Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: 1440p gamers on a mid-range budget who want DLSS 4 and enough VRAM for modern titles.
Full details →Overdue for a refresh — no successor announced yet. Prices should be at their lowest
Superseded by RTX 5070
Best for: 1440p gamers who find the RTX 4070 Super at a significant clearance discount.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti | NVIDIA RTX 4070 Super | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | Mid-range | High-end |
| Generation | RTX 5000 | RTX 4000 |
| VRAM | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6X |
| TDP | 180W | 220W |
| Upscaling | DLSS4 | DLSS3 |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $399 | $599 |
| Released | Jul 15, 2025 | Jan 17, 2024 |
| Cycle length | ~800 days | ~415 days |
| Cycle advice | Buy | Wait |
| Deals advice | Caution | Buy |
| Successor | — | RTX 5070 |
Finally resolves the VRAM debate — double the memory of the RTX 4060 Ti 8GB at the same price.
Multi-frame generation brings high frame rates to 1440p without brute-force rendering.
Efficient enough for mid-range builds without a PSU upgrade.
Superseded but strong value — at current street prices, delivers ~75% of RTX 5070 performance for significantly less.
Efficient power draw works with modest PSUs.
Over a year of stability optimizations.