Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 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
277
199
191
154
134
87
79
56
The Witcher 3
288
265
187
100
154
130
95
48
Counter-Strike 2
329
244
185
91
225
174
124
69
Far Cry 6
203
182
167
104
115
107
84
49
Hogwarts Legacy
201
164
132
76
90
72
55
29
COD Modern Warfare 3
274
258
221
149
108
101
72
48
Ghost of Tsushima
183
154
137
91
82
67
49
29
Cyberpunk 2077
227
208
143
68
94
86
51
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
304
277
215
119
149
136
100
53
Avg FPS
1080p High254128
1080p Ultra217107
1440p Ultra17579
4K Ultra10645
DeviationLowMedium

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
42191
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy36322n/a
Solar Bay186930n/a
Port Royal26115n/a
Fire Strike72253n/a
Night Raid195300n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
316301
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
108121
Background Blur318.9 frames/s171 frames/s
Face Detection222.8 frames/s112.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection14.2 Gpix/sec3.82 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection21 Gpix/sec5.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur23.9 Gpix/sec5.45 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.38 Gpix/sec1.24 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1950 Gpix/sec515.3 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics48090.4 fps16147.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
38303
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
19708
G2D Mark1297779
DirectX 11329 fps185 fps
DirectX 12150 fps72 fps
GPU Compute27111 Ops/s8422 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
615.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1617.6 fpsn/a
Car Chase1228.6 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1234.6 fpsn/a
T-Rex6286 fpsn/a
ALU 215073.4 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2303.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation12119.1n/a
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
18679
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
35323
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
14707
Image Classification (SP)n/a7525
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a23623
Horizon Detectionn/a19973
Face Detection (HP)n/a41164
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a77589
Text Classification (SP)n/a2880
Machine Translation (HP)n/a5811
Object Detection (SP)n/a9966
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a37206
Style Transfer (SP)n/a136961
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced September, 20, 2022 April, 14, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Ada Lovelace Blackwell 2.0
Codename AD102 GB207
Price 1599 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2235 MHz 920-1430 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2520 MHz 1455-2497 MHz
Shader Units 16384 3328
TMUs 512 104
ROPs 176 48
Execution Units 128 26
Ray Tracing Cores 128 26
Tensor Cores 512 104
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 72 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 444 Gpix/sec 70-120 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1290 GTex/s 151-260 GTex/s
FLOPS 82.6 TFLOPS 9.7-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 4.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x8
TGP 450 W 45-125 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 5 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 609 mm² 181 mm²
Transistor count 76.3 billion 21.9 billion
Transistor density 125.29 MTr/mm² 120.99 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR6X GDDR7
Memory Frequency 2625 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 384 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 21000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
1010 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 Laptop
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.3 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 8.9 12.0
DisplayPort 1.4a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 3 DLSS 4

Results

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

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