GeForce RTX 5060 vs Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

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Aggregate performance score

We've compared Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) with GeForce RTX 5060, including specs and performance data.

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
2020
15 Watt
7.71

RTX 5060 outperforms RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) by a whopping 136% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking499271
Place by popularity31not in top-100
Power efficiency40.928.51
ArchitectureVega (2017−2020)Blackwell 2.0 (2025)
GPU code nameVegaGB206
Market segmentLaptopDesktop
Release date7 January 2020 (5 years ago)March 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 cores5124608
Core clock speedno data2235 MHz
Boost clock speed2100 MHz2520 MHz
Manufacturing process technology7 nm5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)15 Watt170 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).

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 widthno data128 Bit
Memory clock speedno data1750 MHz
Memory bandwidthno data448.0 GB/s
Shared memory--
Resizable BAR-+

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_112 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 HD22
−127%
50−55
+127%
1440p17
−135%
40−45
+135%
4K10
−110%
21−24
+110%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Atomic Heart 24
−121%
50−55
+121%
Counter-Strike 2 63
−81%
110−120
+81%
Cyberpunk 2077 18
−133%
40−45
+133%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Atomic Heart 19
−179%
50−55
+179%
Battlefield 5 39
−110%
80−85
+110%
Counter-Strike 2 43
−165%
110−120
+165%
Cyberpunk 2077 13
−223%
40−45
+223%
Far Cry 5 21
−219%
65−70
+219%
Fortnite 47
−121%
100−110
+121%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−116%
80−85
+116%
Forza Horizon 5 33
−90.9%
60−65
+90.9%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
−150%
75−80
+150%
Valorant 80−85
−73.8%
140−150
+73.8%

Full HD
High Preset

Atomic Heart 11
−382%
50−55
+382%
Battlefield 5 33
−148%
80−85
+148%
Counter-Strike 2 19
−500%
110−120
+500%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 48
−390%
230−240
+390%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−367%
40−45
+367%
Dota 2 51
−135%
120−130
+135%
Far Cry 5 20
−235%
65−70
+235%
Fortnite 31
−235%
100−110
+235%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−116%
80−85
+116%
Forza Horizon 5 28
−125%
60−65
+125%
Grand Theft Auto V 19
−289%
70−75
+289%
Metro Exodus 16
−169%
40−45
+169%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
−150%
75−80
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 21
−171%
55−60
+171%
Valorant 80−85
−73.8%
140−150
+73.8%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 30
−173%
80−85
+173%
Cyberpunk 2077 9
−367%
40−45
+367%
Dota 2 48
−129%
110−120
+129%
Far Cry 5 19
−253%
65−70
+253%
Forza Horizon 4 35−40
−116%
80−85
+116%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 30−33
−150%
75−80
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 14
−307%
55−60
+307%
Valorant 37
−295%
140−150
+295%

Full HD
Epic Preset

Fortnite 18
−478%
100−110
+478%

1440p
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2 14−16
−200%
40−45
+200%
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive 21
−581%
140−150
+581%
Grand Theft Auto V 9
−278%
30−35
+278%
Metro Exodus 10
−160%
24−27
+160%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 22
−677%
170−180
+677%
Valorant 90−95
−95.7%
180−190
+95.7%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 21
−167%
55−60
+167%
Cyberpunk 2077 5
−280%
18−20
+280%
Far Cry 5 16
−181%
45−50
+181%
Forza Horizon 4 20−22
−150%
50−55
+150%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 12−14
−154%
30−35
+154%

1440p
Epic Preset

Fortnite 16−18
−171%
45−50
+171%

4K
High Preset

Atomic Heart 7−8
−129%
16−18
+129%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Grand Theft Auto V 10
−260%
35−40
+260%
Metro Exodus 6
−167%
16−18
+167%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 8−9
−263%
27−30
+263%
Valorant 40−45
−157%
110−120
+157%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5 9−10
−233%
30−33
+233%
Counter-Strike 2 1−2
−1700%
18−20
+1700%
Cyberpunk 2077 3−4
−167%
8−9
+167%
Dota 2 18
−122%
40−45
+122%
Far Cry 5 8
−175%
21−24
+175%
Forza Horizon 4 14−16
−150%
35−40
+150%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS 8−9
−150%
20−22
+150%

4K
Epic Preset

Fortnite 8−9
−150%
20−22
+150%

This is how RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) and RTX 5060 compete in popular games:

  • RTX 5060 is 127% faster in 1080p
  • RTX 5060 is 135% faster in 1440p
  • RTX 5060 is 110% faster in 4K

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

  • in Counter-Strike 2, with 4K resolution and the High Preset, the RTX 5060 is 1700% faster.

All in all, in popular games:

  • Without exception, RTX 5060 surpassed RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in all 60 of our tests.

Pros & cons summary


Performance score 7.71 18.17
Chip lithography 7 nm 5 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 15 Watt 170 Watt

RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) has 1033.3% lower power consumption.

RTX 5060, on the other hand, has a 135.7% higher aggregate performance score, and a 40% more advanced lithography process.

The GeForce RTX 5060 is our recommended choice as it beats the Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) in performance tests.

Be aware that Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000) is a notebook card while GeForce RTX 5060 is a desktop one.

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