Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a182
1080p Ultran/a153
1440p Ultran/a119
4K Ultran/a69
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spy1285419900
Solar Bayn/a97504
Port Royal853913633
Fire Striken/a47520
Night Raidn/a139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
134209
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur213.4 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection130.4 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection4.89 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection6.23 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur7.41 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.46 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching661.9 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics19395.6 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
19438
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark9911060
DirectX 11173 fps220 fps
DirectX 1298 fps110 fps
GPU Compute7598 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a978.4 fps
Car Chasen/a854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a747.4 fps
T-Rexn/a3732.1 fps
ALU 2n/a6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
4088.29
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 24, 2020
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment Mid-range High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB206-300 GA102
Price n/a 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 890-1410 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1410-2520 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 4608 10496
TMUs 144 328
ROPs 48 112
Execution Units 36 82
Ray Tracing Cores 36 82
Tensor Cores 144 328
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 32000 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 68-121 Gpix/sec 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 203-363 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 13-23.2 TFLOPS 35.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 50-125 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 181 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 21.9 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.99 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1219 MHz
Bus 128 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 8 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5070 Laptop
448 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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