AMD Radeon 8060S vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090

Compared 2 processors: AMD Radeon 8060S, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs AMD Radeon 8060S and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
332
242
231
183
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
366
338
234
127
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
379
271
209
98
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
235
202
198
124
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
244
210
167
96
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
337
333
269
184
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
221
190
170
114
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
259
231
166
77
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
334
306
238
128
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a301
1080p Ultran/a258
1440p Ultran/a209
4K Ultran/a126
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
AMD Radeon 8060S
9359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Time Spy976447515
Solar Bayn/a213229
Port Royaln/a37529
Fire Strike2270790200
Night Raidn/a209016
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
AMD Radeon 8060S
93515
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Background Blur232.1 frames/s333 frames/s
Face Detection122.5 frames/s298.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.92 Gpix/sec21.7 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection4.07 Gpix/sec33.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur3.49 Gpix/sec34.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.08 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching396.3 Gpix/sec2850 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics13016.5 fps59146.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
AMD Radeon 8060S
15946
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
G2D Mark11941444
DirectX 11146 fps344 fps
DirectX 1275 fps195 fps
GPU Compute8145 Ops/s28243 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
AMD Radeon 8060S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1397.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1150.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1178.2 fps
T-Rexn/a4812.3 fps
ALU 2n/a5992.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a269.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a5991.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer AMD Nvidia
Build Integrated Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 7, 2025
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Universal Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture RDNA 3.5 Blackwell 2.0
Codename Strix Halo GB202-300-A1
Price n/a 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency n/a 2017 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2900 MHz 2407 MHz
Shader Units 2560 21760
TMUs 160 680
ROPs 80 176
Execution Units 40 170
Ray Tracing Cores 40 170
Tensor Cores n/a 680
L1 cache n/a 128 KB/core
L2 cache n/a 88 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 4 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 232 Gpix/sec 424 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 464 GTex/s 1637 GTex/s
FLOPS 29.7 TFLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 45-120 W 575 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Max temperature 100 °C n/a
Transistor Size 441.7 mm² 750 mm²
Transistor count n/a 92.2 billion
Transistor density n/a 122.93 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface System Shared GDDR7
Memory Frequency n/a 1750 MHz
Bus n/a 512 bit
ECC support n/a No
Effective Memory Speed n/a 28000 MB/s
Memory Size n/a 32 GB
Max Throughput
AMD Radeon 8060S
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s

API

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

Results

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

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