Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 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
189
134
125
96
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High186128
1080p Ultra158107
1440p Ultra12479
4K Ultra7345
DeviationMediumMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy21794n/a
Solar Bay92888n/a
Port Royal14027n/a
Fire Strike46885n/a
Night Raid175963n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur194.4 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark1139779
DirectX 11254 fps185 fps
DirectX 12116 fps72 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
14707
Image Classification (SP)101927525
Image Segmentation (HP)2334323623
Horizon Detection3113219973
Face Detection (HP)4632241164
Pose Estimation (Q)13403777589
Text Classification (SP)33192880
Machine Translation (HP)46965811
Object Detection (SP)130389966
Depth Estimation (Q)5208937206
Style Transfer (SP)248270136961
FrameworkONNXONNX
BackendDirectMLDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
6817.09
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GB203-400 GB207

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 7680 3328
TMUs 240 104
ROPs 96 48
Execution Units 60 26
Ray Tracing Cores 60 26
Tensor Cores 240 104
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 80-175 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

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

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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