Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB), vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB) 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
161
104
94
72
107
67
53
36
The Witcher 3
177
152
109
59
115
96
69
37
Counter-Strike 2
266
199
143
82
170
126
92
45
Far Cry 6
137
127
108
67
88
78
63
32
Hogwarts Legacy
109
91
69
39
61
50
38
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
139
130
96
63
76
66
46
31
Ghost of Tsushima
96
82
63
37
58
46
34
17
Cyberpunk 2077
121
106
68
30
62
59
32
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
186
176
130
70
102
91
66
32
Avg FPS
1080p High15593
1080p Ultra13075
1440p Ultra9855
4K Ultra5829
DeviationHighLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
16164
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Time Spy158838326
Solar Bay7567937029
Port Royal101874708
Fire Strike4267020182
Night Raid14778571905
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
134677
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Background Blurn/a153.5 frames/s
Face Detectionn/a90 frames/s
Horizon Detectionn/a4.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detectionn/a5.77 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blurn/a4.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matchingn/a1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matchingn/a385.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physicsn/a12770 fps
APIn/aOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
22479
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
G2D Mark1200589
DirectX 11217 fps110 fps
DirectX 1286 fps58 fps
GPU Compute12135 Ops/s5759 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
4313.42
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 8 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Ti (8GB)
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 (8GB) the clear winner in this comparison.

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