I. Introduction
In previous articles, I shared numerous gaming performance reviews of the GeForce RTX 5060, but they all focused on the desktop version, which showed an improvement of over 20% compared to the previous generation.
Today, I will be comparing the gaming performance of the GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile and the GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile. Due to limitations in size, power consumption, and heat dissipation, the performance of mobile versions of the same model is significantly weaker than their desktop counterparts. Therefore, the expected performance improvement is certainly less than that of the desktop version.
—So, how much of a performance improvement is there exactly? This article will compare gaming performance using two laptops to reveal the answer.
II. Specification Comparison
The GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile was released on May 20, 2025, featuring the GB206 GPU based on the Blackwell architecture, using TSMC’s 4nm process. It has 3,328 CUDA cores, 104 texture units, 48 raster units, 26 streaming multiprocessors, 104 tensor cores, 26 ray tracing cores, and 32MB of L2 cache.
Its standard clock speed is 952 MHz, with a maximum clock speed of 1455 MHz. It comes equipped with 8GB of GDDR7 video memory, a memory speed of 24 Gbps, a 128-bit memory bus, memory bandwidth of 384.0 GB/s, and a configurable power consumption ranging from 45W to 100W depending on the manufacturer.
The GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile was released on January 3, 2023, using the AD107 GPU based on the Ada Lovelace architecture, manufactured with TSMC’s 5nm process. It features 3,072 CUDA cores, 96 texture units, 48 raster units, 24 streaming multiprocessors, 96 tensor cores, 24 ray tracing cores, and 32MB of L2 cache.
Its standard clock speed is 1545 MHz, with a maximum clock speed of 1890 MHz. It has 8GB of GDDR6 video memory, a memory speed of 16 Gbps, a 128-bit memory bus, memory bandwidth of 256.0 GB/s, and a power consumption of 115W.
III. Game Testing (RTX 5060 Mobile vs 4060)
Seven games were tested at 1080P resolution. In the image comparisons, the left represents the GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile platform, and the right represents the GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile platform.
Game 1: God of War
GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile: Avg FPS 90, Min FPS 82, Frame Time 12.6ms, CPU Usage 48%, Power 30W, Temp 61°C, Memory 11.9GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 6.9GB, GPU Power 94W, GPU Temp 60°C.
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile: Avg FPS 82, Min FPS 73, Frame Time 14.8ms, CPU Usage 34%, Power 34W, Temp 65°C, Memory 11.5GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 6.6GB, GPU Power 96W, GPU Temp 62°C.
The RTX 5060 Mobile has 15% higher average FPS, 9 FPS higher minimum FPS, and 2ms lower frame time.
Game 2: Ghostwire: Tokyo
GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile: Avg FPS 82, Min FPS 74, Frame Time 14.9ms, CPU Usage 49%, Power 32W, Temp 65°C, Memory 12.0GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 6.9GB, GPU Power 95W, GPU Temp 61°C.
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile: Avg FPS 77, Min FPS 68, Frame Time 15.4ms, CPU Usage 44%, Power 34W, Temp 65°C, Memory 11.9GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 6.6GB, GPU Power 96W, GPU Temp 62°C.
The RTX 5060 Mobile shows 9% higher average FPS, 6 FPS higher minimum FPS, with nearly identical frame time.
Game 3: Cyberpunk 2077
GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile: Avg FPS 78, Min FPS 69, Frame Time 13.1ms, CPU Usage 47%, Power 31W, Temp 65°C, Memory 11.7GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 6.9GB, GPU Power 93W, GPU Temp 61°C.
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile: Avg FPS 72, Min FPS 63, Frame Time 14.5ms, CPU Usage 49%, Power 32W, Temp 65°C, Memory 12.0GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 6.9GB, GPU Power 97W, GPU Temp 61°C.
The RTX 5060 Mobile achieves 8% higher average FPS and lower frame time by 1.4ms.
Game 4: A Plague Tale: Requiem
GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile: Avg FPS 75, Min FPS 66, Frame Time 15.9ms, CPU Usage 49%, Power 32W, Temp 65°C, Memory 11.6GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 6.7GB, GPU Power 95W, GPU Temp 61°C.
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile: Avg FPS 69, Min FPS 60, Frame Time 17.4ms, CPU Usage 43%, Power 35W, Temp 65°C, Memory 11.5GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 6.5GB, GPU Power 94W, GPU Temp 61°C.
The RTX 5060 Mobile delivers 9% higher average FPS and 6 FPS higher minimum FPS, with 1.5ms lower frame time.
Game 5: Horizon Forbidden West
GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile: Avg FPS 80, Min FPS 70, Frame Time 13.2ms, CPU Usage 47%, Power 31W, Temp 65°C, Memory 11.6GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 6.8GB, GPU Power 93W, GPU Temp 61°C.
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile: Avg FPS 74, Min FPS 64, Frame Time 14.6ms, CPU Usage 39%, Power 32W, Temp 65°C, Memory 11.6GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 7.0GB, GPU Power 97W, GPU Temp 61°C.
The RTX 5060 Mobile achieves 8% higher average FPS, 6 FPS higher minimum FPS, and 1.4ms lower frame time.
Game 6: Black Myth: Wukong
GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile: Avg FPS 72, Min FPS 62, Frame Time 14.7ms, CPU Usage 48%, Power 30W, Temp 61°C, Memory 13.1GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 7.2GB, GPU Power 94W, GPU Temp 60°C.
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile: Avg FPS 66, Min FPS 57, Frame Time 15.1ms, CPU Usage 33%, Power 35W, Temp 65°C, Memory 13.7GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 7.1GB, GPU Power 94W, GPU Temp 61°C.
The RTX 5060 Mobile performs 9% better in average FPS and 5 FPS higher in minimum FPS with similar frame time.
Game 7: The Last of Us Part II
GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile: Avg FPS 68, Min FPS 59, Frame Time 17.1ms, CPU Usage 43%, Power 35W, Temp 65°C, Memory 18.5GB, GPU Usage 99%, VRAM 7.9GB, GPU Power 94W, GPU Temp 61°C.
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile: Avg FPS 63, Min FPS 54, Frame Time 18.6ms, CPU Usage 33%, Power 35W, Temp 65°C, Memory 17.7GB, GPU Usage 98%, VRAM 7.8GB, GPU Power 94W, GPU Temp 61°C.
The RTX 5060 Mobile is 8% faster on average FPS and 5 FPS better on minimum FPS, with a 1.5ms improvement in frame time.
IV. Comparative Conclusion
Overall, compared to the GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile, the GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile does show a certain degree of performance improvement in gaming, but the improvement is relatively modest and far from comparable to desktop-class products.
Based on the aggregated data, with power consumption and temperatures being nearly equal, the GeForce RTX 5060 Mobile delivers approximately 9% better gaming performance than the GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile. Taking into account possible margin of error, the actual performance lead is estimated to be around 10%. This is the conclusion of this article, provided for reference only.
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