Computex is about to open its doors in Taipei; the 2025 edition of this annual event is the opportunity for NVIDIA to officially launch its new GeForce RTX 5060. The latest addition to the Blackwell range, this entry-level graphics card completes the manufacturer's catalog at the bottom, following the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and 8GB models that have been available for sale for a few weeks now. But if casual gamers were eagerly awaiting such an affordable new-generation model, the result and – above all – the organization of the launch of this RTX 5060 leave us rather… doubtful.
RTX 5060: Blackwell at the entry level
In terms of technical specifications, the GeForce RTX 5060 uses the same GB206 chipset as the Ti version, although it has lost some of its computing units. The number of CUDA cores thus increases from 4608 to 3840, which is still higher than the 3070 cores of the previous generation RTX 4060. Their frequency reaches 2497 MHz in Boost mode, which is barely less than the frequency of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti and very slightly more than that of the GeForce RTX 4060, all for a maximum consumption of 145 watts. The 8GB of GDDR7 memory finally benefits from a 128-bit bus and a speed of 28 Gbps, bringing the bandwidth to 448 GB/s, well beyond the 272 GB/s of the 4060.
| Model | RTX 5060 Ti (16 GB) | RTX 4060 Ti (16 GB) | RTX 5060 Ti (8 GB) | RTX 4060 Ti (8 GB) | RTX 5060 | RTX 4060 |
| Archi. | Blackwell GB206 | Ada AD106 | Blackwell GB206 | Ada AD106 | Blackwell GB206 | Ada AD106 AD107 |
| CUDA cores | 4608 | 4352 | 4608 | 4352 | 3840 | 3072 |
| Frequency Boost | 2.57 GHz | 2.53 GHz | 2.57 GHz | 2.53 GHz | 2.5 GHz | 2.46 GHz |
| Memory | 16 GB GDDR7 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR7 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR7 | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| Speed Memory | 28 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 28 Gbps | 18 Gbps | 28 Gbps | 17 Gbps |
| Memory Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| Band Bandth | 448 GB/s | 288 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 288 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 272 GB/s |
| TDP | 180W | 165W | 180 W | 160W | 145W | 115W |
| Interface | PCIe Gen5 x8 | PCIe Gen4 x8 | PCIe Gen5 x8 | PCIe Gen4 x8 | PCIe Gen5 x8 | PCIe Gen4 x8 |
So, no big last-minute surprises, especially since these specifications had already been leaked in recent weeks. It should be noted that no Founders Edition model is planned, with NVIDIA leaving it up to its partners to adopt – or not – the reference design and recommended frequencies. The cards should theoretically be available from today on the shelves of your favorite stores, at prices between 320 and 350 euros.
NVIDIA carefully selects the distribution of test samples
The manufacturer has, however, drastically tightened the distribution of loaner models for the press for the launch of this GeForce RTX 5060. Thus, only a handful of media outlets have had access to such samples from NVIDIA's partners to carry out their measurements, exclusively under conditions dictated by the manufacturer.
This RTX 5060 would therefore be capable of running the current major titles in Full HD at more than 100 images per second, however using DLSS (in Quality mode) and image generation, claims of course confirmed by the measurements carried out by these few hand-picked international media.
It is still difficult at the moment to advise you or not on this new graphics card model, in the absence of truly independent testing. NVIDIA obviously has every right to lock down the distribution of loaner models of its RTX 5060 in this way, and this should not change the minds of those of you who had already decided to buy this card upon its release. For our part, we will rather wait patiently to be able to get our hands on a copy of this RTX 5060 before giving you, as usual, a detailed and independent opinion on its performance and characteristics.
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