Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs AMD Radeon RX 590

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs AMD Radeon RX 590. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
161
104
94
72
79
42
33
19
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
54
47
26
15
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
93
64
42
20
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
62
50
39
20
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
50
42
29
17
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
36
25
17
10
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
34
30
15
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
67
55
34
17
Avg FPS
1080p High15557
1080p Ultra13043
1440p Ultra9828
4K Ultra5815
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
AMD Radeon RX 590
4611
Time Spy158834778
Solar Bay75679n/a
Port Royal10187n/a
Fire Strike4267016524
Night Raid14778562059
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
AMD Radeon RX 590
45783
Background Blurn/a69 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a38.2 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a1.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a3.31 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a3.31 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a0.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a180.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a6238 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
AMD Radeon RX 590
9377
G2D Mark1200788
DirectX 11217 fps65 fps
DirectX 1286 fps46 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s3900 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
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 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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 (8GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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