GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop vs RTX 5060
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
GB206-250
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile with 26 pipelines and 3328 shaders against the RTX RTX 5060 that utilizes 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
- Manufactured using a more efficient 4 nm process technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060
- Performs slightly better (up to 18%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 10% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 85 vs 77 FPS
- 16% higher maximum theoretical performance (19.2 vs 16.6 TFLOPS)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 135 86 75 56 |
142 94 84 58 |
| The Witcher 3 | 154 129 89 48 |
166 137 100 53 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 227 169 125 69 |
238 188 131 74 |
| Far Cry 6 | 114 103 82 46 |
125 116 93 53 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 89 74 54 27 |
94 79 59 30 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 107 100 71 48 |
117 108 80 51 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 82 65 49 29 |
85 71 55 30 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 92 81 51 23 |
99 89 56 27 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 144 128 96 50 |
156 141 106 57 |
| 1080p High | 127 | 136 |
| 1080p Ultra | 104 | 114 |
| 1440p Ultra | 77 | 85 |
| 4K Ultra | 44 | 48 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 12009 | 13743 |
| Solar Bay | 52855 | 64583 |
| Port Royal | 7453 | 8691 |
| Fire Strike | 31609 | 37587 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 21631 | 26179 |
| Night Raid | 115260 | 134132 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 190.8 img/sec | 209.1 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 115.9 img/sec | 134.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.17 Gpixels/sec | 4.67 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 5.28 Gpixels/sec | 6.13 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.1 Gpixels/sec | 6.39 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.32 Gpixels/sec | 1.36 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 523.3 Gpixels/sec | 607.8 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 16169.3 FPS | 18827.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 844 | 1147 |
| DirectX 11 | 162 FPS | 200 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 79 FPS | 77 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 6046 Ops/s | 10392 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-10 (lnwponlawat) | GeekBench | 132783 |
| 📘 2026-04-10 (lnwponlawat) | Steel Nomad Light | 13919 |
GeForce RTX 5060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-20 -> bang | GeekBench | 143443 |
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 7525 | 8362 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 23623 | 22831 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 19973 | 22375 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 41164 | 41955 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 77589 | 84685 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 2880 | 3296 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5811 | 5083 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 9966 | 11023 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 37206 | 38817 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 136961 | 155103 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop and RTX 5060General
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 14, 2025 | April 15, 2025 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $299 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | GB206 | GB206-250 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 9060 XT |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#19th place)
Desktop GPU rating (#41st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 952-1455 MHz (configurable) | 2280 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1455-2497 MHz (configurable) | 2500 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3328 | 3840 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 104 | 120 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 26 | 30 |
| Tensor Cores | 104 | 120 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 26 | 30 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 32MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 70-120 GPixel/s | 120 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 151-260 GTexel/s | 300 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x8 |
| TGP | 45-115 W (configurable) | 145 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | 181 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | 21.9 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 120.99 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 89°C | 89°C |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1500 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 24000 Mbps | 28000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 128-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12.2 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.4 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 4 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 2.1b |
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