Just a few short months after the announcement and subsequent release of the RTX 5090, 5080, and 5070 GPUs, we’re now close to getting a couple of more budget-friendly additions to the 50 Series. Here’s what you need to know about the RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti when it comes to specs, power requirements, release dates, prices, and more.
RTX 5060 vs 5060 Ti: Specs Compared
| RTX 5060 Ti | RTX 5060 | |
| CUDA Cores | 4608 | 3840 |
| Shader Cores | Blackwell | Blackwell |
| AI Tensor Cores | 759 AI TOPS | 614 AI TOPS |
| Ray Tracing Cores | 72 TFLOPS | 58 TFLOPS |
| Base Clock (GHz) | 2.57 | 2.50 |
| Boost Clock (GHz) | 2.41 | 2.28 |
| Memory | 16 GB / 8 GB GDDR7 | 8 GB GDDR7 |
| Memory Interface | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Display Outputs | 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI | 3x DisplayPort, 1x HDMI |
| PCIe Gen | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| Max Temp (°C) | 87 | 89 |
| TGP/TDP | 180 | 145 |
| Required System Power | 600 | 550 |
If you’re already a knowledgeable sort, then the raw specs will be enough for you to judge whether or not either of these GPUs are a worthy upgrade as compared to whatever you’re currently rolling with. If not, we’ll help contextualize, starting with the prices. It’s also interesting to note that there are two variants of the 5060 Ti: One with 8GB of VRAM, and one with 16GB.
RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti Prices
It’s worth noting here that when we wrote about the pricing of the first GPUs of the 50 Series, it turned out that basically none of those GPUs ended up selling at the MSRP. Additionally, with scarcity, this problem was exacerbated.
All this to say that you should take the following numbers with a medium-large grain of salt.
- RTX 5060 Price: $299
- RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Price: $379
- RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Price: $429
RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti Release dates
- RTX 5060 Release Date: May 2025
- RTX 5060 Ti 8GB Release Date: April 16th, 2025
- RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Release Date: April 16th, 2025
Unfortunately, at time of writing, “May” is all we have for the 5060, though this will probably be the least popular of the group so people won’t be as concerned about the lack of specificity.
RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti Power Cable and Requirements
The power requirements for these cards, as expected, are not nearly as high as their older brothers’.
- RTX 5060 TDP: 145W
- RTX 5060 Ti 8GB/16GB TDP: 180W
The way this power gets to the card, though, this is where it gets interesting. The RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti GPUs will not utilize the 12V-2x6 / 12VHPWR connection. The reasons for this are probably twofold; the first is to avoid the unreliability and bad reputation of this connector, and the second is that these cards just don’t draw enough power to necessitate the latest connection.
These two factors make the decision to use the old school 8-pin power connector an easy one. A good one, too, as it will cut down on photos of melted cables on reddit, and people won’t need to get a new PSU and/or cable for these cards.
Additionally, with the TGP/TDPs being 180W for the 5060Ti and 145W for the 5060, you can get away with a pretty low-capacity power supply, so these GPUs could form the centerpiece of a budget gaming PC. Given that the majority of people cannot afford to spend $800+ on a GPU, this is a positive thing for sure.
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