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 1440p.

Per-Game Results at 1440p:

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12-Game Average at 1440p:

At 1440p the RX 9070 comes on a bit stronger and claims the top spot, but the 5060 Ti 16GB is only just behind. It also delivers a 14% gain in performance per Watt over the 4060 Ti 16GB.

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 tied at the top of the chart.

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