Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Review ft. Gigabyte & Palit

1. Introduction2. Meet the Gigabyte RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Aorus Elite3. Meet the Palit RTX 5060 Ti 16GB Infinity 34. Testing Methodology5. Alan Wake II6. Black Myth: Wukong7. Cyberpunk 20778. Dragon Age: The Veilguard9. Final Fantasy XVI10. Ghost of Tsushima11. Horizon Forbidden West12. Kingdom Come: Deliverance II13. A Plague Tale: Requiem14. Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart15. Senua's Saga: Hellblade 216. Starfield17. Performance Summary (12-Game Average)18. Cost Per Frame Analysis19. Ray Tracing: Alan Wake II20. Ray Tracing: Black Myth: Wukong21. Ray Tracing: Cyberpunk 207722. Ray Tracing: Indiana Jones and the Great Circle23. Ray Tracing: Ratchet and Clank: Rift Apart24. Ray Tracing: Returnal25. Ray Tracing: Shadow of the Tomb Raider26. Ray Tracing: Star Wars Outlaws27. Ray Tracing Performance Summary28. DLSS Testing29. AI & Productivity Benchmarks30. Clock Speed31. GPU Temperatures32. Acoustics33. Noise-Normalised Temperatures34. Power Draw: 1080p35. Power Draw: 1440p36. Power Draw: 2160p (4K)37. Performance per Watt: 1080p38. Performance per Watt: 1440p39. Performance per Watt: 2160p (4K)40. Total System Power Draw41. Closing Thoughts42. View All Pages

Using the graphics card-only power draw figures presented earlier in the review, here we present performance per Watt on a per-game basis for all twelve games we tested at 1080p.

Per-Game Results at 1080p:

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12-Game Average at 1080p:

The frugal power demands of the 5060 Ti 16GB coupled with its overall performance make it a very efficient GPU for 1080p gaming. Now I haven't included the RTX 5080 here as it's really a different class of card, but that GPU is still the most efficient 50 series part yet, but the 5060 Ti 16GB does well, tying the 5070 at the top.

Ray tracing results

As a bonus, we now include the power figures for all eight games we test with ray tracing enabled.

8-Game ray tracing average:

For ray tracing, it's still right up there, just falling behind the 5070.

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