Early in cycle — strong buy, no urgency to wait
Best for: Budget gamers targeting 1080p high refresh rates or entry-level 1440p with DLSS.
Full details →First-generation product — recently released, still early days
Best for: Budget gamers in OEM pre-built systems — not currently available for retail purchase.
Full details →| NVIDIA RTX 5060 | AMD RX 9060 | |
|---|---|---|
| Tier | Entry | Entry |
| Generation | RTX 5000 | RX 9000 |
| VRAM | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| TDP | 150W | 132W |
| Upscaling | DLSS4 | FSR4 |
| Ray Tracing | ✅ | ✅ |
| Launch MSRP | $299 | $249 |
| Released | May 19, 2025 | Aug 6, 2025 |
| Cycle length | ~800 days | — |
| Cycle advice | Buy | Buy |
| Deals advice | Caution | Caution |
| Successor | — | — |
The cheapest way into Blackwell's AI-powered frame generation.
No PSU upgrade needed for most systems — works with 500W PSUs.
Modern architecture with RT and Tensor cores at a budget price.
ML upscaling included even at the budget entry point.
Ultra-efficient for budget OEM builds.
Currently not available as a standalone retail GPU — check pre-built systems from major OEMs.