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Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

22 out 100
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 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 980 Ti 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 980 Ti
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
89
50
41
26
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
85
64
45
23
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
132
94
65
32
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
72
61
50
23
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
46
35
25
14
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
55
46
33
23
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
44
32
24
12
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
43
43
25
9
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
79
71
46
25
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High72128
1080p Ultra55107
1440p Ultra3979
4K Ultra2145
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
6010
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy5856n/a
Port Royal3250n/a
Fire Strike19506n/a
Night Raid70001n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
49950
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur134.8 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection59.8 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.37 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.79 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.46 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.22 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching191.9 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics4183.6 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
13765
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark853779
DirectX 11106 fps185 fps
DirectX 1255 fps72 fps
GPU Compute6126 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
73.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)391.3 fpsn/a
Car Chase375.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)337.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex1867.7 fpsn/a
ALU 21803.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2264 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2238.8n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
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 June, 2, 2015 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Maxwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GM200 GB207
Price 649 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1000 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1076 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 2816 3328
TMUs 176 104
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 22 26
Ray Tracing Cores No 26
Tensor Cores No 104
L1 cache 48 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 189 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.1 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 250 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 28 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 601 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 8 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 13.31 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR5 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1753 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 7000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 Ti
336.6 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 5.2 12.0
DisplayPort 1.2 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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