Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 vs Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060, vs Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 and Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
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
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 RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
n/a
Time Spy137018807
Solar Bay6321432054
Port Royal8595n/a
Fire Strike3761220617
Night Raid11162651077
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
127848
Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
119612
Background Blur209.1 frames/s196.1 frames/s
Face Detection134.3 frames/s118.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.67 Gpix/sec4.22 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.13 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur6.39 Gpix/sec6.07 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.36 Gpix/sec1.4 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching607.8 Gpix/sec573 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics18827.5 fps17661.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20940
Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
15993
G2D Mark1152549
DirectX 11199 fps143 fps
DirectX 1277 fps78 fps
GPU Compute10977 Ops/s5943 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
20375
Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
37358
Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
15190
Nvidia RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
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 RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced April, 15, 2025 March, 21, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Professional
Segment Mid-range Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB206-250 AD106

GPU

GPU Frequency 2280 MHz n/a
Boost GPU Frequency 2497 MHz 1165-2160 MHz
Shader Units 3840 4608
TMUs 120 144
ROPs 48 48
Execution Units 30 36
Ray Tracing Cores 30 36
Tensor Cores 120 144
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 56-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 300 GTex/s 168-311 GTex/s
FLOPS 19.2 TFLOPS 10.7-19.9 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
Max temperature n/a 95 °C
Transistor Size 181 mm² 188 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 121.81 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 128 bit
ECC support No Yes
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 RTX 3000 Laptop (Ada)
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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