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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

77 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
VS
47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

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

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

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 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
vs
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
231
164
156
120
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
248
214
157
81
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
312
227
166
84
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
182
160
145
90
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
164
137
106
61
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
215
211
172
115
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
145
126
109
69
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
198
171
122
57
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
287
267
200
108
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High220128
1080p Ultra186107
1440p Ultra14879
4K Ultra8745
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy28170n/a
Solar Bay136727n/a
Port Royal17959n/a
Fire Strike64703n/a
Night Raid183971n/a
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur250.4 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection190 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection9.56 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.8 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur15.3 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.97 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1130 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics28795.5 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark1236779
DirectX 11316 fps185 fps
DirectX 12131 fps72 fps
GPU Compute20847 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1476.2 fpsn/a
Car Chase1250 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1062.9 fpsn/a
T-Rex5492.1 fpsn/a
ALU 29330.7 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2291.3 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation9274.8n/a
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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 September, 20, 2022 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 1199 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2205 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2505 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 9728 3328
TMUs 304 104
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 76 26
Ray Tracing Cores 76 26
Tensor Cores 304 104
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 281 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 762 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 48.7 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 1400 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 22400 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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