GeForce RTX 5060 vs 2080 Ti
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060
GB206-250
We compared two discrete desktop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5060 8 GB with 30 pipelines and 3840 shaders against the 6 years and 8 months older RTX 2080 Ti 11 GB that utilizes 68 pipelines and 4352 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
Value for money (Beta)
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5060
- Manufactured using a more efficient 5 nm process technology
- 43% higher maximum theoretical performance (19.2 vs 13.4 TFLOPS)
- Supports Nvidia DLSS 4 technology
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
- Shows 8% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 92 vs 85 FPS
- Features 424 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Includes 3 GB more video memory
- Has 38% higher memory bandwidth: 616 vs 448 GB/s
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 142 94 84 58 |
150 101 89 65 |
| The Witcher 3 | 166 137 100 53 |
175 142 104 55 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 238 188 131 74 |
253 193 140 81 |
| Far Cry 6 | 125 116 93 53 |
132 122 101 61 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 94 79 59 30 |
101 85 65 36 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 117 108 80 51 |
124 117 85 56 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 85 71 55 30 |
92 79 61 36 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 99 89 56 27 |
112 96 63 30 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 156 141 106 57 |
171 161 120 63 |
| 1080p High | 136 | 146 |
| 1080p Ultra | 114 | 122 |
| 1440p Ultra | 85 | 92 |
| 4K Ultra | 48 | 54 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13751 | 14655 |
| Solar Bay | 64641 | 64022 |
| Port Royal | 8694 | 9109 |
| Fire Strike | 37594 | 35666 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 26198 | 29561 |
| Night Raid | 133318 | 115542 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 209.1 img/sec | 211 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 134.3 img/sec | 141.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.67 Gpixels/sec | 6.24 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.13 Gpixels/sec | 8.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 6.39 Gpixels/sec | 9.22 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.36 Gpixels/sec | 1.46 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 607.8 Gpixels/sec | 627.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 18827.5 FPS | 16980.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 1145 | 926 |
| DirectX 11 | 200 FPS | 193 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 77 FPS | 83 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 10396 Ops/s | 9831 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5060
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-08-20 -> bang | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 143443 |
GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
No benchmark results yet
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) | 8362 | 8213 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 22831 | 19891 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 22375 | 17598 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 41955 | 39785 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 84685 | 84003 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3296 | 2062 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5083 | 4192 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 11023 | 10444 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 38817 | 31856 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 155103 | 207773 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5060 and 2080 TiGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | April 15, 2025 | September 27, 2018 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $299 | $999 |
| Case | Desktop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | High-end |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Turing |
| GPU Codename | GB206-250 | TU102 |
| Rival Equivalent | - Radeon RX 9060 XT | - |
| Successor | - | - GeForce RTX 3080 Ti |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K or above | - Intel Core i9 9900K or above |
Desktop GPU rating (42nd and 41st place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 2280 MHz | 1350 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2500 MHz | 1545 MHz |
| Shading Units | 3840 | 4352 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 120 | 272 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 88 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 30 | 68 |
| Tensor Cores | 120 | 544 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 30 | 68 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 64KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 32MB shared | 5632KB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 120 GPixel/s | 136 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 300 GTexel/s | 420 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x8 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| TGP | 145 W | 250 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 12 nm |
| Die Size | 181 mm² | 754 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 21.9 billion | 18 billion |
| Transistor Density | 120.99 MTr/mm² | 23.87 MTr/mm² |
| Max. Temperature | 89°C | - |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 11 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1750 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 28000 Mbps | 14000 Mbps |
| Bus | 128-bit | 352-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12.2 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.4 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 12.0 | 7.5 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 4 | DLSS 2 |
| DisplayPort | 2.1b | 1.4a |
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