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Nvidia's RTX 5060 gets a 128-bit leash, but GDDR7 gives it teeth

by on08 April 2025


Slim memory bus could hobble performance.

Nvidia might be offering a slimmed-down memory bus with its upcoming GeForce RTX 5060 cards, but its real power lies in the new GDDR7 memory modules.

According to shipping manifests spotted by Videocardz, Team Green's 60-class GPUs—including the RTX 5060 and 5060 Ti—will be riding in on a 128-bit bus, much like their predecessors. This is not exactly thrilling news for anyone hoping for broader pipes.

What’s changing, however, is the memory tech. GDDR7 is sliding in to deliver a hefty 448 GB/s bandwidth, up from the RTX 4060 Ti's GDDR6, and promising a 55 per cent bump in throughput. That’s where Nvidia hopes to claw back performance without fattening up the bus.

The RTX 5060 Ti will have two flavours—8GB and 16GB—both sitting at 180W TDP, while the base RTX 5060 sticks with 8GB and 3,840 CUDA cores. Prices are set at $299 for the RTX 5060, and $399 or $499 depending on which RTX 5060 Ti you fancy.

Leaks suggest we’ll see these cards by mid-April, as the budget GPU market turns into a knife fight over perf-per-dollar.

One cable and better RAM or not, if Nvidia wants to keep the edge, it’ll need to ensure that gamers don’t feel like they’re paying a premium for peanuts.

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