Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
144
90
79
59
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
161
133
99
51
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
230
182
128
73
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
122
111
91
50
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
91
76
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
117
106
77
48
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
87
71
52
29
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
99
89
57
25
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
151
137
102
54
Avg FPS
1080p High136134
1080p Ultra114111
1440p Ultra8583
4K Ultra4847
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
12776
Time Spy1370112897
Solar Bay6321457401
Port Royal85958081
Fire Strike3761230959
Night Raid11162697085
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
133659
Background Blur209.1 frames/s200.9 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s131.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec6.49 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec8.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec6.34 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.2 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec571 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps17240.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
19462
G2D Mark1152830
DirectX 11199 fps165 fps
DirectX 1277 fps89 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s8588 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
151.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a753.9 fps
Car Chasen/a655.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a548.9 fps
T-Rexn/a2599 fps
ALU 2n/a4030.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a264.8 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a4095.8
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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 3080 Ti Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 1, 2022
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-250 GA103 (GN20-E8)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 585-1230 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1125-1590 MHz
Shader Units 3840 7424
TMUs 120 232
ROPs 48 96
Execution Units 30 58
Ray Tracing Cores 30 58
Tensor Cores 120 232
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 108-153 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 261-369 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 16.7-23.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 80-175 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 5 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 496 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 22 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 44.35 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop
512 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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