Fastest
gpt-oss-20b-UD-Q6_K_XL
20B
179.0 tok/s
Highest token generation speed at 179.0 tok/s.
Hardware Benchmarks
Best Local LLM Performance for 2× RTX 5060
Compare 2× RTX 5060 benchmark results and see which models actually earn the best completed quality scores.
Hardware Overview
GPU-specific specifications for local LLM planning.
- VRAM
- 16GB
- Architecture
- Multi-GPU
Recommended Models
Models we recommend for 2× RTX 5060.
Best quality
Ornith-1.5-35B-Q4_K_M
35B
56.5 tok/sQuality 88.7
Highest completed quality score at 88.7.
Largest context
KAT-Coder-V2.5-Dev.i1-IQ3_XXS
Unknown
84.6 tok/sContext 131,072 tokens
Largest context that fits in 16GB VRAM, at 131,072 tokens.
Frequently asked questions
Which models actually run best on the 2× RTX 5060, by task, from community benchmark data.
- What is the best local model for coding on the 2× RTX 5060?
- On the 2× RTX 5060, Nex-N2.5-mini-IQ3_XXS ranks first for coding in our benchmarks (84.5/100 at ~80.3 tok/s).
- What is the best local model for agentic workflows on the 2× RTX 5060?
- On the 2× RTX 5060, granite-4.2-8b-Q4_K_L ranks first for agentic workflows in our benchmarks (92.9/100 at ~71.6 tok/s). Nex-N2.5-mini-APEX-Mini is faster (~88.2 tok/s) and still scores well (91.3/100) — a good pick if you'd rather trade a little quality for speed.
Benchmark Results
Completed quality-ranked benchmark results for 2× NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5060.