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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090

60 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
VS
92 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
  7. Comments (0)

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
vs
GeForce RTX 4090

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
277
199
191
154
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
288
265
187
100
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
329
244
185
91
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
203
182
167
104
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
201
164
132
76
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
274
258
221
149
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
183
154
137
91
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
227
208
143
68
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
304
277
215
119
Avg FPS
1080p High186254
1080p Ultra158217
1440p Ultra124175
4K Ultra73106
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
42191
Time Spy2179436322
Solar Bay92888186930
Port Royal1402726115
Fire Strike4688572253
Night Raid175963195300
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
316301
Background Blur194.4 frames/s318.9 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s222.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec14.2 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec21 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec23.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec2.38 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec1950 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps48090.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
38303
G2D Mark11391297
DirectX 11254 fps329 fps
DirectX 12116 fps150 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s27111 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
615.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1617.6 fps
Car Chasen/a1228.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a1234.6 fps
T-Rexn/a6286 fps
ALU 2n/a15073.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a303.7 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a12119.1
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a
Image Classification (SP)10192n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)23343n/a
Horizon Detection31132n/a
Face Detection (HP)46322n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)134037n/a
Text Classification (SP)3319n/a
Machine Translation (HP)4696n/a
Object Detection (SP)13038n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)52089n/a
Style Transfer (SP)248270n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
6817.09
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD102
Price n/a 1599

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 2235 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 2520 MHz
Shader Units 7680 16384
TMUs 240 512
ROPs 96 176
Execution Units 60 128
Ray Tracing Cores 60 128
Tensor Cores 240 512
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 72 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 444 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 1290 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 82.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 450 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 609 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 76.3 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 125.29 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2625 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090
1010 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1b 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

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

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