Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 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
257
182
175
135
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High238128
1080p Ultra203107
1440p Ultra16379
4K Ultra9745
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy33057n/a
Solar Bay154908n/a
Port Royal23163n/a
Fire Strike74994n/a
Night Raid200409n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur319.6 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark1396779
DirectX 11322 fps185 fps
DirectX 12148 fps72 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fpsn/a
APIVulkann/a
OSWindowsn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
14707
Image Classification (SP)154417525
Image Segmentation (HP)4717323623
Horizon Detection4322319973
Face Detection (HP)9286341164
Pose Estimation (Q)20220277589
Text Classification (SP)37012880
Machine Translation (HP)79055811
Object Detection (SP)209559966
Depth Estimation (Q)6906837206
Style Transfer (SP)349205136961
FrameworkONNXONNX
BackendDirectMLDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
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 PC 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 2295 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 10752 3328
TMUs 336 104
ROPs 112 48
Execution Units 84 26
Ray Tracing Cores 84 26
Tensor Cores 336 104
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 293 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 360 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 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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