NVIDIA is officially unveiling the mid-range lineup under GeForce RTX 50 series, which includes three new GPUs: RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, and RTX 5060 8GB. Both RTX 5060 Ti GPUs are available today, while the RTX 5060 will be available May, according to the chipmaker – though the exact date isn’t publicized just yet.
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Series
First off, the specs: the RTX 5060 Ti features 4608 CUDA cores (36 SMs), paired with 16GB or 8GB of GDDR7 RAM via 128-bit memory bus with 180W TGP; the RTX 5060 instead comes with 3840 CUDA cores (30 SMs), 8GB GDDR7 VRAM, and 145W TGP. Depending on AIB variants, these cards will use 12V-2×6 connectors or PCIe 8-pin connectors; you also won’t be getting a Founders Edition card this time around.
Unsurprisingly, the chipmaker is betting on DLSS 4’s Multi Frame Generation to boast its performance numbers, but the rightmost part of the chart gives us a look on what are the difference in raw performance (though there’s RT involved here, which muddies the true raster performance). In this respect, the RTX 5060 Ti (16GB version) is roughly 18% faster than its direct predecessor, whereas the RTX 5060 outpaces RTX 4060 by around 25%.
As for the pricing, NVIDIA is giving the RTX 5060 Ti a price cut, with the 16GB variant now $70 cheaper at $429, while the 8GB variant getting a $20 reduction in MSRP. The RTX 5060 remains at $299 MSRP like its predecessor, although street prices could be anything but given the tariff chaos and the lack of FE cards to dictate the base pricing. Still, the current local MSRP is listed as RM1,899 onwards for the RTX 5060 Ti, while the RTX 5060 will cost RM1,499 apiece (oddly enough, NVIDIA later pulled the pricing from its website and listed it as $299 instead).
Additionally, NVIDIA has also announced the RTX 5060-powered laptops will be coming this May, along with pre-built PCs of the same GPU. Laptops powered by the new GPU are expected to start at $1,099, which converts to RM4,411 today – though expect local pricing to land in the ballpark of RM5,000 and up, and potentially higher if housed in premium gaming laptops including the likes of Razer Blade 16 and ASUS ROG Zephyrus G16.
Pokdepinion: Honestly, 8GB probably is a bad idea these days.
