Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs. 16GB Tested Across PCIe 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0

[Steve]

We test how PCIe bandwidth impacts 8 GB GPUs like Nvidia's RTX 5060 when VRAM is exceeded and fall back to RAM. Let's see how bandwidth plays a major role in avoiding severe performance drops.

Read the full article here.

Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8GB vs. 16GB Tested Across PCIe 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0

 

[m3diapers]

Why there is no configuration for 16GB PCIe 5.0x16?

 

[wildfirede]

Another day, another article that 16 > 8, another month where the 12GB 5070 is top recommendation.

 

[ZackL04]

Why does the 8gb at PCI 4.0 sometimes outperform 1% lows of the 8gb at PCI 5.0?

 

[Xander3600]

Another day, another Article that 16 > 8, anohter month where the 12GB 5070 is top recomendation.

Not a lot of experts, or people in general, are recommending the RTX 5070. It's pretty expensive for the performance you get and especially with it having less vram than multiple lower end cards. 12GB really isn't a lot at that price. There will be an 18GB variant coming out at some point which will age a lot better, though that one is also going to be pretty expensive for what it is, most likely.

 

[wildfirede]

Not a lot of experts, or people in general, are recommending the RTX 5070. It's pretty expensive for the performance you get and especially with it having less vram than multiple lower end cards. 12GB really isn't a lot at that price. There will be an 18GB variant coming out at some point which will age a lot better, though that one is also going to be pretty expensive for what it is, most likely.

Was quoting this "The end result is that in nearly all regions, if you're shopping for a mid-range graphics card, the RTX 5070 stands out as the best option with the lowest cost per frame." - a few Articles ago.

 

[demonicmaniac]

That's because 12gb does not hit the wall yet that 8gb do - but mostly because the 9070 in most markets hasn't dropped in price at all and is above msrp while the 5070 is below msrp. cost per frame even 4k ultra settings it simply is the best option for consumers when looking at cost per frame currently with 12gb probably enough for a year or two at least before it becomes a hard limit.
As they also say in this article if the 5060 ti 8gb was named 5050 ti with a lower price techspot wouldn't like it for 8gb having issues running current games above low but it still would be acceptable.

 

[yRaz]

Why does the 8gb at PCI 4.0 sometimes outperform 1% lows of the 8gb at PCI 5.0?

it takes up compute power to supply the bus with the proper speed. There is enough headroom on the higher end cards that you don't really notice it

 

[Axeia]

No one jumping to the defense of the 8GB cards yet, how unusual!
They really should have made those 8GB versions Chinese internet cafe and OEM exclusive. Would have prevented a lot of bad press and disappointed customers.

Hopefully this article finally gets the point across to those that still think 8GB is plenty. Then again they seem to ignore facts out of convenience, there might be some overlap there with flat earthers

 

[yRaz]

No one jumping to the defense of the 8GB cards yet, how unusual!
They really should have made those 8GB versions Chinese internet cafe and OEM exclusive. Would have prevented a lot of bad press and disappointed customers.

Hopefully this article finally gets the point across to those that still think 8GB is plenty. Then again they seem to ignore facts out of convenience, there might be some overlap there with flat earthers

lower texture sizes and increase your RT performance, how's that?

 

[redgarl]

WTH is those comparison lately? 1440p Upscalling Quality limited to a sample of games that struggle with limited video memory configurations.

Dishonest and biased point of view not suitable even for an article.

Steve, this is how you do it... a single graph, all the data... no biased narrative... you guys lost so much credibility lately, it is a sad sight.

 

[redgarl]

Not a lot of experts, or people in general, are recommending the RTX 5070. It's pretty expensive for the performance you get and especially with it having less vram than multiple lower end cards. 12GB really isn't a lot at that price. There will be an 18GB variant coming out at some point which will age a lot better, though that one is also going to be pretty expensive for what it is, most likely.

No, he is saying this because Tims is recommending a 5070 over a 9070 even when the 9070 is better at everything and offering 16GB of VRAM while costing the same.

 

[budgetgamer]

"the 8 GB version is intended for "low" or "medium" settings in games like Indiana Jones"... Damn 300$ to play in low? That should be illegal to be honest remember when low was like 100$, mid 200$, high 300$, and if you were son rich enthusiast you download some high res texture pack or any other graphics mods that you run on a GPU that cost like 1000$ and you had the most amazing bragging rights

 

[kinetix]

I'm still using 1080p, and I don't think I need more. Anything that gives me 30+ fps, preferably 45, at maximum quality in the games I'm interested in, and the price is reasonable, I'll take it. So 8GB is fine for me, and I have zero problem tweaking some settings, until the day the FPS drop below 30fps. The last one I bought has 8GB, and that should last me 6-8 years (I recently retired a 4GB RX470, and I played almost everything with it until its last day of use, of course with the right settings). I might want a little more VRAM for certain AI experiments, but those 8GB are still good enough for those, although a little less. Certainly, it may not last as long as that RX470, but for the next one the selection considerations would be the same, which would surely imply more VRAM.

 

[ZedRM]

WTH is those comparison lately? 1440p Upscalling Quality limited to a sample of games that struggle with limited video memory configurations.

Dishonest and biased point of view not suitable even for an article.

Steve, this is how you do it... a single graph, all the data... no biased narrative... you guys lost so much credibility lately, it is a sad sight.

Someone who understands honest, simple logic. Kinda refreshing.

 

[demonicmaniac]

No, he is saying this because Tims is recommending a 5070 over a 9070 even when the 9070 is better at everything and offering 16GB of VRAM while costing the same.

which isn't the case in most markets as the techspot roundup of actual prices shows. here in germany the 9070 cheapest ist 650€ whilte the cheapest 5070 is 550€ , similarly in the UK it is 500GBP for the 5070 and 580GBP for the 9070. If both were sold at msrp techspot would also suggest the 9070 but in most markets that is not the case with the 9070 15 to 25% more expensive

 

[madboyv1]

*Sees the same tired arguments from last time*

Why there is no configuration for 16GB PCIe 5.0x16?

For two reasons. The first is because the reviews for both the 5060 Ti 16GB and 9060 XT 16GB are tested at that configuration in those articles, so if you would like to see how the two cards perform at their intended configuration you can read up on it there.

The second reason is that this test is to show what happens when you are VRAM limited and then how the interface can further bottleneck performance from starving the card of bandwidth. On the matter of being VRAM limited, the 16GB model is acting as the control where the system is not limited by VRAM. Being then set to PCIe 3.0 represents a modern worst case scenario regarding the interface that any card communicates with the system. As both cards in their 16GB configurations handedly outperform the 8GB configuration in nearly every test, any further testing at 4.0 and faster would only be a waste of resources (the reviewer's time mostly, but still) and would not yield any meaningful relevant results.

 

[redgarl]

which isn't the case in most markets as the techspot roundup of actual prices shows. here in germany the 9070 cheapest ist 650€ whilte the cheapest 5070 is 550€ , similarly in the UK it is 500GBP for the 5070 and 580GBP for the 9070. If both were sold at msrp techspot would also suggest the 9070 but in most markets that is not the case with the 9070 15 to 25% more expensive

I didn't knew that in some market the 5070 was hosting 16GB of VRAM...

/sarcasm

 

[BadThad]

16GB was the standard five+ years ago if you wanted any type of future-proofing. My antique RX6800 works just fine still today for me.....and, after paying $800 for it during the crunch, it's seeing duty for another 5 years. lol