01
Preface
In a previous article, the author compared the 1080P gaming performance of the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB and the Radeon RX 7700 XT. The result was a close match with wins and losses on both sides, and the performance gap was minimal, leading to the conclusion of a tie. In response, some readers requested a comparison of the two graphics cards at 2K resolution, which this article will cover.
Theoretically, increasing game resolution from 1080P to 2K results in greater data transmission between the CPU and GPU, placing more emphasis on bus width and bandwidth. Therefore, the Radeon RX 7700 XT (192-bit) has a theoretical advantage over the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB (128-bit) and is expected to deliver stronger gaming performance. But does this hold true in practice? This article will reveal the answer.
02
Test Platform Configuration
The main configuration is as follows:
The processor is a Ryzen 7 5800X3D, the motherboard is an ASUS TUF GAMING B550 PLUS, memory is 16GB DDR4-3600, graphics cards are the Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB and the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB respectively, storage includes an ADATA Legend 960 2TB SSD and a 4TB HDD, and the operating system is Windows 10.
03
Game Testing (RX 7700 XT vs 5060 Ti 16GB)
Seven games were tested using 1440P resolution. In the following image series, the left side represents the Radeon RX 7700 XT 12GB platform, and the right side represents the GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB platform.
Game 1: Alan Wake 2
Radeon RX 7700 XT platform:
- Avg FPS: 48
- Min FPS: 42
- Frame Time: 20.1ms
- CPU Usage: 21%
- CPU Power: 53W
- CPU Temp: 56°C
- RAM Usage: 6.8GB
- GPU Usage: 100%
- VRAM Usage: 9.9GB
- GPU Power: 238W
- GPU Temp: 50°C
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti platform:
- Avg FPS: 40
- Min FPS: 36
- Frame Time: 23.4ms
- CPU Usage: 16%
- CPU Power: 45W
- CPU Temp: 59°C
- RAM Usage: 8.3GB
- GPU Usage: 98%
- VRAM Usage: 9.7GB
- GPU Power: 168W
- GPU Temp: 63°C
Conclusion: RTX 5060 Ti lags behind by 8 FPS avg, 6 FPS min, and 3ms in frame time.
Game 2: Ghostwire: Tokyo
Radeon RX 7700 XT:
- Avg FPS: 89
- Min FPS: 79
- Frame Time: 11.1ms
- CPU Usage: 19%
- Power: 49W
- Temp: 53°C
- RAM: 9.8GB
- GPU: 100%
- VRAM: 6.6GB
- GPU Power: 212W
- GPU Temp: 48°C
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti:
- Avg FPS: 72
- Min FPS: 64
- Frame Time: 13.2ms
- CPU Usage: 16%
- Power: 46W
- Temp: 60°C
- RAM: 9.9GB
- GPU: 99%
- VRAM: 5.9GB
- GPU Power: 154W
- GPU Temp: 61°C
Conclusion: RTX 5060 Ti is behind by 17 FPS avg, 15 FPS min, and 2ms frame time.
Game 3: Cyberpunk 2077
Radeon RX 7700 XT:
- Avg FPS: 76
- Min FPS: 59
- Frame Time: 12.3ms
- CPU Usage: 43%
- Power: 62W
- Temp: 61°C
- RAM: 9.3GB
- GPU: 100%
- VRAM: 8.0GB
- GPU Power: 234W
- GPU Temp: 50°C
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti:
- Avg FPS: 73
- Min FPS: 57
- Frame Time: 12.8ms
- CPU Usage: 39%
- Power: 59W
- Temp: 71°C
- RAM: 10.0GB
- GPU: 98%
- VRAM: 7.7GB
- GPU Power: 174W
- GPU Temp: 64°C
Conclusion: Performance nearly equal, RTX 5060 Ti trails slightly (3 FPS avg, 2 FPS min).
Game 4: Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora
Radeon RX 7700 XT:
- Avg FPS: 71
- Min FPS: 59
- Frame Time: 14.3ms
- CPU Usage: 26%
- Power: 52W
- Temp: 59°C
- RAM: 13.2GB
- GPU: 100%
- VRAM: 10.4GB
- GPU Power: 241W
- GPU Temp: 57°C
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti:
- Avg FPS: 64
- Min FPS: 55
- Frame Time: 16.5ms
- CPU Usage: 21%
- Power: 51W
- Temp: 65°C
- RAM: 13.4GB
- GPU: 97%
- VRAM: 10.1GB
- GPU Power: 169W
- GPU Temp: 62°C
Conclusion: RTX 5060 Ti trails by 7 FPS avg, 4 FPS min, and 2.2ms in frame time.
Game 5: Silent Hill 2
Radeon RX 7700 XT:
- Avg FPS: 50
- Min FPS: 40
- Frame Time: 20.1ms
- CPU Usage: 15%
- Power: 48W
- Temp: 51°C
- RAM: 7.6GB
- GPU: 100%
- VRAM: 8.3GB
- GPU Power: 217W
- GPU Temp: 49°C
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti:
- Avg FPS: 58
- Min FPS: 39
- Frame Time: 11.6ms
- CPU Usage: 18%
- Power: 51W
- Temp: 63°C
- RAM: 9.1GB
- GPU: 98%
- VRAM: 7.4GB
- GPU Power: 160W
- GPU Temp: 62°C
Conclusion: RTX 5060 Ti leads with 8 FPS higher avg, lower frame time by 8.5ms.
Game 6: Black Myth: Wukong
Radeon RX 7700 XT:
- Avg FPS: 48
- Min FPS: 41
- Frame Time: 18.6ms
- CPU Usage: 19%
- Power: 49W
- Temp: 54°C
- RAM: 12.5GB
- GPU: 100%
- VRAM: 7.8GB
- GPU Power: 219W
- GPU Temp: 50°C
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti:
- Avg FPS: 48
- Min FPS: 40
- Frame Time: 20.3ms
- CPU Usage: 19%
- Power: 50W
- Temp: 64°C
- RAM: 14.2GB
- GPU: 98%
- VRAM: 7.6GB
- GPU Power: 146W
- GPU Temp: 59°C
Conclusion: Performance virtually identical, slight frame time edge to RX 7700 XT.
Game 7: The Last of Us Part I
Radeon RX 7700 XT:
- Avg FPS: 81
- Min FPS: 65
- Frame Time: 13.0ms
- CPU Usage: 61%
- Power: 68W
- Temp: 60°C
- RAM: 10.9GB
- GPU: 100%
- VRAM: 8.9GB
- GPU Power: 188W
- GPU Temp: 46°C
GeForce RTX 5060 Ti:
- Avg FPS: 83
- Min FPS: 69
- Frame Time: 12.9ms
- CPU Usage: 52%
- Power: 64W
- Temp: 66°C
- RAM: 14.6GB
- GPU: 99%
- VRAM: 8.3GB
- GPU Power: 134W
- GPU Temp: 57°C
Conclusion: RTX 5060 Ti slightly ahead by 2 FPS avg, 4 FPS min, near equal frame time.
04
Comparison Conclusion
Overall, under 1440P resolution, the gaming performance of the Radeon RX 7700 XT and GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB remains very close. However, the Radeon RX 7700 XT holds a slight edge and maintains a certain advantage, though not by a large margin—the two are closely matched.
In summary, if productivity performance and other factors are not considered and the focus is solely on gaming performance, the Radeon RX 7700 XT is the more worthwhile choice.
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