NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070

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GeForce RTX 4060 compared with GeForce RTX 5070

	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 4060	NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5070
Overview
Released
Released	June 2023	March 2025
Performance
Chip maker
Chip maker	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
Architecture
Architecture	Ada Lovelace	Blackwell
Shader cores
Shader cores	3,072	6,144
Boost clock
Boost clock	2,460 MHz	2,512 MHz (better)
Architecture
Architecture	–	GB205 GPU; 48 SMs
Manufacturing process
Manufacturing process	–	TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 31.1 billion transistors; 263 mm² die
Ray tracing
Ray tracing	Third-generation RT Cores; 35 RT TFLOPS	48 fourth-generation RT Cores; 94 RT TFLOPS
AI cores
AI cores	Fourth-generation Tensor Cores; 242 AI TOPS	192 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 988 AI TOPS
Upscaling and frame generation
Upscaling and frame generation	DLSS 3.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction and Frame Generation	DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation
Base clock
Base clock	1.83 GHz	2.33 GHz
Cache
Cache	24 MB L2	48 MB L2
Memory
Video memory
Video memory	8 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR7 (better)
Memory bus
Memory bus	128-bit	192-bit (better)
Memory bandwidth
Memory bandwidth	272 GB/s	672 GB/s (better)
Memory detail
Memory detail	NVIDIA quotes 453 GB/s effective bandwidth with the L2 cache	GDDR7 at 28 Gbps
Connections and power
Board power
Board power	115 W (better)	250 W
Interface
Interface	PCIe 4.0	PCIe 5.0
Display outputs
Display outputs	3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1a; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3	3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3
Maximum resolution
Maximum resolution	4K at 240 Hz or 8K at 60 Hz with DSC	4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC
Power connector
Power connector	1 × PCIe 8-pin cable, or a 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable (adapter in the box); some partner cards use 1 × 6-pin	1 × 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 2 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box
Recommended power supply
Recommended power supply	550 W	650 W
Slot width
Slot width	2-slot	2-slot (Founders Edition)
Size (reference card)
Size (reference card)	–	242 × 112 mm, 2-slot (Founders Edition)
Video encode and decode
Video encode and decode	1 × eighth-generation NVENC, 1 × fifth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode	1 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode