5060 Ti or 4070

RTX 5060 Ti vs RTX 4070: which should you buy?

The RTX 4070 is 6% faster at 1440p and the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is £136.01 cheaper. Tom's Hardware measured 77.8 fps for the RTX 4070 and 73.4 fps for the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB, and the ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC costs £649.99 against £786.00 for the ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 Dual EVO OC on Amazon UK at the time of writing (October 2026).

The 8GB version of the RTX 5060 Ti is a different card at 4K, as the VRAM section shows. The wider choice is in Best graphics card UK 2026 and the Radeon alternative at this price in RTX 5060 vs RX 9060 XT.

Is the RTX 4070 faster than the RTX 5060 Ti?

Yes, by 3% to 6% in raster games, and level with ray tracing at 1440p. Tom's Hardware's GPU hierarchy, updated 24 June 2026, gives these averages across 11 games:

• 1080p raster: RTX 4070 111.5 fps, RTX 5060 Ti 16GB 105.2 fps (6.0% lead).
• 1440p raster: 77.8 fps against 73.4 fps (6.0% lead).
• 4K raster: 41.3 fps against 40.2 fps (2.7% lead).
• 1440p ray tracing: 38.6 fps against 38.9 fps. The RTX 5060 Ti 16GB is 0.3 fps ahead.

Neither card reaches 60 fps at 1440p in the average, so both lean on upscaling. For the 1440p target, see What graphics card do I need for 1440p?

Is the 8GB or 16GB RTX 5060 Ti better?

The 16GB card is better at every resolution above 1080p, and the gap at 4K is large. Tom's Hardware measured 40.2 fps for the 16GB card and 28.1 fps for the 8GB card at 4K raster, a 43% difference, and 20.6 fps against 7.2 fps with ray tracing, a 2.9 times difference.

• 1080p: 105.2 fps against 100.4 fps (4.8% gap).
• 1440p: 73.4 fps against 68.6 fps (7.0% gap).
• Price: £649.99 against £429.99, a £220.00 premium (51.2%) for the 16 GB.

Tom's Hardware calls the 16GB card "hopelessly overpriced" for its performance in mid-2026 and says the pricing makes "the entire 5060 Ti family impossible to recommend", a verdict on US prices. The memory question is covered in How much VRAM do I need?

Does the RTX 5060 Ti have better DLSS than the RTX 4070?

Yes. Both cards upscale with DLSS, but the RTX 5060 Ti is a Blackwell card with DLSS 4.5 and Multi Frame Generation, which Tom's Hardware says can add one to five generated frames between rendered ones. The RTX 4070 is an Ada Lovelace card: it runs DLSS Frame Generation, which can double output frame rates, but "Ada cards don't benefit from MFG".

That narrows the raster gap in practice. Multi Frame Generation can lift a 73.4 fps base well past that on the RTX 5060 Ti, while the RTX 4070 tops out at double its rendered rate.

Is the RTX 4070 still worth buying in 2026?

Not at £786.00. The RTX 4070 is a previous-generation Ada Lovelace card with 12 GB of GDDR6X on a 192-bit bus, and NVIDIA lists 200 W and a 650 W minimum power supply. It beats the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB by 4.4 fps at 1440p but trails the GeForce RTX 5070, which costs £36.01 less, by 18.6 fps (77.8 against 96.4 fps).

The RTX 4070 makes sense only for a buyer who needs a 2.5-slot, 200 W card in an existing build and finds one below the RTX 5070's price.

Which card suits which player?

• A 1080p player on a 144 Hz monitor can take the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB at £429.99, which averages 100.4 fps at 1080p.
• A 1440p player on a budget gets 73.4 fps from the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at £649.99 and keeps 16 GB of VRAM for texture-heavy games.
• A 1440p player who wants more speed should spend £100.00 more on the RTX 5070, which gains 31.3% at 1440p.
• A 4K player should avoid both the RTX 4070 and the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, which average 41.3 fps and 28.1 fps.

How much power do the RTX 5060 Ti and RTX 4070 need?

The RTX 5060 Ti uses 20 W less. NVIDIA rates the RTX 4070 at 200 W with a 650 W minimum power supply, and the RTX 5060 Ti is listed at 180 W with a 600 W recommendation. At 1440p raster the RTX 4070 returns 0.389 fps per watt (77.8 / 200) and the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB returns 0.408 fps per watt (73.4 / 180), 4.8% better. The sizing method is in How many watts PSU do I need?

How do the four cards compare at each resolution?

The RTX 5070 leads every row, the RTX 4070 leads the two RTX 5060 Ti cards in raster, and the 8GB card collapses at 4K with ray tracing. The table lists Tom's Hardware's June 2026 averages in frames per second.

Ray tracing at 4K is out of reach for all four: the best average is 22.7 fps. The decision for ray tracing at 1440p lies between the RTX 5070 at 51.5 fps and the other three, which sit between 26.6 fps and 38.9 fps.

RTX 5060 Ti vs RTX 4070: specs and prices

Which card costs least per frame?

The RTX 5060 Ti 8GB costs least per frame at 1440p, and the RTX 5070 costs least at 4K. Dividing each Amazon UK price by Tom's Hardware's June 2026 average fps gives the table below. Lower is better. The last column is the price of each gigabyte of VRAM.

The RTX 4070 is the worst on every column at £786.00. The MSI GeForce RTX 5070 12G Ventus 2X OC at £749.99 is £36.01 cheaper and 23.9% faster at 1440p, which makes the older card hard to justify at current prices.

What does the extra money buy?

The £220.00 step from 8GB to 16GB buys the most: a 43.1% gain at 4K. The £136.01 step from the RTX 5060 Ti 16GB to the RTX 4070 buys 4.4 fps at 1440p and costs 4 GB of VRAM.

Who should skip each card?

• Buyers at 1440p or 4K should skip the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB, which falls to 28.1 fps at 4K.
• Buyers choosing a new card should skip the RTX 4070 at £786.00 while the RTX 5070 is £749.99.
• Buyers who want Multi Frame Generation should skip the RTX 4070.
• Buyers with a 1080p monitor and a tight budget can take the RTX 5060 Ti 8GB for £429.99.

Verdict

The ASUS Dual GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB OC at £649.99 is the better buy than the ASUS GeForce RTX 4070 Dual EVO OC at £786.00, and the MSI GeForce RTX 5070 12G Ventus 2X OC at £749.99 beats both on speed. The pick of the whole range is in Best graphics card UK 2026, and buyers who can spend more will find the next step in RX 9070 XT vs RTX 5070 Ti and RTX 5070 vs RX 9070 XT.