SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT
vs
GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX


GPU comparison with benchmarks

In the gpu comparison between the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT and the GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX, we compare both the technical data and the benchmark results of the two graphics cards.

GPU

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT is based on the AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT and has 4096 texture shaders and 64 execution units.

GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX is based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060, which has 3840 shaders and 30 execution units.
SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT GPU GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX
AMD Radeon RX 9070 XT Based on NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060
Navi 48 XTX GPU Chip GB206-250-A1
RDNA 4 Architecture Blackwell 2.0
64 Streaming Multiprocessors 30
4096 Shader 3840
128 Render Output Units 48
256 Texture Units 120
64 Raytracing Cores 30

Memory

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT has 16 GB of graphics memory of the type GDDR6 and achieves a memory bandwidth of 645 GB/s.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX can access 8 GB GDDR7 graphics memory and thus achieves a memory bandwidth of 448 GB/s.

16 GB Memory Size 8 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type GDDR7
2.518 GHz Memory Clock 1.750 GHz
20.1 Gbps Memory Speed 28.0 Gbps
645 GB/s Memory bandwidth 448 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 128 bit

Clock Speeds

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT clocks in the base with up to 1.660 GHz. The base frequency of the GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX is 2.280 GHz.

1.660 GHz Base Clock 2.280 GHz
3.060 GHz Boost Clock 2.550 GHz
2.52 GHz Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The TDP (Thermal Design Power) of the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT is 330 W. The graphics card is supplied with energy via the 3 x 8-Pin connector.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX has a TDP of 145 W (Reference) and is supplied with the required energy via 1 x 8-Pin PCIe power connectors.

330 W TDP 145 W (Reference)
-- TDP (up) --
92 °C Tjunction max 89 °C
3 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power 1 x 8-Pin

Cooler & Fans

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT has a total of 3 Axial fans.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX has 2 Axial fans to cool the GPU and memory.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
3 x 100 mm Fan 1 2 x 102 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) 0 dB
-- Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

In the connectivity category, we recorded the number of ports on a graphics card. A total of 4 screens can be connected to the SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX supports a maximum of 4 screens.

4 Max. Displays 4
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.3
2x HDMI v2.1b HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.1b
2x DP v2.1a DP Ports 3x DP v2.1b
-- DVI Ports --
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT supports a maximum resolution of 7680x4320 pixels.

The maximum resolution of the GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX is 7680x4320 pixels.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 7680x4320
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_2 (Ultimate)
Yes Raytracing Yes
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
Addressable LED LED Addressable LED

Supported Video Codecs

The support and acceleration of certain video codecs directly in the graphics card reduces the load when playing or creating videos.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode VP9 Decode / Encode

Dimensions

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT is 331 mm long, 129 mm high and 66 mm wide.

The GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX is 251 mm long, 130 mm high and 40 mm wide.

331 mm Length 251 mm
129 mm Height 130 mm
66 mm Width 40 mm
4 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 2 PCIe-Slots
-- Weight --
PCIe 5 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 5 x 8
No SFF-Ready No

Additional data

The SAPPHIRE NITRO+ Radeon RX 9070 XT was released in Q2/2025 at a price of 599 $ (Reference).

The GALAX GeForce RTX 5060 EX was introduced in Q2/2025 at a price of 299 $ (Reference).

11348-01-20G Part-no 56NSN8MDDAEX
Q2/2025 Release date Q2/2025
599 $ (Reference) Launch Price 299 $ (Reference)
4 nm Structure size 5 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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