Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Eagle OC VS Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 WindForce

Both the Eagle OC and the WindForce share an identical foundation: the same 2280 MHz base clock, 3840 shading units, 120 TMUs, 48 ROPs, and 1750 MHz memory speed. This means the two cards are drawing from exactly the same hardware pool — the real-world difference between them comes down entirely to how aggressively the factory overclock is applied.

That gap emerges at boost: the Eagle OC reaches a GPU turbo of 2550 MHz versus the WindForce's 2497 MHz — a delta of 53 MHz, or roughly 2.1%. This directly cascades into every throughput metric. The Eagle OC delivers 19.58 TFLOPS of floating-point performance against the WindForce's 19.18 TFLOPS, a 306 GTexels/s texture fill rate versus 299.6 GTexels/s, and a pixel rate of 122.4 GPixel/s compared to 119.9 GPixel/s. In practice, a ~2% throughput advantage is unlikely to be perceptible in most gaming workloads, but it can matter in sustained GPU-compute tasks or when chasing frame-rate ceilings at lower resolutions.

The Eagle OC holds a narrow but consistent performance edge in this group, driven solely by its higher factory boost clock. Both cards support Double Precision Floating Point, so neither has a qualitative feature advantage. If raw peak throughput is the priority, the Eagle OC wins — but buyers who are comfortable with a manual overclock could likely bring the WindForce to parity, making the clock difference less decisive than it appears on paper.

Across every memory specification, the Eagle OC and WindForce are identical — and the shared configuration is genuinely impressive. Both cards run 8GB of GDDR7 over a 128-bit bus at an effective speed of 28000 MHz, yielding 448 GB/s of memory bandwidth. GDDR7 is a generational leap over GDDR6X in efficiency and throughput, meaning that 448 GB/s here is delivered with lower latency and power draw than a comparable GDDR6X figure would imply.

The 128-bit bus width is worth contextualizing: at this memory generation, it no longer carries the bottleneck stigma it once did. GDDR7's raw speed compensates substantially, pushing bandwidth figures that previously required a 192-bit or wider interface. For 1080p and 1440p gaming — the natural target resolutions for this GPU tier — 448 GB/s is more than adequate. The 8GB frame buffer is sufficient for most current titles at those resolutions, though it remains a consideration for users running very high texture packs or future-proofing against memory-hungry workloads. ECC memory support on both cards is a minor but notable addition, offering error-correction capability relevant to creators and compute users.

This group is a complete tie. There is no differentiator here — buyers should look to other specification groups, such as cooling or clock speeds, to distinguish between these two cards.

The feature set of these two cards is nearly identical where it counts most. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate, ray tracing, and DLSS — the trifecta that defines a modern gaming GPU. DirectX 12 Ultimate ensures compatibility with the full suite of next-gen rendering features, ray tracing enables hardware-accelerated lighting and shadow effects in supported titles, and DLSS provides AI-driven upscaling that can recover significant frame rates with minimal visual cost. Intel Resizable BAR support is also shared, allowing the CPU to access the full GPU frame buffer simultaneously and providing a modest but real performance uplift in compatible systems.

Two specs diverge. The Eagle OC supports 3D output while the WindForce does not — a feature relevant only to users with 3D displays or VR setups that rely on this signal path, making it niche but potentially decisive for that specific audience. Going the other direction, the WindForce includes RGB lighting where the Eagle OC does not, which is purely an aesthetic consideration for system builders who prioritize a lit, coordinated build interior.

Neither difference has any bearing on gaming or compute performance, so the conclusion here depends entirely on the buyer's profile. The Eagle OC has a functional edge for 3D display users; the WindForce holds the aesthetic advantage for RGB-focused builds. For everyone else, this group is effectively a tie.

Port configuration is identical on both cards: one HDMI 2.1b output and three DisplayPort outputs, for a total of four simultaneous display connections — which aligns with the four supported displays noted in the Features group. HDMI 2.1b is the latest revision of the standard, capable of driving 4K at high refresh rates and 8K output, making it well-suited for modern TVs and high-end monitors alike. The three DisplayPort outputs give multi-monitor users plenty of flexibility without needing adapters.

The absence of USB-C is worth noting for users who own monitors that accept video over USB-C or Thunderbolt — those setups would require an adapter. However, since neither card offers it, this is a shared constraint rather than a differentiator. Legacy DVI and mini DisplayPort connections are also absent on both, which is consistent with modern GPU design and only relevant to users still running older displays.

This group is a complete tie. The port layout is well-rounded for the target use case of this GPU tier, and there is no connectivity advantage on either side.

At the silicon level, these two cards are indistinguishable. Both are built on NVIDIA's Blackwell architecture using a 5nm process with 21.9 billion transistors, and both carry a 145W TDP — meaning identical power delivery requirements and expected thermal output. PCIe 5.0 support is shared as well, though at this GPU tier the bandwidth headroom of PCIe 5.0 over 4.0 is largely theoretical rather than practically impactful.

The one concrete differentiator in this group is physical size. The Eagle OC measures 208 × 120 mm while the WindForce comes in at 199 × 116 mm — about 9mm shorter and 4mm less tall. That gap is modest in absolute terms, but it can matter in compact or mid-tower cases where GPU clearance is tight. The WindForce's smaller footprint gives it a slight installation advantage in space-constrained builds, whereas the Eagle OC's larger body may be partly attributable to its more aggressive cooling solution, as suggested by its higher factory boost clock seen in the Performance group.

For general build compatibility, the WindForce holds a minor edge thanks to its more compact dimensions. For users with full-size cases, however, the size difference is unlikely to factor into the decision at all, making this group essentially a tie for the majority of buyers.