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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs AMD Radeon RX 590

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
VS
19 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 590
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
AMD Radeon RX 590

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs AMD Radeon RX 590. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) and AMD Radeon RX 590
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
vs
AMD Radeon RX 590

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
159
104
97
69
79
42
33
19
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
54
47
26
15
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
93
64
42
20
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
62
50
39
20
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
50
42
29
17
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
36
25
17
10
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
34
30
15
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
67
55
34
17
Avg FPS
1080p High15457
1080p Ultra12943
1440p Ultra9828
4K Ultra5715
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Time Spy159574778
Solar Bay74417n/a
Port Royal10146n/a
Fire Strike4238516524
Night Raid14118562059
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [AMD Radeon RX 590]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Background Blur243.1 frames/s69 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s38.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec1.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec3.31 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec3.31 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec0.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec180.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps6238 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [AMD Radeon RX 590]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
G2D Mark1200788
DirectX 11217 fps65 fps
DirectX 1286 fps46 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s3900 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [AMD Radeon RX 590]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 590
61.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a345.4 fps
Car Chasen/a328.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a275.6 fps
T-Rexn/a1275.2 fps
ALU 2n/a1417.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a266.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a1012.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 590]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
AMD Radeon RX 590
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
AMD Radeon RX 590
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
AMD Radeon RX 590
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10281n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)29909n/a
Horizon Detection26549n/a
Face Detection (HP)59010n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)117200n/a
Text Classification (SP)3993n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6647n/a
Object Detection (SP)12742n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)44856n/a
Style Transfer (SP)175892n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
AMD Radeon RX 590
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 November, 15, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 GCN 4.0
Codename GB206-300 Polaris 30
Price n/a 279

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1469 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1545 MHz
Shader Units 4608 2304
TMUs 144 144
ROPs 48 32
Execution Units 36 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 36 No
Tensor Cores 144 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 16 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 49 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 222 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 180 W 175 W
Process TSMC GlobalFoundries
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 232 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 5 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 21.55 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 590
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 n/a
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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