30% ahead of the 5060 Ti.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - 1440p
At 1440p, the 5060 Ti ran at 68 FPS AVG, putting the 5060 Ti between the 3080 and 3070 Ti. The 5070 ends up about 30% ahead with its 88 FPS AVG, meaning that, if we just pretend that the MSRP numbers stick, you’re paying about 1% more money for every 1% more performance between the 16GB 5060 Ti and 5070.
Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty - 1080p
At 1080p, the 5070 is down to a 27% lead over the 5060 Ti. The 5060 Ti now leads the 3070 Ti by 20% and the 3070 non-Ti by 27%. The 7800 XT is about 8% ahead of the 5060 Ti here.
Let’s move to something where we have last-gen numbers.
Dying Light 2 - 1440p
Dying Light 2 at 1440p is one of the situations that was bad for the 4060 Ti versus the 3060 Ti: The two cards are indistinguishable, with performance identical between them. The RTX 5060 Ti ran at 74 FPS AVG, so it outperforms the 4060 Ti (and therefore 3060 Ti) by about 23%. It took them two generations, but they’ve finally beaten the 3060 Ti in this game. The 4070 is about 6% better than the 5060 Ti here, with the 7800 XT about 14% ahead. The 5070 leads the 5060 Ti by 44% here, so if anything, the 5060 Ti stands to make the 5070 look better. Against the Intel B580’s 63 FPS AVG, NVIDIA’s 5060 Ti is about 17% better in one of the better B580 showings.
Dying Light 2 - 1080p
1080p has the 3060 Ti and 4060 Ti again roughly adjacent to one another, with the 5060 Ti leading the 4060 Ti by 19%. The 5060 Ti’s lead has diminished from the 1440p result. The 5060 Ti is similar to the 7700 XT’s performance here, including in lows, with the 4070 leading the 5060 Ti by almost 9%.
Against older cards, the 5060 Ti improves on the GTX 1060 by not 50x, to nobody’s surprise, and instead by about 3.8x. Even with MFG, you would not get 50x. Maybe with DLSS at Ultra Sh*t quality and upscaling from 144p, we’re not certain you could squeeze 50x out of this lemon, though. You’d have to go out of your way to hurt the 1060.
For those still on an RTX 2060, you can expect about a doubling of performance to the 5060 Ti in a scenario like this.
Resident Evil 4 - 4K
Resident Evil 4 is up now, first at 4K and without ray tracing. The RTX 5060 Ti ends up performing about the same as the 7700 XT. The RTX 4070 leads the 5060 Ti by about 10-11% here, at 63 FPS AVG to 57, with the 5070 leading by 38%. That’s similar to what we’ve seen elsewhere so far. The 3060 Ti also launched for $400. Adjusted for inflation, that amounts to $491. The new card is $430. So things haven’t changed that much. The price is similar/slightly lower and performance has hardly improved. The improvement over the 2060 is about 135%.
Resident Evil 4 - 1440p
At 1440p, the 5060 Ti leads the 3070 Ti by 13% and the 4060 Ti by 23%, followed by the 3060 Ti at 36.5%. The reduced resolution has benefitted the 4060 Ti marginally, allowing it to distance itself from the 3060 Ti. The B580 (read our review) is actually around the 3060 Ti’s performance, excepting 1% lows.
As for the RTX 5070, which remains not a 4090 (watch our review), NVIDIA’s biggest lie leads the 5060 Ti by 36%.
AMD still doesn’t have a new and direct competitor here, but probably will in May in the 9060 series. For now, the 7700 XT is the closest and outperforms the 5060 Ti slightly.
RTX 5060 Ti Ray Tracing Benchmarks
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Ray tracing is up next. These games are generally a heavier load, so we have a mix of upscaled benchmarks and of native resolution benchmarks, but all of them are with RT on now.
Ray Tracing - Black Myth: Wukong 4K
In Black Myth: Wukong at 4K upscaled, the RTX 5060 Ti landed at 29 FPS AVG. That has it ahead of the RX 9070, which is more of a problem for AMD than it is a positive for NVIDIA. We already knew this about this game and AMD, though. The 9070 XT ends up about tied with the 5060 Ti here, and actually, the 3090 non-Ti (watch our review) at 29.8 FPS AVG is only about 3-4% ahead of the 5060 Ti. This game remains heavily favored for NVIDIA, especially with ray tracing.
The RTX 5070 has a large lead at 40 FPS AVG, although its memory capacity can prove problematic in some of these heavier scenarios. The 5070 leads by 39% here. The 5060 Ti also shows more meaningful gains over the 3070 Ti in this test than in some of the raster tests, at 31% improved.
Ray Tracing - Black Myth: Wukong 1080p
At 1080p upscaled, the 5060 Ti's 74 FPS AVG has it ahead of the 9070 XT, 3090, and 3080. It also leads the 4060 Ti by 19% and the 3060 Ti's 48 FPS AVG by 57%.
The generational RT uplift is helping the 5060 Ti distinguish itself more here than it did when rasterized.
Against the first-gen ray tracing 60-class card, the RTX 2060, we're seeing a 175% improvement.
Ray Tracing - Dragon’s Dogma 2 4K
In Dragon's Dogma 2 at 4K and with ray tracing, the RTX 5060 Ti ran at 35 FPS AVG and roughly tied (but technically led) the 3070 Ti. That has it better than the 2080 and 2080 Ti of years past, although the 3080 still manages to best the 5060 Ti. AMD's 7900 GRE outperforms the 5060 Ti slightly, with its newer 9070 cards performing up around 3090 Ti levels -- but at a higher theoretical base MSRP than the 5060 Ti.
Ray Tracing - Dragon’s Dogma 2 1440p
At 1440p with RT, the 5060 Ti ran at 62 FPS AVG and kept the lows consistent with the average. There's nothing particularly impressive or bad for the frametime consistency and lows. It’s just kind of where we’d expect it.
The 4070 and 7800 XT are about 9% ahead of the 5060 Ti. And for that matter, the 3080 is around that same area. The 5070's 82.8 FPS AVG is around 34% ahead of the 62 FPS for the 5060 Ti. We've seen higher in other games.
As for the lower-rank cards, the 4060 Ti ran at 49 FPS AVG and yields a 26% uplift to the 5060 Ti. The 3060 Ti isn't far behind the 4060 Ti in this one, but at least they're in the order you'd expect them to be.
Ray Tracing - Dragon’s Dogma 2 1080p
At 1080p, the 5060 Ti's 82 FPS AVG landed it between the 3080 and 7700 XT again. This has been consistent. This result gives it a 20% improvement over the 4060 Ti and 37% improvement over the 3060 Ti.
Ray Tracing - Dying Light 2 4K
Dying Light 2 is up next. Dying Light 2 at 4K upscaled with ray tracing has the 5060 Ti at 31.8 FPS AVG and exactly tied with the 7900 GRE for average and 1% lows. The 5070 improves to 43.7 FPS AVG, or 37% once again. This seems to be a fairly consistent percentage improvement to the 5070.
Ray Tracing - Dying Light 2 1440p
At 1440p upscaled with RT, the 5060 Ti ran at 60 FPS AVG. We haven't yet re-run the 4060 Ti or 3060 Ti in this one, leaving us to compare instead with the 7900 GRE -- where they're about equal -- and the 3080, which remains a bit ahead of the 5060 Ti. The 5070 leads at 81 FPS AVG, or 34%.
Ray Tracing - Dying Light 2 1080p
At 1080p, we re-introduce the 4060 Ti and 3060 Ti. The 5060 Ti's 87 FPS AVG has it about 20% ahead of the 4060 Ti, which itself was only 11% ahead of the 3060 Ti. The B580 is actually somewhat close here, roughly tying the 3060 Ti. As for AMD, the 7900 GRE remains the next closest to the 5060 Ti.
Ray Tracing - Resident Evil 4 4K
Resident Evil 4 is up with ray tracing now, first with 4K and upscaled. The 5060 Ti's 67 FPS AVG has it tied with the 7700 XT, including in the 1% and 0.1% lows. The 4070 and 3080 lead these results, as they have for the past games. The 5070 leads the 5060 Ti by 36%, close to prior results. As for the 4060 Ti, its 52 FPS AVG gives the 5060 Ti a lead of 30% for one of the larger gaps.
Ray Tracing - Resident Evil 4 1440p
At 1440p, the 5060 Ti again falls between the 7700 XT and RTX 3080. The lead over the 4060 Ti is narrowed to 24% now, with the uplift over the 3060 Ti at 39%.
Ray Tracing - Cyberpunk 1080p RT Medium
In Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty at 1080p RT Medium, the 5060 Ti ran at 63 FPS AVG and sat between the 7900 GRE and 7900 XT. The lead over the 3070 Ti is about 10 FPS AVG here, or 17%. The 5070's 82 FPS AVG has it 31% ahead of the 5060 Ti, down in relative improvement from other benchmarks.
Ray Tracing - Cyberpunk 1080p RT Ultra
At 1080p and with RT Ultra, the 5060 Ti ran at 50 FPS AVG (which is really not bad when considering how heavy this workload is), or just ahead of the 7900 XT Hellhound. The 3070 Ti hit 40 FPS AVG here, with lows suffering for the 0.1% value. The 5060 Ti's lows are OK in this one, supported by the 16GB capacity.
Conclusion
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We’ve provided the benchmark numbers above. At the very least, you have the data you need to figure out if an upgrade makes sense for you. This is going to be one where we withhold full value judgment until it properly launches because we do not trust the MSRP to persist for the majority of purchasers.
It certainly isn’t going to 50x a GTX 1060, though.
GPU Price Comparison | GamersNexusApril 2025
| Used pricing is an average of recent sale prices for used cards on Ebay. |
| GPU | Price at Retail | Price Used |
| RTX 5060 Ti | MSRP $430 | N/A |
| RTX 4070 | New: No 1st Party AvailableOpen Box: $600 | $621 |
| RTX 4060 Ti (16GB) | N/A | $540 |
| RTX 3080 | Open Box: $520 | $449 |
| RTX 3070 Ti | Open Box: $487 | $358 |
| RTX 3060 Ti | N/A | $266 |
| RX 7900 GRE | N/A | $627 |
| RX 7800 XT | N/A | $556 |
| RX 7700 XT | N/A | $472 |
| RX 6950 XT | N/A | $575 |
The 16GB RTX 5060 Ti’s MSRP is set at $430, whether or not we see it at that. That’s better than the previous 16GB 4060 Ti’s launch MSRP of $500, which was atrocious. The 4060 Ti 8GB model was $400, so 8GB more memory used to be a $100 upsell, but no one bought that, so now it’s a $50 upcharge.
Accounting for inflation favors the 5060 Ti over the 4060 Ti for the 16GB models with MSRPs.
Nearest performance neighbors to the 16GB RTX 5060 Ti are typically the RTX 3080 and RX 7800 XT above, and RX 7700 XT and RTX 3070 Ti commonly below.
We’d love to dig into value comparisons between the 5060 Ti and its current competitors, but the availability of GPUs at retail in this price bracket ($380-$480) is terrible.
Using Newegg as a representation shows only 9 SKUs of any video card sold by Newegg in stock in that price range, and only one of them is actually brand new. It’s an EVGA RTX 3060 XC (not a Ti) for $440, which is an awful price.
So without any new cards to buy in this price bracket, we can look toward used options -- and this is where we think people should be seriously looking.
The RX 7900 GRE was around $627 average for sold listings, followed by the RX 6950 XT and 7800 XT at $556-$575 on average and the RX 7700 XT at $472 average.
There’s a potential edge case where a good deal on an RX 6950 XT could be an interesting higher-performing wild card – but that’s only if you’re entirely focused on raster performance, and you’re willing to hunt for a deal on one around $500. Higher power consumption is also something to consider. NVIDIA’s 5060 Ti is more efficient.
A used RTX 3070 Ti at $358 average would be a good lower-performing budget option below the MSRP of a new RTX 5060 Ti of any capacity. We found some that were in the upper $280-$290 to lower $310 range, which would be worth seriously considering. VRAM may be limiting in some situations. The RTX 3080 is going for around $449 and typically beats or is close to the 5060 Ti. The 3080 isn’t cheap enough on the second-hand market yet to get our strong recommendation in this specific scenario. That’s doubly the case for used RTX 4070s at the time of writing, which are newer and have been selling for $621 on average.
And that brings us to what we’ve said a lot in the past: if your computer is doing what you need it to do and if you don’t feel a need to upgrade, then we’d say hold off. But some people do either “need” to buy new devices to replace aging hardware or just really want the escape of building a PC, which we also appreciate and relate to. It’s just going to come down to your price tolerance.
Right now, we really don’t have the answers.
We’re trying to figure them out, which is why we’re currently flying all around the US at our own expense to talk to companies about the pricing situation. We hate to not be able to give a value judgment at the end of a review, but until this card is actually available -- which will coincide with the launch of this review -- we just can’t know what it’s going to cost.
Once it is, we’re going to do a recap either in the news or standalone.
Just for context: We just met with a distributor that buys hundreds of thousands of GPUs per year. Last week, we saw their cost to buy RTX 5090s. The cheapest was around $2,400 up to $3,000, and that’s their cost. That means $2,000 is impossible. We’re not sure to what extent that’ll affect the 5060 Ti cards, especially after the launch period where pressure to maintain the price is off.
Now maybe that’ll change with the partial tariff exemptions, but those are up in the air.
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