Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
68
37
29
16
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
54
40
26
13
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
96
63
42
18
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
50
45
33
15
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
32
22
18
9
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
38
32
22
13
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
29
20
16
9
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
30
26
19
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
57
49
34
18
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a50
1080p Ultran/a37
1440p Ultran/a27
4K Ultran/a13
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
4085
Time Spyn/a4203
Solar Bayn/a11205
Port Royaln/a838
Fire Striken/a13131
Night Raidn/a54567
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
39230
Background Blur266.5 frames/s100.2 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s48.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec1.54 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec2.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec2.58 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec0.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec136.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps4220.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
10080
G2D Mark1199747
DirectX 11273 fps72 fps
DirectX 12142 fps37 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s4310 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
54.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps309.1 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps299.9 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps253.8 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps1307.9 fps
ALU 2n/a5983.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a1538.6

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 July, 19, 2016
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Pascal
Codename GB203-400 GP106
Price n/a 299

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1506 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1709 MHz
Shader Units 10496 1280
TMUs 328 80
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 82 10
Ray Tracing Cores 82 No
Tensor Cores 328 No
L1 cache 128 KB/core 48 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 1536 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 194-276 Gpix/sec 82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 137 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 4.4 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 120 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 16 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 4 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 20 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR5
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2002 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 8000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB
192.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 6.1
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes No
DLSS DLSS 4 No

Results

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

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