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Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

44 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080, 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 2080 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 2080
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
125
80
68
50
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
143
118
86
47
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
207
155
118
62
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
110
99
79
46
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
80
68
52
26
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
98
92
64
41
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
77
61
44
27
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
86
79
46
21
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
132
119
88
48
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High118128
1080p Ultra97107
1440p Ultra7279
4K Ultra4145
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
10851
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy11083n/a
Solar Bay50002n/a
Port Royal6458n/a
Fire Strike27670n/a
Night Raid100441n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
118637
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur191.8 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection115.9 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.74 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.2 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.56 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.3 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching499.7 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15858.8 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
18751
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark908779
DirectX 11157 fps185 fps
DirectX 1272 fps72 fps
GPU Compute8009 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
128.3 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)600.3 fpsn/a
Car Chase525.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)499.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex2729 fpsn/a
ALU 23179.7 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2283.6 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3279.3n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
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 September, 20, 2018 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Turing Blackwell 2.0
Codename TU104 GB207
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1515 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 2944 3328
TMUs 184 104
ROPs 64 48
Execution Units 46 26
Ray Tracing Cores 46 26
Tensor Cores 368 104
L1 cache 64 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 109 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 315 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 10.1 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 3.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 215 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 12 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 545 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 13 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 23.85 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 14000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080
448 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

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