Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 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
177
117
109
80
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
198
164
117
63
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
274
206
149
81
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
151
139
118
74
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
122
98
78
44
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
161
151
113
75
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
109
91
75
43
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
136
122
81
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
218
203
156
84
Avg FPS
1080p High136172
1080p Ultra114143
1440p Ultra85111
4K Ultra4864
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
19053
Time Spy1370118871
Solar Bay6321485594
Port Royal859511826
Fire Strike3761241295
Night Raid111626148912
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
170767
Background Blur209.1 frames/s328.9 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s192.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec6.51 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec9.11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec660.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps20765.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
24961
G2D Mark1152929
DirectX 11199 fps246 fps
DirectX 1277 fps96 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s11246 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
213.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1101.6 fps
Car Chasen/a936.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a792.3 fps
T-Rexn/a4060.5 fps
ALU 2n/a6712.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a289.2 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a7042.8
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 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 4080 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 February, 8, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB206-250 AD104 (GN21-X9)

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 1290-1860 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1665-2280 MHz
Shader Units 3840 7424
TMUs 120 232
ROPs 48 80
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 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 120 Gpix/sec 133-182 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 386-529 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 24.7-33.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 145 W 60-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 295 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 35.8 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 121.36 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 128 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
432 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 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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