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GeForce RTX 3070 against GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB leads on the overall index. The price beside each button is the Amazon US reading where ScoutPrices has one; the comparison below is worked on typical prices.

Which one for what

Office & everyday

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

43 vs 50 for snappy single-core speed, quiet running, and a card that drives two or three screens without fuss.

Coding & development

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

40 vs 44 for cores for builds and containers, plenty of memory, fast storage, and a card for several screens or a local model.

Light gaming

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

43 vs 52 for 1080p frame rates per dollar.

Gaming

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

35 vs 44 for 1440p frame rates, with a CPU that will not hold the card back.

Heavy gaming

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

24 vs 36 for the strongest graphics card the budget allows.

Content creation

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

40 vs 44 for export times: many cores, a card with good encoders, lots of memory.

3D & rendering

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

41 vs 44 for all-core throughput and render speed.

Gaming & streaming

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

38 vs 44 for frame rates with headroom for the encoder and the chat.

AI & local models

GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GBright

36 vs 46 for video memory first, then card speed, then system memory.

Head to head

Scores

Indices out of 100 on ScoutSpecs' own scale, one per kind of work. They are not frames per second and not a measurement of any one sample.

  • Spec score

    GeForce RTX 3070: 36

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 44

    8 ptsto the right

  • Games at 1080p

    GeForce RTX 3070: 43

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 52

    9 ptsto the right

  • Games at 1440p

    GeForce RTX 3070: 35

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 44

    9 ptsto the right

  • Games at 4K

    GeForce RTX 3070: 24

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 36

    12 ptsto the right

  • Rendering and video

    GeForce RTX 3070: 44

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 44

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Price and value

Worked on typical prices, the figures the comparison is built on.

  • Value, points per $100

    GeForce RTX 3070: 7.2

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 5.6

    29%to the left

  • Typical price

    GeForce RTX 3070: $499

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: $788

    $289to the left

From the spec sheets

  • Video memory

    GeForce RTX 3070: 8 GB

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 16 GB

    100%to the right

  • Board power

    GeForce RTX 3070: 220 W

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 180 W

    22%to the right

  • Length

    GeForce RTX 3070: 285 mm

    GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: 250 mm

    14%to the right

The verdict

  • The RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is 26% faster at 1440p.
  • At 4K the gap is 50% in the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB's favour.
  • RTX 5060 Ti 16GB carries 16 GB of video memory against 8 GB.
  • The RTX 3070 typically costs $289 less.
  • Per dollar, the RTX 3070 is the better buy: 7.2 points per $100 against 5.6.

Specifications

SpecGeForce RTX 3070GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
Video memory8 GB16 GB (better)
Board power220 W180 W (better)
Length285 mm250 mm (better)
Power connectorPCIe 8-pinPCIe 8-pin
BrandNvidiaNvidia
Released20202025 (better)
Typical price$499 (better)$788

The better figure of each pair is in green, with a tick.

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