Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
AI/ML
AI workload testing
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
142
94
84
58
152
98
87
65
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
172
140
103
55
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
253
199
137
80
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
133
122
98
59
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
101
83
64
34
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
126
117
88
56
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
93
75
61
34
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
109
95
63
27
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
174
156
116
63
Avg FPS
1080p High136146
1080p Ultra114121
1440p Ultra8591
4K Ultra4853
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
14202
Time Spy1370114660
Solar Bay6321464266
Port Royal85959109
Fire Strike3761235668
Night Raid111626114857
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
144745
Background Blur209.1 frames/s211 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s141.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec6.24 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec8.1 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec9.22 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.46 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec627.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps16980.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
21611
G2D Mark1152928
DirectX 11199 fps190 fps
DirectX 1277 fps84 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s10244 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
165.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a776.4 fps
Car Chasen/a675.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a655.7 fps
T-Rexn/a3193.1 fps
ALU 2n/a4775.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a278.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4776.1
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
n/a
Image Classification (SP)8362n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)22831n/a
Horizon Detection22375n/a
Face Detection (HP)41955n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)84685n/a
Text Classification (SP)3296n/a
Machine Translation (HP)5083n/a
Object Detection (SP)11023n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)38817n/a
Style Transfer (SP)155103n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 September, 27, 2018
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB206-250 TU102
Price n/a 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1350 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1545 MHz
Shader Units 3840 4352
TMUs 120 272
ROPs 48 88
Execution Units 30 68
Ray Tracing Cores 30 68
Tensor Cores 120 544
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 5632 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 136 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 420 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 13.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 145 W 250 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 754 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 23.87 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 352 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 11 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
616 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

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Survey

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Total Votes: 3

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