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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
144
90
79
59
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
161
133
99
51
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
230
182
128
73
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
122
111
91
50
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
91
76
60
33
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
106
77
48
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
87
71
52
29
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
57
25
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
151
137
102
54
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High134128
1080p Ultra111107
1440p Ultra8379
4K Ultra4745
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
12776
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy12897n/a
Solar Bay57401n/a
Port Royal8081n/a
Fire Strike30959n/a
Night Raid97085n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
133659
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur200.9 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection131.2 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection6.49 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection8.9 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.34 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.2 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching571 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics17240.3 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
19462
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark830779
DirectX 11165 fps185 fps
DirectX 1289 fps72 fps
GPU Compute8588 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
151.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)753.9 fpsn/a
Car Chase655.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)548.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex2599 fpsn/a
ALU 24030.4 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2264.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation4095.8n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 1, 2022 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Blackwell 2.0
Codename GA103 (GN20-E8) GB207

GPU

GPU Frequency 585-1230 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1125-1590 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 7424 3328
TMUs 232 104
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 58 26
Ray Tracing Cores 58 26
Tensor Cores 232 104
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 108-153 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 261-369 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 16.7-23.6 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 80-175 W 45-125 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 496 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 22 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 44.35 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2000 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 16000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
512 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

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Survey

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