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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

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  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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
vs
GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
142
94
84
58
123
79
68
45
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
141
112
83
46
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
201
153
112
54
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
106
92
76
39
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
76
63
46
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
96
86
60
40
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
71
59
44
25
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
84
72
45
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
125
115
83
45
Avg FPS
1080p High136114
1080p Ultra11492
1440p Ultra8569
4K Ultra4838
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
10202
Time Spy1370110479
Solar Bay6321445677
Port Royal85956250
Fire Strike3761226767
Night Raid11162683274
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
118499
Background Blur209.1 frames/s170.3 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s113.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec5.59 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec7.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec6.19 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec467 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps15131.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
15373
G2D Mark1152644
DirectX 11199 fps138 fps
DirectX 1277 fps64 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s6902 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
121.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a644.4 fps
Car Chasen/a565.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a483.8 fps
T-Rexn/a2380.5 fps
ALU 2n/a3169.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a246.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3511.5
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
3702.71
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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 High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-250 GA104 (GN20-E5)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 780-1215 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1290-1620 MHz
Shader Units 3840 5120
TMUs 120 160
ROPs 48 80
Execution Units 30 40
Ray Tracing Cores 30 40
Tensor Cores 120 160
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 120 Gpix/sec 103-130 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 206-259 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 13.2-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 80-150 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
448 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

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