NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB
16 GB GDDR7 · 448 GB/s
From
$429
Estimated street price
VRAM
16 GB
Bandwidth
448 GB/s
TDP
180W
Models
35
Tier
Capable
The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB with 16 GB GDDR7 VRAM can handle 35 AI models across coding, ai_coding, ai_building. Best performance: Llama 3.2 1B Instruct at 134 tok/s (excellent). For AI coding workflows, it supports the Capable AI Coding tier, handling single model workflows well. Current price: approximately $429.
Source: OwnRig methodology
16 GB
448 GB/s
GDDR7
180W
2-slot, 241mm
Builder Capability: Capable AI Coding
Runs 16-22B coding models comfortably, or 32B at reduced quality. Handles single model workflows well.
Inference Backends
The software stacks that matter most for real-world inference on this device.
CUDA
productionPrimary high-performance backend for NVIDIA inference workloads.
Vulkan
stableFallback backend for llama.cpp and related local runtimes.
What it can run
35 models| Arcee Trinity Mini 26B | Q3_K_M | 30 tok/s | Good |
| Arcee Trinity Nano 6B | Q8_0 | 57 tok/s | Excellent |
| Codestral 22B | Q3_K_M | 20 tok/s | Acceptable |
| DeepSeek Coder V2 Lite 16B | Q5_K_M | 56 tok/s | Excellent |
| DeepSeek V3 | Q2_K | – | Not viable |
| FLUX.1 Dev | Q4_K_M | – | Acceptable |
| Gemma 2 27B Instruct | Q4_K_M | 13 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Gemma 3 12B | Q5_K_M | 47 tok/s | Good |
| Gemma 3 27B | Q3_K_M | 7 tok/s | Marginal |
| Gemma 4 26B-A4B | Q3_K_M | 110 tok/s | Excellent |
| Gemma 4 31B | Q3_K_M | 7 tok/s | Marginal |
| Gemma 4 E2B | Q8_0 | 48 tok/s | Good |
| Gemma 4 E4B | Q8_0 | 29 tok/s | Acceptable |
| GigaChat Lightning 10B | Q8_0 | 62 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | Q8_0 | 62 tok/s | Excellent |
| Llama 3.2 11B Vision | Q6_K | 43 tok/s | Good |
| Llama 3.2 1B Instruct | Q8_0 | 134 tok/s | Excellent |
| Llama 3.2 3B Instruct | Q8_0 | 84 tok/s | Excellent |
| LLaVA 1.6 13B | Q4_K_M | 25 tok/s | Good |
| NVIDIA Nemotron-3-super-120B-A12B | Q2_K | – | Not viable |
| Phi-3 Medium 14B Instruct | Q5_K_M | 31 tok/s | Good |
| Phi-4 14B | Q4_K_M | 31 tok/s | Good |
| Phi-4 Mini | Q8_0 | 76 tok/s | Excellent |
| Qwen 2.5 14B Instruct | Q4_K_M | 34 tok/s | Good |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 32B Instruct | Q3_K_M | 11 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Qwen 2.5 Coder 7B Instruct | Q5_K_M | 58 tok/s | Excellent |
| Qwen3-14B Instruct | Q8_0 | 18 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Qwen3.5-122B-A10B | Q3_K_M | – | Not viable |
| Qwen3.5-27B | Q3_K_M | 28 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Qwen3.5-397B (MoE) | Q2_K | – | Not viable |
| Qwen3.6-27B | Q3_K_M | 28 tok/s | Acceptable |
| Stable Diffusion 3 Medium | FP16 | – | Good |
| Stable Diffusion 3.5 Large | FP16 | – | Good |
| StarCoder 2 15B | Q5_K_M | 28 tok/s | Good |
| Whisper Large V3 Turbo | FP16 | – | Excellent |
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What AI models can NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run?
- The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB can run 35 AI models. Top performers include Llama 3.2 1B Instruct, Gemma 4 26B-A4B, Llama 3.2 3B Instruct. See the full compatibility table above for speeds and quality ratings.
- Is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB good for AI coding?
- Yes. With 16 GB, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB handles single-model coding workflows well at the Capable tier.
- How much VRAM does NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB have?
- The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB has 16 GB of GDDR7 VRAM with 448 GB/s bandwidth.
- Can NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB run 70B models?
- 70B models can run on the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB with CPU offloading, but performance will be reduced. Consider a device with 48GB+ inference memory for full-speed 70B inference.
- Is NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB worth it for AI?
- At $429, the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060 Ti 16GB offers 16 GB GDDR7 VRAM and runs 35 AI models. It works for smaller models and experimentation.
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