I. Preface
In previous articles, we’ve already compared the gaming performance of the GeForce RTX 5060 with several competing models. Today, a powerful opponent will join the battle — the Radeon RX 6800 XT.
Although the Radeon RX 6800 XT is a product from the previous generation, its memory bus width and VRAM capacity are both twice that of the GeForce RTX 5060, giving it an overwhelming advantage and making it a formidable contender.
Under such circumstances, expecting the GeForce RTX 5060 to match or even surpass the Radeon RX 6800 XT in performance is unrealistic. The real point of interest is: how big is the performance gap? This article will reveal the answer.
II. Specifications Comparison
The GeForce RTX 5060 was released on May 19, 2025. It uses the GB206 GPU based on the Blackwell architecture, manufactured with TSMC’s 4nm process. It features 3840 CUDA cores, 120 texture units, 48 raster units, 30 SMs, 120 tensor cores, 30 ray tracing units, and 32MB of L2 cache.
The base clock is 2280 MHz, with a boost clock of up to 2497 MHz. It comes with 8GB of GDDR7 memory at 28 Gbps, a 128-bit memory bus, and a memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s. It delivers 19.18 TFLOPS of FP32 performance and has a power consumption of 145W. The suggested retail price is $299.
The Radeon RX 6800 XT was released on November 28, 2020. It uses the Navi 21 GPU, manufactured with TSMC’s 7nm process. It has 4608 stream processors, 128 raster units, 288 texture units, 72 compute units, 72 ray tracing cores, 4MB of L2 cache, and 128MB of L3 cache.
Its base clock is 1825 MHz, with a boost clock of up to 2250 MHz. It is equipped with 16GB of GDDR6 memory, a 256-bit memory bus, memory speed of 16 Gbps, and a memory bandwidth of 512GB/s. It delivers 20.74 TFLOPS of FP32 performance, has a power consumption of 300W, and a suggested retail price of $649.
III. Test Platform Configuration
The main configuration is as follows:
Processor: Ryzen 5 7600X
Motherboard: MSI MAG X670E Tomahawk WiFi
Memory: 32GB DDR5-6000
Graphics cards: Radeon RX 6800 XT and GeForce RTX 5060
Operating system: Windows 10
IV. Game Testing (RX 6800 XT vs RTX 5060)
The following tests cover seven games, all conducted at 1440P resolution. In each set of images, the left side represents the Radeon RX 6800 XT platform, and the right side represents the GeForce RTX 5060 platform.
1st Game: Assassin’s Creed Mirage
- Radeon RX 6800 XT: Avg FPS 103, Min FPS 74, Frame Time 8.6ms, CPU Usage 58%, CPU Power 73W, CPU Temp 61°C, RAM 11.0GB, GPU Usage 96%, VRAM 9.4GB, GPU Power 225W, GPU Temp 66°C
- GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 84, Min FPS 69, Frame Time 11.6ms, CPU Usage 54%, CPU Power 71W, CPU Temp 81°C, RAM 12.2GB, GPU Usage 96%, VRAM 8.0GB, GPU Power 120W, GPU Temp 69°C
The RTX 5060 has 19 FPS lower average, ~23% behind, 5 FPS lower minimum, and 3ms higher frame time.
2nd Game: Cyberpunk 2077
- Radeon RX 6800 XT: Avg FPS 54, Min FPS 48, Frame Time 20.0ms, CPU Usage 48%, CPU Power 76W, CPU Temp 73°C, RAM 16.2GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 11.8GB, GPU Power 279W, GPU Temp 71°C
- GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 48, Min FPS 42, Frame Time 22.1ms, CPU Usage 30%, CPU Power 60W, CPU Temp 78°C, RAM 11.3GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 6.5GB, GPU Power 151W, GPU Temp 74°C
The RTX 5060 trails by 6 FPS on average (~13%), same on minimum FPS, with 2ms higher frame time.
3rd Game: Red Dead Redemption 2
- Radeon RX 6800 XT: Avg FPS 98, Min FPS 26, Frame Time 9.3ms, CPU Usage 41%, CPU Power 65W, CPU Temp 56°C, RAM 12.4GB, GPU Usage 97%, VRAM 6.4GB, GPU Power 272W, GPU Temp 59°C
- GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 63, Min FPS 36, Frame Time 15.2ms, CPU Usage 30%, CPU Power 56W, CPU Temp 69°C, RAM 12.9GB, GPU Usage 96%, VRAM 6.7GB, GPU Power 145W, GPU Temp 74°C
The RTX 5060 is 35 FPS lower (~56%), 10 FPS higher on minimum, with 6ms higher frame time.
4th Game: A Plague Tale: Requiem
- Radeon RX 6800 XT: Avg FPS 69, Min FPS 62, Frame Time 15.0ms, CPU Usage 46%, CPU Power 68W, CPU Temp 68°C, RAM 12.6GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 7.5GB, GPU Power 284W, GPU Temp 75°C
- GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 55, Min FPS 48, Frame Time 18.1ms, CPU Usage 37%, CPU Power 64W, CPU Temp 73°C, RAM 11.7GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 8.0GB, GPU Power 156W, GPU Temp 77°C
The RTX 5060 has 14 FPS lower average (~25%), 14 FPS lower minimum, and 3ms higher frame time.
5th Game: Silent Hill 2
- Radeon RX 6800 XT: Avg FPS 61, Min FPS 50, Frame Time 16.5ms, CPU Usage 37%, CPU Power 73W, CPU Temp 75°C, RAM 15.6GB, GPU Usage 97%, VRAM 13.5GB, GPU Power 287W, GPU Temp 76°C
- GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 50, Min FPS 36, Frame Time 19.4ms, CPU Usage 15%, CPU Power 51W, CPU Temp 68°C, RAM 10.9GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 7.3GB, GPU Power 145W, GPU Temp 74°C
The RTX 5060 is 11 FPS behind (~22%), 25 FPS lower on minimum, 3ms higher frame time.
6th Game: Starfield
- Radeon RX 6800 XT: Avg FPS 76, Min FPS 15, Frame Time 12.9ms, CPU Usage 60%, CPU Power 85W, CPU Temp 79°C, RAM 19.7GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 10.9GB, GPU Power 246W, GPU Temp 67°C
- GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 58, Min FPS 13, Frame Time 17.1ms, CPU Usage 25%, CPU Power 59W, CPU Temp 72°C, RAM 15.8GB, GPU Usage 94%, VRAM 5.5GB, GPU Power 124W, GPU Temp 69°C
The RTX 5060 falls 18 FPS behind (~31%), 2 FPS lower minimum, 4ms higher frame time.
7th Game: The Last of Us Part II
- Radeon RX 6800 XT: Avg FPS 77, Min FPS 72, Frame Time 13.4ms, CPU Usage 42%, CPU Power 65W, CPU Temp 63°C, RAM 13.9GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 10.8GB, GPU Power 247W, GPU Temp 69°C
- GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 63, Min FPS 55, Frame Time 15.8ms, CPU Usage 45%, CPU Power 68W, CPU Temp 79°C, RAM 14.0GB, GPU Usage 97%, VRAM 7.5GB, GPU Power 122W, GPU Temp 67°C
The RTX 5060 is 14 FPS lower (~22%), 17 FPS lower minimum, and 2ms higher frame time.
V. Comparison Conclusion
The comparison results are clear: the GeForce RTX 5060 was completely “crushed” by the Radeon RX 6800 XT throughout the entire test, without putting up any resistance—not even a single draw. That said, the GeForce RTX 5060 isn’t without merit; its significantly lower power consumption makes it much more energy-efficient.
Based on the compiled data, the Radeon RX 6800 XT delivers approximately 27% higher gaming performance than the GeForce RTX 5060. All things considered, for the RTX 5060 to achieve this level of performance despite being at a major disadvantage in nearly every aspect is already quite impressive.
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