GeForce RTX 5060 vs Radeon RX 6700 XT

Compare the GeForce RTX 5060 and Radeon RX 6700 XT on real gaming benchmarks, full specifications, live retailer prices and performance-per-dollar, then jump straight to the cheapest in-stock version of either card.

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The short answer

The GeForce RTX 5060 is the better buy here: it's both faster at 1080p and gives more performance per dollar.

  • GeForce RTX 5060 is about 4% faster at 1080p (gaming index 51 vs 49).
  • GeForce RTX 5060 is the cheaper card right now, by roughly 50%.
  • GeForce RTX 5060 delivers about 56% more frames per dollar at 1080p.
  • Radeon RX 6700 XT carries more VRAM (12GB vs 8GB), an edge at 4K and in memory-heavy games.
  • GeForce RTX 5060 draws less power (145W vs 230W), so it runs cooler and asks less of your PSU.

Gaming performance

Gaming score: geometric mean of in-game FPS, normalized so the RTX 5090 = 100. Switch resolution with the toggle above.

1080p gaming
GeForce RTX 506051
Radeon RX 6700 XT49

GeForce RTX 5060 is about 4% faster at 1080p.

Performance per dollar

1080p gaming score for every $100 of the card’s current cheapest price. Higher is better value.

GeForce RTX 5060

11.3

per $100 spent

Better value

Radeon RX 6700 XT

7.2

per $100 spent

Specs head-to-head

GeForce RTX 5060
Radeon RX 6700 XT
Price (from)
$454.26
$680.00
1080p gaming index
51
49
VRAM
8GB GDDR7
12GB GDDR6
Memory bandwidth
448 GB/s
384 GB/s
Boost clock
2497 MHz
2581 MHz
Shader cores
3,840
2,560
Ray tracing cores
30
40
Tensor / AI cores
120
TDP
145W
230W
Recommended PSU
550W
650W
Upscaling
DLSS Super Resolution, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation
FSR 3, FSR 3 Frame Generation
Architecture
Blackwell GB206
RDNA 2 Navi 22
Process node
TSMC 4N
TSMC N7
MSRP
$299.00
$479.00

Productivity & compute

GeForce RTX 5060
Radeon RX 6700 XT
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics (points)
37,971
35,136
3DMark Steel Nomad (points)
3,170
2,425
Geekbench 7 OpenCL (points)
113,337
106,057
PassMark G3D (G3D Mark)
20,681
19,726

Where to buy

GeForce RTX 5060from $454.26
From$454.26
23 versions in stock
Radeon RX 6700 XTfrom $680.00
From$680.00
5 versions in stock

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