Gigabyte GeForce RTX 5060 Eagle OC VS Maxsun GeForce RTX 5060 Ti iCraft OC 16GB

The most telling gap between these two cards lies in their raw shader muscle. The Maxsun RTX 5060 Ti iCraft OC packs 4608 shading units and 144 TMUs, versus 3840 shading units and 120 TMUs on the Gigabyte RTX 5060 Eagle OC — a roughly 20% hardware advantage that directly translates into more parallel work per clock cycle. This is compounded by the Ti's higher boost clock of 2662 MHz versus 2550 MHz, meaning the Ti is running more units at a faster speed simultaneously.

The cumulative effect is substantial: the Maxsun delivers 24.53 TFLOPS of floating-point throughput and a texture fill rate of 383.3 GTexels/s, compared to 19.58 TFLOPS and 306 GTexels/s on the Gigabyte. In practical terms, that ~25% TFLOPS lead means the Ti handles geometry-heavy scenes, complex shading workloads, and AI-accelerated features more fluidly — with less risk of hitting a compute bottleneck at higher resolutions or detail settings. One meaningful point of parity is the render output pipeline: both cards share identical 48 ROPs and the same 1750 MHz memory speed, which means pixel write throughput and memory bandwidth are essentially equivalent — neither card has an edge in rasterization output or memory-side performance.

Overall, the Maxsun RTX 5060 Ti iCraft OC holds a clear performance advantage in this group. The higher shader count and clock speeds give it a decisive lead in compute and texture work, which matters most in demanding gaming scenarios and GPU-accelerated tasks. The Gigabyte RTX 5060 Eagle OC is not slow, but its lower unit count and clocks put it in a measurably lower performance tier for workloads that stress the shader and texture pipeline.

Strip away the identical specs and one differentiator dominates this entire category: VRAM capacity. The Gigabyte RTX 5060 Eagle OC comes with 8GB, while the Maxsun RTX 5060 Ti iCraft OC doubles that with 16GB. Every other memory specification — the GDDR7 standard, the 128-bit bus, the 28000 MHz effective speed, and the resulting 448 GB/s bandwidth — is a perfect match between the two cards. This means the quality and speed of the memory subsystem is equivalent; only the size of the pool differs.

That size difference carries real consequences. At 1080p in most current titles, 8GB is generally sufficient, but it is increasingly a ceiling rather than a comfortable headroom. Games with high-resolution texture packs, ray tracing enabled, or aggressive asset streaming can breach the 8GB threshold, forcing the GPU to spill data to slower system memory — resulting in stutters and frame time spikes that raw benchmark averages often mask. With 16GB, the Maxsun Ti operates with a meaningful buffer, staying well within VRAM limits even as modern titles grow more memory-hungry, and it is significantly better positioned for 1440p gaming or content creation workloads where texture caches and scene data grow rapidly.

On memory, the Maxsun RTX 5060 Ti iCraft OC holds a clear and practical advantage. The shared architecture means neither card wastes its bandwidth or benefits from a faster bus — but the Ti's doubled capacity future-proofs the investment in a way that the Gigabyte's 8GB simply cannot match, particularly as software demands continue to climb.

Functionally, these two cards are virtually identical in this category. Both support DirectX 12 Ultimate, ray tracing, and DLSS — the trio that defines the modern NVIDIA feature set. Ray tracing enables physically accurate lighting and shadow rendering in supported titles, while DLSS uses AI-driven upscaling to recover frame rates lost to those demanding effects. Intel Resizable BAR support is also shared, allowing the CPU to access the full GPU frame buffer simultaneously, which provides a modest but real performance uplift in compatible systems. With support for up to 4 displays each, neither card has an edge for multi-monitor setups either.

The only differentiator in this entire group is RGB lighting: the Maxsun RTX 5060 Ti iCraft OC includes it, the Gigabyte RTX 5060 Eagle OC does not. For builders focused on aesthetics or those assembling a system around a synchronized lighting ecosystem, this is a genuine distinction. For everyone else, it has no bearing on performance or compatibility whatsoever.

As a result, this group is effectively a tie on all meaningful features. The Maxsun gets a minor cosmetic edge via RGB, but in terms of software capabilities, API support, and gaming features, both cards offer an identical experience — the choice here comes down entirely to personal preference on aesthetics.

There is nothing to separate these two cards on connectivity — every port specification is identical. Both offer 3 DisplayPort outputs and 1 HDMI 2.1b port, totaling four display outputs that align precisely with their shared maximum display count from the Features group. HDMI 2.1b is the current standard capable of driving 4K at high refresh rates and 8K output, covering virtually all modern display scenarios without compromise.

This is a complete tie. Users of either card will have the same physical connection options and the same display protocol capabilities. Neither offers USB-C, which some may note for VR headsets or monitors that use that interface, but since both cards lack it equally, it is a shared limitation rather than a differentiator. The port layout should factor identically into any purchasing decision.

Both cards are built on the same Blackwell architecture using a 5nm process with an identical 21,900 million transistors — confirming they share the same foundational silicon generation. PCIe 5.0 support is also common to both, ensuring neither card is bottlenecked by the interface on any modern platform. The shared transistor count is worth noting: despite the Maxsun Ti's higher performance figures seen in the Performance group, it achieves those gains through a higher-enabled shader configuration on the same physical die rather than a fundamentally different chip.

Where this group diverges meaningfully is in TDP and physical size. The Maxsun RTX 5060 Ti iCraft OC draws 180W versus 145W for the Gigabyte RTX 5060 Eagle OC — a 35W gap that has real implications. It means the Ti demands more headroom from the power supply and will generate more heat under sustained load, which matters in compact or thermally constrained builds. The size difference is equally stark: the Maxsun measures 320mm in length compared to the Gigabyte's 208mm, making it a considerably larger card that may not fit in smaller mid-tower or mini-ITX cases without careful clearance checks.

For this group, the Gigabyte RTX 5060 Eagle OC holds a practical advantage in system compatibility. Its lower TDP and significantly more compact footprint make it the easier card to build around — particularly for users with smaller cases or modest power supplies. The Maxsun Ti's higher power draw and larger dimensions are the direct cost of its performance headroom, and buyers should verify both PSU capacity and case clearance before committing to it.