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Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

27 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080, 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
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 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 1080
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
103
60
52
31
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
106
85
61
34
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
158
114
83
41
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
86
72
58
27
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
56
49
32
18
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
67
61
41
27
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
52
40
29
15
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
31
14
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
91
85
59
29
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High86128
1080p Ultra69107
1440p Ultra5079
4K Ultra2645
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
7284
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy7592n/a
Solar Bay19668n/a
Port Royal1668n/a
Fire Strike22755n/a
Night Raid82119n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
63994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur152.4 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection71.6 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.73 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.15 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur5.03 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.32 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching238.9 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics6716.4 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
15576
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark887779
DirectX 11124 fps185 fps
DirectX 1254 fps72 fps
GPU Compute7632 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
89.1 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)492.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase442.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)409.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex2270.6 fpsn/a
ALU 22401.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2275.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2884.4n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
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 May, 27, 2016 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Pascal Blackwell 2.0
Codename GP104 GB207
Price 599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1607 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1733 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 2560 3328
TMUs 160 104
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 20 26
Ray Tracing Cores No 26
Tensor Cores No 104
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 111 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 277 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 8.9 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 180 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 16 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 314 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 7 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 22.29 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5X GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1251 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 10000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
320.3 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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