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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
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47 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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 3080 Ti 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 3080 Ti Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
159
104
97
69
144
90
79
59
The Witcher 3
183
147
107
58
161
133
99
51
Counter-Strike 2
259
203
141
82
230
182
128
73
Far Cry 6
139
129
109
63
122
111
91
50
Hogwarts Legacy
110
89
70
37
91
76
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
136
126
98
63
117
106
77
48
Ghost of Tsushima
98
81
65
38
87
71
52
29
Cyberpunk 2077
118
107
71
32
99
89
57
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
183
172
128
73
151
137
102
54
Avg FPS
1080p High154134
1080p Ultra129111
1440p Ultra9883
4K Ultra5747
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
16113
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
12776
Time Spy1595712897
Solar Bay7441757401
Port Royal101468081
Fire Strike4238530959
Night Raid14118597085
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
148626
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
133659
Background Blur243.1 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection149.5 frames/s131.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection5.35 Gpix/sec6.49 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.88 Gpix/sec8.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.76 Gpix/sec6.34 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.57 Gpix/sec1.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching740.2 Gpix/sec571 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics22183.7 fps17240.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
19462
G2D Mark1200830
DirectX 11217 fps165 fps
DirectX 1286 fps89 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s8588 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
151.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a753.9 fps
Car Chasen/a655.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a548.9 fps
T-Rexn/a2599 fps
ALU 2n/a4030.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a264.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4095.8
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
24763
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
47486
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
18826
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 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 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA103 (GN20-E8)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 585-1230 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2572 MHz 1125-1590 MHz
Shader Units 4608 7424
TMUs 144 232
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 36 58
Ray Tracing Cores 36 58
Tensor Cores 144 232
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 123 Gpix/sec 108-153 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 370 GTex/s 261-369 GTex/s
FLOPS 23.7 TFLOPS 16.7-23.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 180 W 80-175 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 263 mm² 496 mm²
Transistor count 31.1 billion 22 billion
Transistor density 118.25 MTr/mm² 44.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
512 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

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