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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 vs AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7600: Comparison

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 and AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7600 separate most on tdp: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 at 145 W, AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7600 at 165 W, 14% in favour of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060. They match on vram, tier and ray tracing support. In Blender Cycles (GPU) the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 scores 3,681 against 1,157 for the AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7600, a lead of 69%.

Specs

Specification
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 (NVIDIA/Blackwell/Entry-Level/8GB GDDR7/~3,840 CUDA Cores/145W TDP/Ray Tracing/$299 MSRP)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7600
AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7600
GPU BrandNVIDIAAMD
SeriesBlackwellRadeon RX 7000
Board PartnerReference/Founders EditionSapphire
VRAM8 GB8 GB
TierEntry-LevelEntry-Level
Memory TypeGDDR7GDDR6
Ray Tracing Supporttruetrue
TDP145 W165 W-14%
ArchitectureBlackwellRDNA 3 (Navi 33)
MSRP299269

Benchmarks

Measured results, not specifications. Percentages are the gap to the leading product in each test.

Blender Cycles (GPU)

Blender 4.5, Blender Open Data (CC0). Median of monster + junkshop + classroom, combined samples/min.

Blender renders 3D scenes by tracing light through them, which loads every shader unit on the card at once. The score measures sustained render throughput, so it tells you what a card does in Cycles and similar renderers rather than what it does in a game. Figures come from Blender's Open Data project, which places no restriction on reuse, and we publish the median of every submission for that card on the same Blender version.

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 50603,681n=372Best
AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 76001,157n=75-69%

Verdict

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060

7 / 10 Expert Rating

The true entry point into Blackwell — DLSS and ray tracing at $299, but the 8GB of VRAM means the 5060 Ti 16GB is the smarter long-term buy if the budget stretches.

AMD Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX 7600

5.5 / 10 Expert Rating

A solid entry-level pick if its price and 8GB VRAM allocation match your target resolution.

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