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GeForce RTX 5060 Ti bottleneck & FPS

Ranked 30 of 126 desktop graphics cards in our database (76th percentile). Paired with a Core i3-13100 it lands near 94 fps at 1080p and 10 fps at 4K in a typical AAA title at high settings.

SpecificationsBlackwell · 2025
ArchitectureBlackwell
Shading units4,608
Boost clock2,572 MHz
Memory8 GB
Memory bandwidth448 GB/s
Board power180 W
Released2025
Frame rate by resolutionwith Core i3-13100, high
ResolutionEst. FPSGPU loadLimited by
1920 x 1080 94 99% Balanced
2560 x 1440 55 99% Graphics card
3440 x 1440 32 99% Graphics card
3840 x 2160 10 99% Graphics card
Best matched processors1080p, high

Ranked by how little performance the pairing wastes, not by which processor is fastest. The fastest chip pairs well with everything, which makes it a useless recommendation.

ProcessorEst. FPSUnused
Core i3-13100 94 0.2%
Core i3-13100F 94 0.2%
Core i5-11400 94 0.2%
Core i5-11400F 94 0.2%
Core i7-8086K 94 0.4%
Ryzen 5 3600 94 0.6%
Estimated FPS by game1440p, high, Core i3-13100
GameEst. FPSVRAM
Cyberpunk 2077 23 11.5 GB needed
Fortnite 77 OK
Counter-Strike 2 152 OK
Baldur's Gate 3 55 8.1 GB needed
Red Dead Redemption 2 34 9.4 GB needed
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 30 10.8 GB needed

Who a GeForce RTX 5060 Ti is actually for

This sits in the range where most enthusiast builds land, and it is the range where pairing matters most. Fast enough that a budget processor will hold it back at 1080p; not so fast that it stops caring about resolution. Get the pairing right and very little is wasted.

The sweet spot is 1440p. At that resolution the card is doing enough work to stay busy without the processor needing to be exceptional.

8 GB is this card's real limit

8 of the 16 titles we model exceed 8 GB at 1440p and high settings. On this card memory, not shader throughput, is the thing that will make modern games stutter. Texture quality is the setting to lower first, and it usually costs less visual fidelity than the alternatives.

Where it sits

Ranked 30 of 126 desktop cards we model. Nearest faster: GeForce RTX 4070, Radeon RX 7700 XT. Just below: GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB, Radeon RX 6800. Full method on the methodology page.