Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop, vs AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop and AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
132
86
75
52
174
112
95
69
The Witcher 3
155
126
91
49
174
145
105
58
Counter-Strike 2
226
167
124
66
266
189
133
73
Far Cry 6
114
104
86
46
143
125
105
64
Hogwarts Legacy
89
71
56
27
105
88
65
35
COD Modern Warfare 3
109
99
69
44
142
138
94
63
Ghost of Tsushima
81
68
49
29
104
86
67
41
Cyberpunk 2077
92
84
51
25
107
97
63
28
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
140
134
95
54
177
164
123
64
Avg FPS
1080p High126155
1080p Ultra104127
1440p Ultra7794
4K Ultra4455
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
11842
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
13814
Time Spy1200616983
Solar Bay5042464114
Port Royal72039710
Fire Strike2907939013
Night Raid81866155523
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
128827
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
107640
Background Blur211 frames/s269.5 frames/s
Face Detection123.6 frames/s151 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.78 Gpix/sec3.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.03 Gpix/sec4.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.25 Gpix/sec5.27 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.17 Gpix/sec1.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching543.2 Gpix/sec395.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17774.9 fps13165.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
16402
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
20209
G2D Mark6381191
DirectX 11146 fps187 fps
DirectX 1273 fps57 fps
GPU Compute7335 Ops/s11099 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
139.8 fps
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)710.4 fpsn/a
Car Chase610.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)516.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex2609 fpsn/a
ALU 23715.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2253.4 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation3938n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
n/a
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
1574.66

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia AMD
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 12, 2021 June, 4, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere RDNA 4.0
Codename GA104 (GN20-E7) Navi 44

GPU

GPU Frequency 780-1350 MHz 1700 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1245-1710 MHz 3130 MHz
Shader Units 6144 2048
TMUs 192 128
ROPs 96 64
Execution Units 48 32
Ray Tracing Cores 48 32
Tensor Cores 192 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 4000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 4 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120-164 Gpix/sec 200 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 239-328 GTex/s 401 GTex/s
FLOPS 15.3-21 TFLOPS 25.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 80-165 W 160 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 392 mm² 199 mm²
Transistor count 17.4 billion 29.7 billion
Transistor density 44.39 MTr/mm² 149.25 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500-1750 MHz 2518 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000-14000 MB/s 20100 MB/s
Memory Size 8-16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop
448 GB/s
AMD Radeon RX 9060 XT
320 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 No
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 No

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