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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

18 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 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 6GB
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
68
37
29
16
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
54
40
26
13
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
96
63
42
18
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
50
45
33
15
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
32
22
18
9
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
38
32
22
13
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
29
20
16
9
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
30
26
19
n/a
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
57
49
34
18
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High50128
1080p Ultra37107
1440p Ultra2779
4K Ultra1345
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy4203n/a
Solar Bay11205n/a
Port Royal838n/a
Fire Strike13131n/a
Night Raid54567n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur100.2 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection48.1 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection1.54 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection2.25 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.58 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.25 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching136.9 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4220.5 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark747779
DirectX 1172 fps185 fps
DirectX 1237 fps72 fps
GPU Compute4310 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)309.1 fpsn/a
Car Chase299.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)253.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex1307.9 fpsn/a
ALU 25983.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2282.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation1538.6n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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 July, 19, 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 299 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1506 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1709 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 1280 3328
TMUs 80 104
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 10 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 137 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.4 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 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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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