Home GPU comparison Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT - Which is better?

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

42 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
VS
51 out 100
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
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
vs
Radeon RX 6800 XT

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
196
131
112
80
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
199
176
129
65
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
284
200
144
77
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
159
143
120
75
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
116
98
76
41
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
170
164
117
79
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
122
103
81
52
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
132
117
77
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
204
191
144
73
Avg FPS
1080p High136176
1080p Ultra114147
1440p Ultra85111
4K Ultra4864
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
17610
Time Spy1370119340
Solar Bay6321478380
Port Royal85959690
Fire Strike3761253029
Night Raid111626155564
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
138858
Background Blur209.1 frames/s335.7 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s221.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec6.16 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec8.96 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec7.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.31 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec263 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps14755 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
24993
G2D Mark11521025
DirectX 11199 fps264 fps
DirectX 1277 fps100 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s13655 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
264.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1271.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1173.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1067.6 fps
T-Rexn/a4026.9 fps
ALU 2n/a5306.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a278.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3567
Sources: GFXBench 5 [AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 November, 18, 2020
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 RDNA 2.0
Codename GB206-250 Navi 21
Price n/a 649

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1825 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2250 MHz
Shader Units 3840 4608
TMUs 120 288
ROPs 48 128
Execution Units 30 n/a
Ray Tracing Cores 30 72
Tensor Cores 120 n/a
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 288 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 648 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 20.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 300 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 7 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 520 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 26 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 50 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
512 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 Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

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