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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

33 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060, 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 3060 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 3060
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
110
67
60
39
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
124
101
75
37
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
184
131
96
47
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
93
85
64
38
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
68
56
40
20
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
83
73
50
34
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
65
48
37
21
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
69
61
36
15
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
107
98
68
37
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High100128
1080p Ultra80107
1440p Ultra5879
4K Ultra3245
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
8995
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy8748n/a
Solar Bay40964n/a
Port Royal5142n/a
Fire Strike22308n/a
Night Raid98831n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
91603
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur149.6 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection91 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.07 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection5.58 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.92 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.01 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching372.9 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics12226.3 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
16866
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark961779
DirectX 11128 fps185 fps
DirectX 1269 fps72 fps
GPU Compute8428 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
109.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)555.5 fpsn/a
Car Chase492.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)407.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex1940.6 fpsn/a
ALU 22862.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2295.2 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation2965.4n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
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, 12, 2021 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Blackwell 2.0
Codename GA106 GB207
Price 329 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1320 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1777 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 3584 3328
TMUs 112 104
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 28 26
Ray Tracing Cores 28 26
Tensor Cores 112 104
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 3000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 85 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 199 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 12.7 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 170 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 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 192 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 15000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 12 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060
360 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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