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Preface
The Radeon RX 5600 XT is a graphics card released by AMD five years ago. Its performance today is mostly limited to running lightweight games, and many users of this card may be considering an upgrade.
This article compares the gaming performance of the Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB and the GeForce RTX 5060 8GB to evaluate how much of a performance boost can be expected when upgrading from the former to the latter. This is provided as a reference for those interested.
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Specification Comparison
The Radeon RX 5600 XT was released on January 21, 2020, featuring the Navi 10 GPU, built on TSMC’s 7nm process. It has 2304 stream processors, 64 raster units, 144 texture units, 36 compute units, and 3MB of L2 cache.
Its base clock is 1130 MHz, with a boost clock up to 1560 MHz. It comes with 6GB of GDDR6 memory, a 192-bit memory interface, 12 Gbps memory speed, 288.0 GB/s memory bandwidth, FP32 performance of 7.188 TFLOPS, a power consumption of 150W, and a suggested retail price of $279.
The GeForce RTX 5060 was released on May 19, 2025, using the GB206 GPU based on the Blackwell architecture, manufactured with TSMC’s 4nm process. It features 3840 CUDA cores, 120 texture units, 48 raster units, 30 streaming multiprocessors, 120 tensor cores, 30 ray tracing cores, and 32MB of L2 cache.
Its base clock is 2280 MHz, with a boost clock up to 2497 MHz. It includes 8GB of GDDR7 memory with a speed of 28 Gbps, a 128-bit memory interface, memory bandwidth of 448.0 GB/s, FP32 performance of 19.18 TFLOPS, power consumption of 145W, and a suggested retail price of $299.
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Test Platform Configuration
Main configuration is as follows:
Processor: Ryzen 5 5600
Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING B550M-PLUS
Memory: 32GB DDR4-3600MHz
Graphics Cards: Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB and GeForce RTX 5060 8GB
SSD: ADATA XPG GAMMIX S11 Pro
etc.
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Game Testing (RX 5600 XT vs RTX 5060)
The following tests cover seven games, all run at 1080P resolution. In the series of images below, the left side represents the Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB platform, and the right side represents the GeForce RTX 5060 8GB platform.
Game 1: God of War
Radeon RX 5600 XT: Average FPS 35, minimum FPS 28, frame time 22.8ms, CPU usage 18%, power 45W, temp 34°C, memory usage 16.1GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM 5.8GB (nearly maxed out), GPU power 114W, GPU temp 53°C.
GeForce RTX 5060: Average FPS 81, minimum FPS 62, frame time 10.1ms, CPU usage 38%, power 56W, temp 48°C, memory usage 12.5GB, GPU usage 99%, VRAM 7.5GB, GPU power 132W, GPU temp 57°C.
CPU usage on the 5060 is 20% higher, memory usage is 3.6GB lower, same GPU usage, VRAM usage is 1.7GB higher, GPU power is 18W higher, temperature is 4°C higher.
Average FPS is 46 higher (≈2.3x), minimum FPS is 34 higher, frame time is 12ms lower.
Game 2: Hitman 3
Radeon RX 5600 XT: Avg FPS 95, min FPS 80, frame time 10.5ms, CPU 38%, power 52W, temp 37°C, memory 7.3GB, GPU 98%, VRAM 4.1GB, GPU power 124W, temp 56°C.
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 163, min FPS 130, frame time 6.3ms, CPU 58%, power 63W, temp 47°C, memory 7.7GB, GPU 97%, VRAM 4.5GB, GPU power 133W, temp 56°C.
CPU usage is 20% higher, memory 0.4GB higher, similar GPU usage, VRAM 0.4GB higher, GPU power 9W higher, same temp.
Average FPS is 68 higher (≈1.7x), minimum FPS 50 higher, frame time 4ms lower.
Game 3: The Witcher 3
Radeon RX 5600 XT: Avg FPS 50, min FPS 44, frame time 19.1ms, CPU 20%, power 45W, temp 37°C, memory 8.9GB, GPU 99%, VRAM 3.5GB, GPU power 131W, temp 57°C.
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 97, min FPS 81, frame time 9.7ms, CPU 31%, power 52W, temp 48°C, memory 9.3GB, GPU 98%, VRAM 5.5GB, GPU power 146W, temp 59°C.
CPU usage is 11% higher, memory 0.4GB higher, similar GPU usage, VRAM 2.0GB higher, GPU power 15W higher, temp 2°C higher.
Average FPS is 47 higher (≈1.9x), min FPS 37 higher, frame time 10ms lower.
Game 4: Resident Evil 4
Radeon RX 5600 XT: Avg FPS 62, min FPS 49, frame time 16.5ms, CPU 17%, power 43W, temp 36°C, memory 11.3GB, GPU 99%, VRAM 6.0GB (maxed), GPU power 124W, temp 57°C.
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 101, min FPS 78, frame time 9.8ms, CPU 23%, power 46W, temp 43°C, memory 8.7GB, GPU 98%, VRAM 7.7GB, GPU power 134W, temp 56°C.
CPU usage 6% higher, memory 2.6GB lower, similar GPU usage, VRAM 1.7GB higher, GPU power 10W higher, temp 1°C lower.
Average FPS 39 higher (≈1.6x), min FPS 29 higher, frame time 7ms lower.
Game 5: Silent Hill 2
Radeon RX 5600 XT: Avg FPS 30, min FPS 26, frame time 31.4ms, CPU 16%, power 43W, temp 34°C, memory 9.9GB, GPU 98%, VRAM 5.7GB (tight), GPU power 118W, temp 55°C.
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 71, min FPS 52, frame time 13.5ms, CPU 35%, power 54W, temp 46°C, memory 9.0GB, GPU 98%, VRAM 6.3GB, GPU power 129W, temp 56°C.
CPU usage 19% higher, memory 0.9GB lower, same GPU usage, VRAM 0.6GB higher, GPU power 11W higher, temp 1°C higher.
Average FPS 41 higher (≈2.4x), min FPS 26 higher, frame time 18ms lower — 5600 XT has too much delay to run smoothly.
Game 6: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Radeon RX 5600 XT: Avg FPS 47, min FPS 29, frame time 20.5ms, CPU 20%, power 45W, temp 36°C, memory 13.8GB, GPU 99%, VRAM 4.7GB, GPU power 101W, temp 57°C.
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 92, min FPS 75, frame time 10.5ms, CPU 36%, power 53W, temp 46°C, memory 12.5GB, GPU 99%, VRAM 6.8GB, GPU power 140W, temp 57°C.
CPU usage 16% higher, memory 1.3GB lower, same GPU usage, VRAM 2.1GB higher, GPU power 39W higher, same temp.
Average FPS 45 higher (≈2.0x), min FPS 46 higher, frame time 10ms lower.
Game 7: Starfield
Radeon RX 5600 XT: Avg FPS 37, min FPS 31, frame time 30.2ms, CPU 47%, power 57W, temp 42°C, memory 13.6GB, GPU 99%, VRAM 5.1GB, GPU power 115W, temp 55°C.
GeForce RTX 5060: Avg FPS 61, min FPS 48, frame time 18.9ms, CPU 71%, power 71W, temp 53°C, memory 13.4GB, GPU 98%, VRAM 5.5GB, GPU power 116W, temp 55°C.
CPU usage 24% higher, memory 0.2GB lower, similar GPU usage, VRAM 0.4GB higher, similar power and temp.
Average FPS 24 higher (≈1.6x), min FPS 17 higher, frame time 12ms lower — 5600 XT suffers high latency, not smooth.
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Comparison Conclusion
Overall, compared to the Radeon RX 5600 XT 6GB, the GeForce RTX 5060 8GB holds an overwhelming advantage throughout, delivering a complete and crushing performance across the board.
Based on the aggregated data, the overall gaming performance of the GeForce RTX 5060 is approximately 1.9 times that of the Radeon RX 5600 XT—nearly double. In other words, upgrading from the Radeon RX 5600 XT to the GeForce RTX 5060 is a highly worthwhile option, offering a significant and clearly noticeable performance boost.
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