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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

80 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER 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 4080 SUPER
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
228
165
158
124
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
241
218
152
83
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
310
225
168
86
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
181
161
148
92
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
161
133
109
62
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
219
215
169
114
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
152
122
110
71
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
201
178
120
56
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
279
265
205
107
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High219128
1080p Ultra187107
1440p Ultra14979
4K Ultra8845
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy28302n/a
Solar Bay138446n/a
Port Royal18312n/a
Fire Strike63725n/a
Night Raid179276n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur279.5 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection220.1 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection11 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur16.2 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.08 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1370 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics37199.7 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark1267779
DirectX 11303 fps185 fps
DirectX 12133 fps72 fps
GPU Compute19970 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1384.7 fpsn/a
Car Chase1210.8 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)998.7 fpsn/a
T-Rex5172 fpsn/a
ALU 29885.2 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2282.1 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation9573.9n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
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, 31, 2024 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Codename AD103 GB207
Price 999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2550 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 10240 3328
TMUs 320 104
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 80 26
Ray Tracing Cores 80 26
Tensor Cores 320 104
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 286 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 816 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 52.2 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 320 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 379 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 45 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 118.73 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1438 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 23000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 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 8.9 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER the clear winner in this comparison.

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