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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
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35 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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 5060 Ti (16GB) and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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 5060 Ti (16GB)
vs
GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
159
104
97
69
107
67
53
36
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
115
96
69
37
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
170
126
92
45
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
88
78
63
32
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
61
50
38
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
76
66
46
31
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
58
46
34
17
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
62
59
32
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
102
91
66
32
Avg FPS
1080p High15493
1080p Ultra12975
1440p Ultra9855
4K Ultra5729
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Time Spy159578326
Solar Bay7441737029
Port Royal101464708
Fire Strike4238520182
Night Raid14118571905
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Background Blur243.1 frames/s153.5 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s90 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec4.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec385.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps12770 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
G2D Mark1200589
DirectX 11217 fps110 fps
DirectX 1286 fps58 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s5759 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a537.5 fps
Car Chasen/a465 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a398.2 fps
T-Rexn/a1964.8 fps
ALU 2n/a2748.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a256.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2932.7
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10281n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)29909n/a
Horizon Detection26549n/a
Face Detection (HP)59010n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)117200n/a
Text Classification (SP)3993n/a
Machine Translation (HP)6647n/a
Object Detection (SP)12742n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)44856n/a
Style Transfer (SP)175892n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
4348.58
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA106 (GN20-E3)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 816-1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1283-1703 MHz
Shader Units 4608 3840
TMUs 144 120
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 36 30
Ray Tracing Cores 36 30
Tensor Cores 144 120
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 62-82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 154-204 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 60-140 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 300 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 13.25 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 44.17 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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