Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 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
124
78
64
44
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
135
114
80
42
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
201
148
110
55
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
104
95
74
41
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
76
65
45
23
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
93
84
61
39
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
73
56
43
25
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
82
73
42
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
123
112
81
45
Avg FPS
1080p High136112
1080p Ultra11492
1440p Ultra8567
4K Ultra4837
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
10197
Time Spy1370110423
Solar Bay6321444973
Port Royal85955820
Fire Strike3761226478
Night Raid11162698514
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
97986
Background Blur209.1 frames/s142.7 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s103.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec3.83 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec4.93 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec4.63 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.27 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec430.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps13519.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
17587
G2D Mark1152733
DirectX 11199 fps158 fps
DirectX 1277 fps73 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s6845 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
119.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a725.1 fps
Car Chasen/a609.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a484.8 fps
T-Rexn/a2723.3 fps
ALU 2n/a3299.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a272.9 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a3381.9
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 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 4060 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB206-250 AD107 (GN21-X4)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1140-2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1470-2370 MHz
Shader Units 3840 3072
TMUs 120 96
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 24
Ray Tracing Cores 30 24
Tensor Cores 120 96
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 71-114 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 141-228 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 9-14.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
256 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

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Survey

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