Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p High136179
1080p Ultra114153
1440p Ultra85119
4K Ultra4870
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spy1370119630
Solar Bay6321496489
Port Royal859513261
Fire Strike3761247892
Night Raid111626143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur209.1 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark11521088
DirectX 11199 fps223 fps
DirectX 1277 fps111 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1039 fps
Car Chasen/a860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a743.2 fps
T-Rexn/a3834.2 fps
ALU 2n/a6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.1 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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 3080 Ti
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-250 GA102
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 3840 10240
TMUs 120 320
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 30 80
Ray Tracing Cores 30 80
Tensor Cores 120 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 128 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
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 3080 Ti the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
3 (23.08%)
10 (76.92%)
Total Votes: 13

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