Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
123
79
68
45
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
141
112
83
46
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
201
153
112
54
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
106
92
76
39
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
76
63
46
25
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
96
86
60
40
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
71
59
44
25
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
84
72
45
22
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
125
115
83
45
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High114128
1080p Ultra92107
1440p Ultra6979
4K Ultra3845
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
10202
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy10479n/a
Solar Bay45677n/a
Port Royal6250n/a
Fire Strike26767n/a
Night Raid83274n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
118499
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur170.3 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection113.6 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.59 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection7.94 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.19 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.16 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching467 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics15131.3 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
15373
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark644779
DirectX 11138 fps185 fps
DirectX 1264 fps72 fps
GPU Compute6902 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
121.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)644.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase565.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)483.8 fpsn/a
T-Rex2380.5 fpsn/a
ALU 23169.7 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2246.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3511.5n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
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

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Blackwell 2.0
Codename GA104 (GN20-E5) GB207

GPU

GPU Frequency 780-1215 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1290-1620 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 5120 3328
TMUs 160 104
ROPs 80 48
Execution Units 40 26
Ray Tracing Cores 40 26
Tensor Cores 160 104
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 103-130 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 206-259 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 13.2-16.6 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 80-150 W 45-125 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 17.4 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 44.39 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1500-1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000-14000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.2 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

No clear favorite identified yet; updates may follow as new data arrives.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (42.86%)
4 (57.14%)
Total Votes: 7

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