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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

17 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison
Processors:
GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
63
34
28
15
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
45
39
27
12
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
84
57
41
16
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
49
44
31
14
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
28
23
18
n/a
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
39
32
22
14
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
24
16
14
9
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
16
n/a
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
51
45
29
16
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High46128
1080p Ultra35107
1440p Ultra2579
4K Ultra1245
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
3753
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy3863n/a
Solar Bay9888n/a
Port Royal824n/a
Fire Strike12267n/a
Night Raid50787n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
34861
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur92.6 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection43.3 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.4 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.04 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.28 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching110.7 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics3306.4 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
9792
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark772779
DirectX 1171 fps185 fps
DirectX 1235 fps72 fps
GPU Compute4116 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
49.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)284.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase280.4 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)245.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex1203.9 fpsn/a
ALU 25992 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2231.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1404.6n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
14707
Image Classification (SP)n/a7525
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a23623
Horizon Detectionn/a19973
Face Detection (HP)n/a41164
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a77589
Text Classification (SP)n/a2880
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5811
Object Detection (SP)n/a9966
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a37206
Style Transfer (SP)n/a136961
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced August, 18, 2016 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Blackwell 2.0
Codename GP106 GB207
Price 199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1708 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 1152 3328
TMUs 72 104
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 9 26
Ray Tracing Cores No 26
Tensor Cores No 104
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 1536 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 82 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 123 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 3.9 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 120 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 4 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 20 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2002 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 8000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 3 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
192.2 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 6.1 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing No Yes
DLSS No DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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