Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti final specs and launch day allegedly leaked

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According to a well-known hardware leaker, wxnod, Nvidia and graphics card makers will reportedly release the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti graphics cards on April 16 at 9 p.m. to compete against the best graphics cards. Meanwhile, VideoCardz has allegedly received and published the final specifications of Nvidia's first mainstream Blackwell-based GPUs today. Keep in mind that the information does not come from official sources, so take it with a grain of salt.

Nvidia's upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 Ti, purportedly expected around mid-April, may include two versions: 8GB and 16GB of GDDR7 memory—both potentially featuring the GB206-300 graphics processor with 4,608 CUDA cores and a 128-bit memory interface. The memory subsystem featuring 28 GT/s GDDR7 will provide a peak bandwidth of 448 GB/s, a 55% improvement compared to the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. The boards will be rated to 180W total board power.

The increase in the number of CUDA cores, GPU clock, Blackwell microarchitecture optimizations, and software refinements almost guarantee a tangible increase in GeForce RTX 5060 Ti performance compared to its direct predecessor, the GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. But there is a major catch.

Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Specifications

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GPU Name	RTX 5070	RTX 5060 Ti*	RTX 4060 Ti	RTX 5060*	RTX 4060	RTX 5050*
Family	Blackwell	Blackwell	Ada Lovelace	Blackwell	Ada Lovelace	Blackwell
Board Name	?	PG152-SKU10/15	PG190-SKU361	PG152-SKU25	PG173-SKU371	PG152-SKU50
GPU Core	GB205-300-A1	GB206-300-A1	AD106-350-A1	GB206-250-A1	AD107-400-A1	GB207-300-A1
CUDA Cores	6,144	4,608	4,352	3,840	3,072	2,560
SMs	48	36	34	30	24	20
Bus Width	192-bit	128-bit	128-bit	128-bit	128-bit	128-bit
Memory	12GB	16GB/8GB GDDR7	16GB/8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR7	8GB GDDR6	8GB GDDR6
TGP	250W	180W	165W/160W	150W	115W	130W

*Specifications are unconfirmed.

That catch is the GeForce RTX 5070, which is based on Nvidia's relatively big GB205 GPU, configured to 6,144 CUDA cores for the desktop version. This GPU produces more compute oomph, and there is no chance that the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti will rival this product.

To that end, the appeal of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti will depend on its price. At a $549 MSRP, the GeForce RTX 5070 looks entirely plausible (by today's standards), though AMD's Radeon RX 9070-series AIBs are on the horizon and cannot be owned at their recommended prices. If Nvidia's GeForce RTX 5060 Ti starts at $499 MSRP, it may not be as appealing as the GeForce RTX 5070 for $549.

Given uncertainties about performance and price, let us briefly discuss compatibility. If unofficial reports about the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti are correct, it is rated for 180W, 150W from an eight-pin PCIe auxiliary connector, 30W from the slot, or 180W from a single 16-pin power plug. The RTX 5070 model is now rated for 250W total graphics board power, so it will require a better power supply.

In any case, remember that we are talking about specifications that do not come from an official source, so take this information with a grain of salt.

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Anton Shilov is a contributing writer at Tom’s Hardware. Over the past couple of decades, he has covered everything from CPUs and GPUs to supercomputers and from modern process technologies and latest fab tools to high-tech industry trends.

28 Comments Comment from the forums

hotaru251

and like the 4060 its an instant "don't buy".

theres no world where that 128bit bus will not be holding you back same way the 4060 did.
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Heat_Fan89

I didn't want to but I paid a $150 markup from Amazon to buy a 5070 Ti @$899. The 5060 is a horrendous deal if you can find a 9070 at close to MSRP.
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usertests

hotaru251 said:
and like the 4060 its an instant "don't buy".

theres no world where that 128bit bus will not be holding you back same way the 4060 did.
There is such a world: The world where it's using GDDR7 for a large bandwidth boost.

That being said, I don't think the 5060 Ti will be a game changer because of the shader count barely increasing. The 5060 gets a relatively large uplift from the 4060, so if they eventually sell a 12 GB version, that could be good at the right price.
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Pemalite

usertests said:
There is such a world: The world where it's using GDDR7 for a large bandwidth boost.

That being said, I don't think the 5060 Ti will be a game changer because of the shader count barely increasing. The 5060 gets a relatively large uplift from the 4060, so if they eventually sell a 12 GB version, that could be good at the right price.

5.8% increase in CUDA cores.
If they use 28GT/s GDDR7 then we are looking at 448GB/s of bandwidth... Which is an increase of 160GB/s or an improvement of 64% in effective bandwidth.

Core clocks haven't shifted much between the 4000 series and 5000 series, but that will likely be what determines the uplift in compute-bound scenarios gen-on-gen.

nVidia might also just ignore the option of going with GDDR7 and stick with GDDR6 like AMD as it's cheaper.
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ezst036

It looks like they photoshopped the 12VHPWR connector out of the provided image. Unfortunately that is probably how this will work and it is unlikely that Nvidia has fixed their power delivery on lower end models, but not on the higher end models.
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nitrium

I held my nose and bought an RTX 5070, since my old RTX 2060 6GB was just not good enough for modern games (it didn't even meet minimum requirements for Indiana Jones and the Great Circle). Even though it was very expensive (~$600ish), the RTX 5070 is a solid upgrade. I quickly ran Time Spy before and after upgrading to see the difference (the rest of the system is the same):
RTX 2060 Time Spy: 7712 (GPU: 7435)
RTX 5070 Time Spy: 18619 (GPU: 22559)
So this new GPU I guess is ~3x as fast as what I had at least in synthetic benchmarks.
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Giroro

RTX 5060 to will probably be slightly faster than a 4060 ti, which started at $400.

So I fully expect the fictional MSRP of the 5060 ti to start at $500, with actual cards starting at $600, and a street price that won't matter, because it's a paper launch.

But the street price of the RTX 4060 ti will shoot up a lot once scalpers cartels finish up buying the last of the remaining stock of every Nvidia card of every generation, on earth.
I think the actual Mafia is involved with manipulating GPU prices at this point.
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usertests

Pemalite said:
nVidia might also just ignore the option of going with GDDR7 and stick with GDDR6 like AMD as it's cheaper.
It's been leaked that the 5060 and 5060 Ti will use GDDR7, but that there will be a 5050 with GDDR6. The 5050 8 GB would be the cheap as dirt (very overpriced dirt) replacement for the 4060 and 3050 8 GB.
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VizzieTheViz

Giroro said:
RTX 5060 to will probably be slightly faster than a 4060 ti, which started at $400.

So I fully expect the fictional MSRP of the 5060 ti to start at $500, with actual cards starting at $600, and a street price that won't matter, because it's a paper launch.

But the street price of the RTX 4060 ti will shoot up a lot once scalpers cartels finish up buying the last of the remaining stock of every Nvidia card of every generation, on earth.
I think the actual Mafia is involved with manipulating GPU prices at this point.
Totally agree with this except for the mafia part (I don’t think NVidia would allow them on their turf).

Every 50 series except the 5090 is just a very slightly faster version of the 40 series, non of the 50 series are for sale in any reasonable number and aside from the two or three founders edition cards NVidia sells monthly non are for sale at anything even close to resembling MSRP.
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watzupken

I feel both the Blackwell and RDNA4 cards at this price range are going to be very boring products.
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