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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060, 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 RTX 2060 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 RTX 2060
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
99
62
49
35
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
107
86
62
34
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
157
117
82
41
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
84
74
57
29
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
59
47
33
15
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
69
59
44
30
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
53
42
30
18
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
58
52
32
13
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
92
85
58
33
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High86128
1080p Ultra69107
1440p Ultra5079
4K Ultra2845
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy7571n/a
Solar Bay34179n/a
Port Royal4134n/a
Fire Strike19768n/a
Night Raid84918n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur144.4 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection75.2 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection3.08 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.25 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur4.21 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.93 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching354.4 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics8559.4 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark747779
DirectX 11110 fps185 fps
DirectX 1253 fps72 fps
GPU Compute5513 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)477.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase423 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)370.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex1884.9 fpsn/a
ALU 22192.3 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2281.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2405.1n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
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 January, 15, 2019 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Turing Blackwell 2.0
Codename TU106 GB207
Price 349 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1365 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1680 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 1920 3328
TMUs 120 104
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 26
Ray Tracing Cores 30 26
Tensor Cores 240 104
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 81 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 202 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 160 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 445 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 10 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 22.47 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 6 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 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 7.5 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 4

Results

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

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