RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB vs RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB for local LLMs
VRAM decides which models fit entirely on the GPU; bandwidth decides how fast they generate. Here is how the two cards compare.
Which one for local LLMs?
Both cards have 16 GB of VRAM, so the same models fit on both.
The RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB has the higher memory bandwidth (448 GB/s vs 288 GB/s), so it should generate faster when a model fits on both.
RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB · Specifications
- VRAM
- 16 GB GDDR6
- Bandwidth
- 288 GB/s
- Board power
- 165 W
- Architecture
- Ada Lovelace
- Largest model fully in VRAM
- gpt-oss-20b
Official specData updated 38 days agoSource: NVIDIA specifications
RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB · Specifications
- VRAM
- 16 GB GDDR7
- Bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
- Board power
- 180 W
- Architecture
- Blackwell
- Largest model fully in VRAM
- gpt-oss-20b
Official specData updated 38 days agoSource: NVIDIA specifications
| Model | RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB |
|---|---|---|
| Qwen3 32B | Possible but slow2.5–4.5 tok/s | CPU/GPU offload2.5–5 tok/s |
| gpt-oss-20b | Excellent82–91 tok/s | Excellent96–117 tok/s |
| Qwen3 30B-A3B | CPU/GPU offload23–43 tok/s | CPU/GPU offload25–49 tok/s |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Excellent38–50 tok/s | Excellent57–77 tok/s |
| Qwen3 14B | Excellent22–29 tok/s | Excellent33–44 tok/s |
| Qwen3 8B | Excellent36–49 tok/s | Excellent54–74 tok/s |
| Llama 3.3 70B Instruct | Not recommended0.6–1.2 tok/s | Not recommended0.7–1.3 tok/s |
| Gemma 3 27B IT | CPU/GPU offload4.5–8.5 tok/s | CPU/GPU offload5.5–10 tok/s |
For each model, the highest-precision quantization that runs entirely in fast memory; otherwise the one with the best result. Speeds are ranges; "estimate" unless a benchmark exists for this exact hardware.
EstimateData updated 38 days agoSource: Run LLM Locally engine