Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
84
47
41
25
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
75
59
40
21
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
123
87
61
27
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
65
60
45
20
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
40
34
27
12
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
53
45
31
20
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
39
28
22
11
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
41
39
21
9
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
71
68
44
22
Avg FPS
1080p High13666
1080p Ultra11452
1440p Ultra8537
4K Ultra4819
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
5608
Time Spy137015368
Solar Bay6321424168
Port Royal8595571
Fire Strike3761213483
Night Raid11162655763
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
65121
Background Blur209.1 frames/s107.9 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s62.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec2.75 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec3.61 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec2.89 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec0.81 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec275.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps8303.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
10120
G2D Mark1152497
DirectX 11199 fps76 fps
DirectX 1277 fps49 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s4323 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
66 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a362.7 fps
Car Chasen/a340.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a277 fps
T-Rexn/a1375.2 fps
ALU 2n/a1870.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a256.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a2008
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
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 3050 Ti Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-250 GA107 (GN20-P1)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 735-1463 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1035-1695 MHz
Shader Units 3840 2560
TMUs 120 80
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 20
Ray Tracing Cores 30 20
Tensor Cores 120 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 50-81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 83-136 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 5.3-8.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 276 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 12 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 43.48 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop
192 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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