Is it worth upgrading?

A newer card winning every row of a comparison table does not make it worth buying. This works out how much faster it actually is at your resolution, what that improvement costs per percentage point, and whether a cheaper card would get you most of the way there.

Both cards have to be ones CompareYourGPU tracks. The database currently covers current and recent desktop cards, so if you are coming from something older it may not be listed yet. See what is covered.

The card you have now

The card you are considering

What resolution do you play at?

Which of these do you play? Optional. Sizes the estimate against the most demanding one.

RTX 4060 → RTX 5060 at 1440p

Worth considering

Marginal

Performance gain: +26.1%; Estimated, native
Measured cross-check: +18.7%; Third party, upscaled
Upgrade cost: $502; Price of the new card
Cost per 1% gained: $19

What you gain

In favour: Estimated 26.1% more performance at 1440p.
In favour: Third-party measured suite ratings put the gain at 18.7%, which is an independent check on the estimate above.
In favour: Estimated frame rate moves from roughly 40-60 FPS to 50-75 FPS.
In favour: 27.3% stronger in ray-traced workloads.
In favour: Adds DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation.
In favour: Works out at about $19.2 per percentage point of performance gained.

Compare them side by side About the RTX 5060

The two cards side by side

Key differences between the RTX 4060 and the RTX 5060
Measure	RTX 4060	RTX 5060	Change
Estimated FPS at 1440p	40-60	50-75	+26.1%
VRAM	8 GB	8 GB	No change
Board power	115 W	145 W	+30 W
Ray tracing index	22	28	+27.3%
Price on record	$299	$502	+$203
Launched	June 29, 2023	May 19, 2025	1.9 years apart

Where these numbers come from

Performance gain: CompareYourGPU estimated index, native resolution, no upscaling.
Measured cross-check: third-party suite rating, run with vendor upscaling at Quality. Not directly comparable with the native estimate, which is why both are shown.
VRAM, board power and features: manufacturer specifications.
Prices: a mix of verified street prices and launch MSRP, which are not directly comparable.
The cost of the upgrade is the price of the new card. CompareYourGPU does not model what your current card might sell for.