Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a128
1080p Ultran/a107
1440p Ultran/a79
4K Ultran/a45
Deviationn/aMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur266.5 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark1199779
DirectX 11273 fps185 fps
DirectX 12142 fps72 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fpsn/a
Car Chase1058.2 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fpsn/a
T-Rex4280.4 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
14707
Image Classification (SP)n/a7525
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a23623
Horizon Detectionn/a19973
Face Detection (HP)n/a41164
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a77589
Text Classification (SP)n/a2880
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5811
Object Detection (SP)n/a9966
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a37206
Style Transfer (SP)n/a136961
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 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 990-1515 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 10496 3328
TMUs 328 104
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 82 26
Ray Tracing Cores 82 26
Tensor Cores 328 104
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 194-276 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 95-175 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 24 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 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 2.1a 2.1b
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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