GPU Comparison
Select up to 2 GPUs to analyze their pricing, performance, and specifications side-by-side.
On raw speed the Radeon RX 7700 XT comes out significantly faster — about 23% ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060. But the GeForce RTX 5060 is the better value, undercutting it by $138 EUR for the performance you get.
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Radeon RX 7700 XT vs GeForce RTX 5060: In-Depth Breakdown
Performance: Radeon RX 7700 XT vs GeForce RTX 5060
The Radeon RX 7700 XT is significantly faster, around 23% ahead of the GeForce RTX 5060. Both cards sit in the same broad class, well suited to 1440p.
Price & Value
The GeForce RTX 5060 currently lists from $310 EUR, $138 EUR less than the Radeon RX 7700 XT at $448 EUR. Despite being slower, the GeForce RTX 5060 offers the better performance-per-dollar (~18% better value), so budget-focused buyers should weigh it carefully.
Power & Efficiency
At 145W against 245W, the GeForce RTX 5060 is both the lower-power and the more efficient card, making it the easier build to cool and power. Its more modern Blackwell architecture on a TSMC 4N process is part of why it does more with each watt.
VRAM & Future-Proofing
The Radeon RX 7700 XT carries 12GB versus 8GB on the GeForce RTX 5060. The extra 4GB helps at 4K, with high-resolution texture packs, and for content-creation or local-AI workloads that exhaust smaller buffers.
Generation & Longevity
The GeForce RTX 5060 is roughly 2 years newer than the Radeon RX 7700 XT (Blackwell vs RDNA 3), 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 7700 XT 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 7700 XT?
Choose the Radeon RX 7700 XT 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.