Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p High136220
1080p Ultra114186
1440p Ultra85148
4K Ultra4887
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spy1370128170
Solar Bay63214136727
Port Royal859517959
Fire Strike3761264703
Night Raid111626183971
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur209.1 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark11521236
DirectX 11199 fps316 fps
DirectX 1277 fps131 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1476.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1062.9 fps
T-Rexn/a5492.1 fps
ALU 2n/a9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a291.3 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a9274.8
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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 4080
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor PC use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB206-250 AD103
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 3840 9728
TMUs 120 304
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 30 76
Ray Tracing Cores 30 76
Tensor Cores 120 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 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

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 the clear winner in this comparison.

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