Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
168
118
106
78
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
195
162
116
61
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
275
206
150
83
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
150
136
114
71
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
119
96
76
41
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
153
147
108
72
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
109
90
72
43
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
133
121
80
36
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
207
196
151
81
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High168128
1080p Ultra141107
1440p Ultra10879
4K Ultra6345
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
19022
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy17662n/a
Solar Bay85932n/a
Port Royal11595n/a
Fire Strike42429n/a
Night Raid132288n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
161903
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur217.3 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection141.9 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.19 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection11 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur8.43 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.29 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching780.7 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22538.5 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
25149
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark1052779
DirectX 11207 fps185 fps
DirectX 12100 fps72 fps
GPU Compute14559 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
211.5 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)950.5 fpsn/a
Car Chase809.5 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)705.4 fpsn/a
T-Rex3525.4 fpsn/a
ALU 26005.6 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2283.8 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation6034.6n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
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 September, 1, 2020 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ampere Blackwell 2.0
Codename GA102 GB207
Price 699 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 1440 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1710 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 8704 3328
TMUs 272 104
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 68 26
Ray Tracing Cores 68 26
Tensor Cores 272 104
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 5000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 164 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 465 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.8 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 320 W 45-125 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 628 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 28 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 44.59 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1188 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 320 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 19000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 10 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080
760.3 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 3080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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