Exciting news has emerged regarding Nvidia’s upcoming RTX 5060 laptop GPU. According to the chairman of Hasee, a prominent Chinese laptop and desktop manufacturer, the RTX 5060 will come with a significant upgrade while also reducing power consumption. Could the RTX 5060 be the go-to choice for laptop gamers, including those who prefer slim notebooks?
These revelations were first shared on Weibo by Hasee’s chairman Wu Haijun during a media meeting. Haijun mentioned that the RTX 5060 will have a lower power consumption of 115 watts compared to the RTX 4060’s 140W total graphics power (TGP).
This power efficiency could allow the RTX 5060 to perform well even in thin laptops. Not all gaming laptops need to be bulky, and with discreet GPUs making their way into smaller notebooks, this advancement is significant.
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Haijun also confirmed that the RTX 5060 will utilize GDDR7 VRAM, a feature previously seen in leaked slides from Clevo. The move towards GDDR7 memory for mainstream and laptop GPUs indicates positive developments in the tech.
According to Wccftech, the RTX 5060 laptop GPU is expected to match the performance of the RTX 4070 in laptops. It may even outperform the RTX 4070M in ray tracing and rasterization tasks.
While the performance parity with the RTX 4070 is expected, the switch to GDDR7 memory should provide improved bandwidth. Despite sticking to a 128-bit memory bus, which suggests 8GB VRAM, the industry trend has been leaning towards higher VRAM capacities in recent years.
However, the rumored 8GB VRAM should suffice for a GPU with a 115-watt TGP. If the RTX 5060M lives up to Hasee’s claims, Nvidia might have another successful product in its hands. The xx60 GPUs have traditionally been popular choices, and with limited competition from AMD in the laptop GPU segment, Nvidia could dominate this space.
The launch of the RTX 50-series is now rumored for early 2025, potentially unveiling the first Blackwell laptops at CES 2025 in January.
