Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
166
137
100
53
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
238
188
131
74
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
125
116
93
53
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
94
79
59
30
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
117
108
80
51
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
85
71
55
30
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
99
89
56
27
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
156
141
106
57
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High136n/a
1080p Ultra114n/a
1440p Ultra85n/a
4K Ultra48n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
14096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Time Spy13701n/a
Solar Bay63214n/a
Port Royal8595n/a
Fire Strike37612n/a
Night Raid111626n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Background Blur209.1 frames/s266.5 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s196.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec10.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec15.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.89 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec1150 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps29783 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
G2D Mark11521199
DirectX 11199 fps273 fps
DirectX 1277 fps142 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s15940 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1121.9 fps
Car Chasen/a1058.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a921.3 fps
T-Rexn/a4280.4 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 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 5090 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 January, 6, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GB206-250 GB203-400

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz 990-1515 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1515-2160 MHz
Shader Units 3840 10496
TMUs 120 328
ROPs 48 128
Execution Units 30 82
Ray Tracing Cores 30 82
Tensor Cores 120 328
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 194-276 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 497-708 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x8 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 145 W 95-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 378 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 45.6 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 120.63 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 10.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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