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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.

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

RX 7600 → RTX 5060 at 1440p

Worth considering

Marginal
Performance gain
+26.1%
Estimated, native
Measured cross-check
+38%
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 38%, 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: 86.7% stronger in ray-traced workloads.
  • In favour: Adds DLSS 4 Multi Frame Generation, DLSS 4 Super Resolution, DLSS Ray Reconstruction.
  • In favour: Works out at about $19.2 per percentage point of performance gained.

The two cards side by side

Key differences between the RX 7600 and the RTX 5060
MeasureRX 7600RTX 5060Change
Estimated FPS at 1440p40-6050-75+26.1%
VRAM8 GB8 GBNo change
Board power165 W145 W-20 W
Ray tracing index1528+86.7%
Price on record$386$502+$116
LaunchedMay 25, 2023May 19, 20252 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: verified current street prices.
  • The cost of the upgrade is the price of the new card. CompareYourGPU does not model what your current card might sell for.