GeForce RTX 5060 vs Radeon R7 (Kaveri)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon R7 (Kaveri) with GeForce RTX 5060, including specs and performance data.

R7 (Kaveri)
2014
1.55

RTX 5060 outperforms R7 (Kaveri) by a whopping 1232% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the ranking971270
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data8.53
ArchitectureGCN 1.1 (2014)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameKaveriGB206
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date4 June 2014 (10 years ago)March 2025

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 cores5124608
Core clock speed553 MHz2235 MHz
Boost clock speed686 MHz2520 MHz
Number of transistors2410 Millionno data
Manufacturing process technology28 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data170 Watt
Texture fill rateno data362.9
Floating-point processing powerno data23.22 TFLOPS
ROPsno data48
TMUsno data144
Tensor Coresno data144
Ray Tracing Coresno data36

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 sizemedium sizedno data
Interfaceno dataPCIe 5.0 x16
Widthno data2-slot
Supplementary power connectorsno data1x 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 typeno dataGDDR7
Maximum RAM amountno data8 GB
Memory bus width64/128 Bit128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 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 Connectorsno data1x HDMI 2.1b, 3x DisplayPort 2.1b
HDMI-+

API and SDK compatibility

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

DirectX12 (FL 12_0)12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.8
OpenGLno data4.6
OpenCLno data3.0
Vulkan-1.4
CUDA-10.1
DLSS-+

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 HD14
−1186%
180−190
+1186%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
−1225%
50−55
+1225%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−363%
35−40
+363%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−950%
40−45
+950%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
−1225%
50−55
+1225%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−2633%
80−85
+2633%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−363%
35−40
+363%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−950%
40−45
+950%
Far Cry 5 0−1 65−70
Fortnite 5−6
−1980%
100−110
+1980%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−900%
80−85
+900%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−650%
75−80
+650%
Valorant 35−40
−317%
140−150
+317%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 4−5
−1225%
50−55
+1225%
Battlefield 5 3−4
−2633%
80−85
+2633%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−363%
35−40
+363%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 30−35
−634%
230−240
+634%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−950%
40−45
+950%
Dota 2 18−20
−1178%
230−240
+1178%
Far Cry 5 0−1 65−70
Fortnite 5−6
−1980%
100−110
+1980%
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−900%
80−85
+900%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−5400%
55−60
+5400%
Grand Theft Auto V 2−3
−3600%
70−75
+3600%
Metro Exodus 2−3
−2050%
40−45
+2050%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−650%
75−80
+650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8
−613%
55−60
+613%
Valorant 35−40
−317%
140−150
+317%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 3−4
−2633%
80−85
+2633%
Counter-Strike 2 8−9
−363%
35−40
+363%
Cyberpunk 2077 4−5
−950%
40−45
+950%
Dota 2 18−20
−1178%
230−240
+1178%
Far Cry 5 0−1 65−70
Forza Horizon 4 8−9
−900%
80−85
+900%
Forza Horizon 5 1−2
−1100%
12−14
+1100%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−650%
75−80
+650%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 6−7
−850%
55−60
+850%
Valorant 35−40
−317%
140−150
+317%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 5−6
−1980%
100−110
+1980%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 2−3
−950%
21−24
+950%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 9−10
−1489%
140−150
+1489%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 10−11
−1630%
170−180
+1630%
Valorant 8−9
−2200%
180−190
+2200%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 1−2
−1800%
18−20
+1800%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−2150%
45−50
+2150%
Forza Horizon 4 3−4
−1567%
50−55
+1567%
Forza Horizon 5 0−1 0−1
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 3−4
−967%
30−35
+967%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 2−3
−2200%
45−50
+2200%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 1−2
−1500%
16−18
+1500%
Grand Theft Auto V 14−16
−140%
35−40
+140%
Valorant 8−9
−1313%
110−120
+1313%

4K
Ultra Preset

Cyberpunk 2077 0−1 8−9
Dota 2 2−3
−1100%
24−27
+1100%
Far Cry 5 2−3
−1000%
21−24
+1000%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 3−4
−567%
20−22
+567%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 3−4
−567%
20−22
+567%

1440p
High Preset

Grand Theft Auto V 30−35
+0%
30−35
+0%
Metro Exodus 24−27
+0%
24−27
+0%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 55−60
+0%
55−60
+0%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Metro Exodus 16−18
+0%
16−18
+0%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 27−30
+0%
27−30
+0%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30−33
+0%
30−33
+0%
Counter-Strike 2 9−10
+0%
9−10
+0%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
+0%
35−40
+0%

This is how R7 (Kaveri) and RTX 5060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5060 is 1186% faster in 1080p

Here's the range of performance differences observed across popular games:

  • in Forza Horizon 5, with 1080p resolution and the Medium Preset, the RTX 5060 is 5400% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • RTX 5060 is ahead in 48 tests (84%)
  • there's a draw in 9 tests (16%)

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 1.55 20.65
Chip lithography 28 nm 5 nm

RTX 5060 has a 1232.3% higher aggregate performance score, and a 460% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon R7 (Kaveri) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon R7 (Kaveri) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5060 is a desktop one.

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