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Preface
For many hardware enthusiasts and gamers, there’s a simple wish deep down: hoping that the performance of NVIDIA’s new generation of mid-range graphics cards, the RTX X060, could roughly match or even surpass the previous generation’s RTX X070.
However, this wish is unrealistic, as these are two completely different product lines in terms of positioning and tier. Even looking at the previous generation, the older RTX X070 still clearly surpasses the new mid-range RTX X060 in terms of CUDA cores, memory bus width, and VRAM capacity. In this context, achieving parity or surpassing the older model is virtually impossible.
This article compares the gaming performance of the GeForce RTX 5060 and GeForce RTX 4070 to evaluate how large the performance gap truly is—for the reference of those interested.
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Specifications Comparison
The GeForce RTX 5060 was released on May 19, 2025. It uses the GB206 GPU based on the Blackwell architecture, built on TSMC’s 4nm process. It features 3840 CUDA cores, 120 texture units, 48 ROPs, 30 streaming multiprocessors, 120 tensor cores, 30 RT cores, and 32MB of L2 cache.
Its base clock is 2280 MHz, with a boost clock of up to 2497 MHz. It comes with 8GB of GDDR7 memory running at 28 Gbps, with a 128-bit memory bus and 448.0 GB/s memory bandwidth. FP32 performance is 19.18 TFLOPS, power consumption is 145W, and the suggested retail price is $299.
The GeForce RTX 4070 was released on April 13, 2023. It uses the AD104 GPU built on TSMC’s 5nm process. It features 5888 CUDA cores, 184 texture units, 64 ROPs, 46 RT cores, 46 streaming multiprocessors, 184 tensor cores, and 36MB of L2 cache.
Its base clock is 1920 MHz, with a boost clock of up to 2475 MHz. It comes with 12GB of GDDR6X memory, a 192-bit memory bus, 21 Gbps memory speed, and 504 GB/s memory bandwidth. FP32 performance is 29.15 TFLOPS, power consumption is 200W, and the suggested retail price is $599.
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Test Platform Configuration
Main specs are as follows:
CPU: Ryzen 7 9800X3D
Motherboard: MSI MPG X670E CARBON
Memory: 32GB DDR5 6000 MHz
Graphics Cards: GeForce RTX 5060 and GeForce RTX 4070
Storage: Two Samsung 970 EVO 1TB SSDs
Operating System: Windows 11
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Game Benchmark Tests (GeForce RTX 5060 or 4070)
Seven games were tested at 1080P with maximum graphics settings. In the following image sets, the left side represents the GeForce RTX 5060 platform, and the right side represents the GeForce RTX 4070 platform.
1st Game: God of War
- RTX 5060: Avg FPS: 83, Min FPS: 76, Frame Time: 12.0ms, CPU Usage: 14%, CPU Power: 48W, CPU Temp: 54°C, RAM: 11.8GB, GPU Usage: 100%, VRAM: 6.4GB, GPU Power: 148W, GPU Temp: 57°C
- RTX 4070: Avg FPS: 104, Min FPS: 92, Frame Time: 8.9ms, CPU Usage: 20%, CPU Power: 52W, CPU Temp: 54°C, RAM: 11.6GB, GPU Usage: 99%, VRAM: 6.4GB, GPU Power: 184W, GPU Temp: 65°C
RTX 4070 leads by 21 FPS (+25%), 16 FPS higher minimum, 3ms lower latency. CPU usage is 6% higher, power usage 36W higher, and temperature 8°C higher.
2nd Game: Ghostwire: Tokyo
- RTX 5060: Avg FPS: 43, Min FPS: 41, Frame Time: 22.8ms, CPU Usage: 8%, CPU Power: 39W, Temp: 51°C, RAM: 11.4GB, GPU Usage: 100%, VRAM: 6.7GB, GPU Power: 149W, Temp: 58°C
- RTX 4070: Avg FPS: 60, Min FPS: 58, Frame Time: 16.5ms, CPU Usage: 15%, CPU Power: 45W, Temp: 53°C, RAM: 12.0GB, GPU Usage: 99%, VRAM: 7.0GB, GPU Power: 190W, Temp: 65°C
RTX 4070 leads by 17 FPS (+40%), same gain in minimum FPS, and 6ms lower frame time. CPU usage is 7% higher, VRAM usage +0.3GB, and power draw is 41W more.
3rd Game: Horizon Forbidden West
- RTX 5060: Avg FPS: 62, Min FPS: 41, Frame Time: 16.1ms, CPU Usage: 30%, CPU Power: 82W, Temp: 64°C, RAM: 12.4GB, GPU Usage: 99%, VRAM: 7.3GB, GPU Power: 145W, Temp: 54°C
- RTX 4070: Avg FPS: 77, Min FPS: 71, Frame Time: 12.3ms, CPU Usage: 47%, CPU Power: 103W, Temp: 73°C, RAM: 11.5GB, GPU Usage: 99%, VRAM: 8.5GB, GPU Power: 180W, Temp: 65°C
RTX 4070 leads by 15 FPS (+24%), min FPS higher by 30 FPS, 4ms lower latency. CPU usage is 17% higher, VRAM usage +1.2GB, power +35W, and temp +11°C.
4th Game: DOOM: The Dark Age
- RTX 5060: Avg FPS: 44, Min FPS: 40, Frame Time: 24.8ms, CPU Usage: 15%, Power: 51W, Temp: 49°C, RAM: 12.3GB, GPU Usage: 99%, VRAM: 7.9GB, GPU Power: 142W, Temp: 55°C
- RTX 4070: Avg FPS: 63, Min FPS: 56, Frame Time: 15.1ms, CPU Usage: 21%, Power: 66W, Temp: 61°C, RAM: 11.9GB, GPU Usage: 99%, VRAM: 9.2GB, GPU Power: 195W, Temp: 67°C
RTX 4070 leads by 19 FPS (+43%), min FPS +16, 9ms lower latency. GPU memory is maxed out on RTX 5060. Power draw is 53W higher, and temp 12°C higher.
5th Game: Red Dead Redemption 2
- RTX 5060: Avg FPS: 75, Min FPS: 70, Frame Time: 13.4ms, CPU Usage: 18%, Power: 50W, Temp: 48°C, RAM: 12.2GB, GPU Usage: 95%, VRAM: 5.1GB, GPU Power: 141W, Temp: 54°C
- RTX 4070: Avg FPS: 95, Min FPS: 83, Frame Time: 10.6ms, CPU Usage: 18%, Power: 52W, Temp: 49°C, RAM: 12.6GB, GPU Usage: 94%, VRAM: 5.2GB, GPU Power: 195W, Temp: 66°C
RTX 4070 leads by 20 FPS (+27%), min FPS +13, latency 3ms lower. Power usage +54W, temperature +12°C.
6th Game: Light & Shadow: Expedition 33
- RTX 5060: Avg FPS: 49, Min FPS: 42, Frame Time: 21.0ms, CPU Usage: 18%, Power: 53W, Temp: 55°C, RAM: 10.5GB, GPU Usage: 99%, VRAM: 6.5GB, GPU Power: 140W, Temp: 56°C
- RTX 4070: Avg FPS: 66, Min FPS: 54, Frame Time: 14.8ms, CPU Usage: 23%, Power: 64W, Temp: 55°C, RAM: 10.5GB, GPU Usage: 98%, VRAM: 6.1GB, GPU Power: 186W, Temp: 66°C
RTX 4070 leads by 17 FPS (+35%), min FPS +12, latency 7ms lower. CPU usage +5%, power draw +46W, temp +10°C.
7th Game: The Last of Us Part II
- RTX 5060: Avg FPS: 65, Min FPS: 43, Frame Time: 15.7ms, CPU Usage: 24%, Power: 54W, Temp: 51°C, RAM: 14.0GB, GPU Usage: 99%, VRAM: 7.5GB, GPU Power: 137W, Temp: 55°C
- RTX 4070: Avg FPS: 90, Min FPS: 52, Frame Time: 10.6ms, CPU Usage: 66%, Power: 112W, Temp: 75°C, RAM: 13.3GB, GPU Usage: 99%, VRAM: 9.7GB, GPU Power: 194W, Temp: 68°C
RTX 4070 leads by 25 FPS (+38%), min FPS +9, latency 5ms lower. CPU usage is 42% higher, VRAM usage +2.2GB, power +57W, and temperature +13°C.
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Comparative Conclusion
The comparison results are clear: the GeForce RTX 4070 holds a significant and consistent performance advantage over the GeForce RTX 5060, placing it firmly in a higher tier. Based on the above benchmark results, the overall gaming performance of the RTX 4070 is approximately 33% higher than that of the RTX 5060.
Additionally, earlier tests have shown that the RTX 4070 outperforms the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB by around 11%.
In other words, the entire RTX 5060 series is clearly outclassed by the RTX 4070. The idea of “matching” or even “surpassing” it is simply not realistic—it’s never going to happen.
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