Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
Games
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, Vulkan
Professional Apps
3D modeling, video editing, rendering
Energy Efficiency
Power usage in various scenarios
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
76
45
36
19
192
132
123
94
The Witcher 3
67
53
36
19
212
182
128
68
Counter-Strike 2
113
78
56
21
278
215
153
84
Far Cry 6
58
55
38
21
156
143
127
77
Hogwarts Legacy
36
29
20
10
133
109
89
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
46
38
25
16
177
168
129
88
Ghost of Tsushima
35
27
21
11
125
104
88
53
Cyberpunk 2077
40
36
20
n/a
155
137
95
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
67
61
40
19
250
233
181
95
Avg FPS
1080p High60186
1080p Ultra47158
1440p Ultra32124
4K Ultra1673
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
22762
Time Spy488021485
Solar Bay2161196951
Port Royal55213755
Fire Strike1252945288
Night Raid53232148942
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
203263
Background Blur88.6 frames/s264 frames/s
Face Detection57.3 frames/s134.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection2.53 Gpix/sec9.27 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection3.33 Gpix/sec12.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur2.55 Gpix/sec13.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching0.76 Gpix/sec1.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching256.5 Gpix/sec1060 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics7465.5 fps29225.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
27415
G2D Mark486980
DirectX 1173 fps264 fps
DirectX 1246 fps107 fps
GPU Compute3851 Ops/s12395 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
254.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)360.1 fps1214.2 fps
Car Chase318.7 fps1057.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)261.5 fps937.1 fps
T-Rex1272.8 fps4618.7 fps
ALU 21563.9 fps7621.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2257.6 fps295.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation1731.17941

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 1, 2021 February, 8, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace
Codename GA107 AD103 (GN21-X11)

GPU

GPU Frequency 712-1530 MHz 930-1620 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1057-1740 MHz 1455-2040 MHz
Shader Units 2048 9728
TMUs 64 304
ROPs 40 112
Execution Units 16 76
Ray Tracing Cores 16 76
Tensor Cores 64 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 2000 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 42-70 Gpix/sec 163-228 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 68-111 GTex/s 442-620 GTex/s
FLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS 28.3-39.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 35-95 W 80-175 W
Process Samsung TSMC
Process tech. 8 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 200 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 8.7 billion 45.9 billion
Transistor density 43.5 MTr/mm² 121.11 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1500 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 128 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 12000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 4 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
512 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.2 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.6 8.9
DisplayPort 1.4a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 2 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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