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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB: Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB separate most on vram: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU at 8 GB, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at 16 GB, 50% in favour of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB. TDP splits them by another 29%, this time favouring NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU. They match on gpu brand, tier and ray tracing support.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
NVIDIANVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (NVIDIA/Blackwell/Mainstream/16GB GDDR7/4,608 CUDA Cores/180W TDP/Ray Tracing/$429 MSRP)
NVIDIANVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

Specs

Specification
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (NVIDIA/Blackwell/Mainstream/16GB GDDR7/4,608 CUDA Cores/180W TDP/Ray Tracing/$429 MSRP)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
GPU BrandNVIDIANVIDIA
SeriesGeForce RTX 40Blackwell
Board PartnerOEM (varies by laptop model)Reference/Founders Edition
VRAM8 GB-50%16 GB
TierMainstreamMainstream
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7
Ray Tracing Supporttruetrue
TDP140 W180 W-29%
ArchitectureAda Lovelace (AD107)Blackwell
CUDA Cores30724,608

Verdict

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU

7.3 / 10 Expert Rating

A dependable budget-mainstream 1080p chip, best bought at a discount now that Blackwell has taken the entry spot.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB

8 / 10 Expert Rating

The 5060 Ti worth buying — 16GB of VRAM and 180W efficiency make it the sensible mainstream NVIDIA pick, and the 8GB variant isn't worth considering.

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