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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

26 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050, 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 RTX 3050 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 3050
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
92
53
45
27
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
89
73
51
28
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
143
100
71
34
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
75
66
51
25
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
49
40
29
14
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
59
50
35
23
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
47
34
25
13
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
49
45
26
10
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
82
73
52
25
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High76128
1080p Ultra59107
1440p Ultra4379
4K Ultra2245
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
6332
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy6227n/a
Solar Bay30015n/a
Port Royal3542n/a
Fire Strike15972n/a
Night Raid74372n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
67028
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur110.4 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection64.4 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.87 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.76 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.89 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.81 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching270.9 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics9339.7 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
12610
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark918779
DirectX 1191 fps185 fps
DirectX 1259 fps72 fps
GPU Compute6528 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
71.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)393.8 fpsn/a
Car Chase361.9 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)294.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex1381.8 fpsn/a
ALU 21974.1 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2286.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2081.3n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
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, 27, 2022 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Entry-level Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Blackwell 2.0
Codename GA106 GB207
Price 249 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1552 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 2560 3328
TMUs 80 104
ROPs 32 48
Execution Units 20 26
Ray Tracing Cores 20 26
Tensor Cores 80 104
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 57 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 142 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 9.1 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 130 W 45-125 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 276 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 12 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 43.48 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 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 3050
224 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 8.6 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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