GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs 5060 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
GB206-300
We compared two discrete laptop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 5070 Mobile with 36 pipelines and 4608 shaders against the 3 months newer RTX 5060 Mobile that utilizes 26 pipelines and 3328 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
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
- Performs slightly better (up to 18%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- 40% higher maximum theoretical performance (23.2 vs 16.6 TFLOPS)
- Shows 13% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 88 vs 78 FPS
- Features 40 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 38% more shading units (4608 vs 3328)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 148 95 87 62 |
137 85 77 55 |
| The Witcher 3 | 166 140 101 57 |
153 127 93 51 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 242 191 136 79 |
228 173 120 67 |
| Far Cry 6 | 128 118 93 57 |
116 106 85 50 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 98 79 61 34 |
87 73 53 31 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 124 111 80 54 |
108 100 72 48 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 88 77 59 31 |
80 67 52 28 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 104 92 60 27 |
95 82 49 22 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 165 150 113 59 |
144 130 97 53 |
| 1080p High | 140 | 128 |
| 1080p Ultra | 117 | 105 |
| 1440p Ultra | 88 | 78 |
| 4K Ultra | 51 | 45 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 13620 | 12018 |
| Solar Bay | 60191 | 53003 |
| Port Royal | 8718 | 7458 |
| Fire Strike | 35708 | 31583 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 24700 | 21605 |
| Night Raid | 124794 | 114257 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 213.4 img/sec | 190.8 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 130.4 img/sec | 115.9 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 4.89 Gpixels/sec | 4.17 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 6.23 Gpixels/sec | 5.28 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 7.41 Gpixels/sec | 7.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.46 Gpixels/sec | 1.32 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 661.9 Gpixels/sec | 523.3 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 19395.6 FPS | 16169.3 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 895 | 840 |
| DirectX 11 | 185 FPS | 162 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 91 FPS | 79 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 7051 Ops/s | 6144 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-05 (Levi) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 141514 |
| 📘 2026-04-11 (Cyrus) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 131880 |
GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-04-10 (lnwponlawat) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 132783 |
| 📘 2026-04-10 (lnwponlawat) | Steel Nomad Light | 13919 |
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) | 8984 | 7525 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 26270 | 23623 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 24606 | 19973 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 48283 | 41164 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 98180 | 77589 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3260 | 2880 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 5770 | 5811 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 11172 | 9966 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 43305 | 37206 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 165555 | 136961 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop and 5060 LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | January 7, 2025 | April 14, 2025 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | Mid-range | Mid-range |
| Architecture | Blackwell 2.0 | Blackwell 2.0 |
| GPU Codename | GB206-300 | GB206 |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX or above | - Intel Core Ultra 5 245HX or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (16th and 20th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 890-1410 MHz (configurable) | 952-1455 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 1410-2520 MHz (configurable) | 1455-2497 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 4608 | 3328 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 144 | 104 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 48 | 48 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 36 | 26 |
| Tensor Cores | 144 | 104 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 36 | 26 |
| 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 | 68-121 GPixel/s | 70-120 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 203-363 GTexel/s | 151-260 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 5.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
| TGP | 50-125 W (configurable) | 45-115 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 4 nm | 4 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 |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR7 | GDDR7 |
| Memory Size | 8 GB | 8 GB |
| Memory Clock | 1750 MHz | 1500 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 24000 Mbps | 24000 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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