GeForce RTX 5060 vs Radeon HD 8790M

Place in the ranking	737	264
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Power efficiency	no data	8.58
Architecture	GCN 1.0 (2011−2020)	Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code name	Mars	GB206
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	1 April 2013 (11 years ago)	2025 (recently)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	384	4608
Core clock speed	850 MHz	2235 MHz
Boost clock speed	900 MHz	2520 MHz
Number of transistors	950 million	no data
Manufacturing process technology	28 nm	0 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	unknown	170 Watt
Texture fill rate	21.60	362.9
Floating-point processing power	0.6912 TFLOPS	23.22 TFLOPS
ROPs	8	48
TMUs	24	144
Tensor Cores	no data	144
Ray Tracing Cores	no data	36

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	medium sized	no data
Interface	MXM-A (3.0)	PCIe 5.0 x16
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	None	1x 16-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR5	GDDR7
Maximum RAM amount	2 GB	8 GB
Memory bus width	128 Bit	128 Bit
Memory clock speed	1000 MHz	1750 MHz
Memory bandwidth	64 GB/s	355.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 (11_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	5.1	6.8
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	-	10.1

Synthetic benchmark performance

Non-gaming benchmark results comparison. The combined score is measured on a 0-100 point scale.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark score. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

HD 8790M 3.40

RTX 5060 21.14
+522%

Passmark

This is the most ubiquitous GPU benchmark. It gives the graphics card a thorough evaluation under various types of load, providing four separate benchmarks for Direct3D versions 9, 10, 11 and 12 (the last being done in 4K resolution if possible), and few more tests engaging DirectCompute capabilities.

HD 8790M 1305

RTX 5060 8125
+523%

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD

−493%

160−170
+493%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −644%	65−70 +644%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −494%	95−100 +494%
Forza Horizon 5	4−5 −1300%	55−60 +1300%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −714%	55−60 +714%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −300%	45−50 +300%
Valorant	6−7 −1317%	85−90 +1317%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −644%	65−70 +644%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Dota 2	10−11 −640%	70−75 +640%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −283%	65−70 +283%
Fortnite	18−20 −479%	110−120 +479%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −494%	95−100 +494%
Forza Horizon 5	4−5 −1300%	55−60 +1300%
Grand Theft Auto V	10−11 −500%	60−65 +500%
Metro Exodus	7−8 −714%	55−60 +714%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−33 −367%	140−150 +367%
Red Dead Redemption 2	12−14 −300%	45−50 +300%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	12−14 −458%	65−70 +458%
Valorant	6−7 −1317%	85−90 +1317%
World of Tanks	73 −227%	230−240 +227%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	9−10 −644%	65−70 +644%
Counter-Strike 2	9−10 −322%	35−40 +322%
Cyberpunk 2077	8−9 −463%	45−50 +463%
Dota 2	10−11 −500%	60−65 +500%
Far Cry 5	18−20 −283%	65−70 +283%
Forza Horizon 4	16−18 −494%	95−100 +494%
Forza Horizon 5	4−5 −1300%	55−60 +1300%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	30−33 −367%	140−150 +367%
Valorant	6−7 −1317%	85−90 +1317%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	2−3 −1600%	30−35 +1600%
Grand Theft Auto V	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	24−27 −483%	140−150 +483%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −850%	18−20 +850%
World of Tanks	24−27 −496%	140−150 +496%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	4−5 −975%	40−45 +975%
Counter-Strike 2	30−35 +0%	30−35 +0%
Cyberpunk 2077	4−5 −500%	24−27 +500%
Far Cry 5	8−9 −625%	55−60 +625%
Forza Horizon 4	3−4 −500%	18−20 +500%
Forza Horizon 5	4−5 −750%	30−35 +750%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	6−7 −483%	35−40 +483%
Valorant	10−11 −450%	55−60 +450%

4K
High Preset

Dota 2	16−18 −125%	35−40 +125%
Grand Theft Auto V	16−18 −494%	95−100 +494%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	10−11 −540%	60−65 +540%
Red Dead Redemption 2	2−3 −550%	12−14 +550%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	16−18 −494%	95−100 +494%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	3−4 −600%	21−24 +600%
Cyberpunk 2077	2−3 −500%	12−14 +500%
Dota 2	16−18 −494%	95−100 +494%
Far Cry 5	3−4 −800%	27−30 +800%
Fortnite	2−3 −1150%	24−27 +1150%
Forza Horizon 4	1−2 −500%	6−7 +500%
Forza Horizon 5	1−2 −1600%	16−18 +1600%
Valorant	3−4 −767%	24−27 +767%