GPU Comparison
Select up to 2 GPUs to analyze their pricing, performance, and specifications side-by-side.
The Radeon RX 6800 is significantly faster than the GeForce RTX 5060, leading by roughly 19% in our performance index. The GeForce RTX 5060, however, delivers more performance per dollar — $876 EUR cheaper.
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Radeon RX 6800 vs GeForce RTX 5060: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 6800 vs GeForce RTX 5060
The Radeon RX 6800 is significantly faster, around 19% ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060. Both cards sit in the same broad class, well suited to 1440p.
Price & Value
Right now the GeForce RTX 5060 starts at $310 EUR against $1,186 EUR for the Radeon RX 6800. Despite being slower, the GeForce RTX 5060 offers the better performance-per-dollar (~221% better value), so budget-focused buyers should weigh it carefully. The Radeon RX 6800 still sits about $607 EUR above its $579 EUR MSRP.
Power & Efficiency
The GeForce RTX 5060 draws just 145W versus 250W for the Radeon RX 6800, and it also delivers more performance per watt — so it runs cooler and quieter and needs less PSU headroom. Its more modern Blackwell architecture on a TSMC 4N process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
With 16GB against 8GB, the Radeon RX 6800 has more headroom for 4K textures and memory-hungry creative/AI tasks where the GeForce RTX 5060's 8GB can fall short.
Generation & Longevity
The GeForce RTX 5060 is roughly 5 years newer than the Radeon RX 6800 (Blackwell vs RDNA 2), so it generally benefits from a more modern architecture and longer driver-support runway.
Features & Ecosystem
Beyond raw numbers, the GeForce RTX 5060 brings NVIDIA DLSS upscaling/frame generation and stronger ray tracing, while the Radeon RX 6800 offers AMD FSR upscaling and strong rasterization value. If you lean on upscaling or ray tracing, that ecosystem difference can matter as much as the frame-rate gap.
Which should you buy: GeForce RTX 5060 or Radeon RX 6800?
Choose the Radeon RX 6800 if you want the most performance and can absorb the higher price. If you're optimizing for value, the GeForce RTX 5060 stretches your money further for only slightly lower performance.