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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop

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

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Review

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

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
189
134
125
96
192
132
123
94
The Witcher 3
206
183
130
71
212
182
128
68
Counter-Strike 2
288
210
158
83
278
215
153
84
Far Cry 6
158
146
128
79
156
143
127
77
Hogwarts Legacy
134
109
86
50
133
109
89
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
176
167
128
85
177
168
129
88
Ghost of Tsushima
121
101
85
51
125
104
88
53
Cyberpunk 2077
153
137
95
45
155
137
95
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
252
236
180
98
250
233
181
95
Avg FPS
1080p High186186
1080p Ultra158158
1440p Ultra124124
4K Ultra7373
DeviationMediumLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
22374
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
22762
Time Spy2179421485
Solar Bay9288896951
Port Royal1402713755
Fire Strike4688545288
Night Raid175963148942
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
190326
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
203263
Background Blur194.4 frames/s264 frames/s
Face Detection165.6 frames/s134.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection8.61 Gpix/sec9.27 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection12.2 Gpix/sec12.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur11.5 Gpix/sec13.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.7 Gpix/sec1.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1060 Gpix/sec1060 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics27590.4 fps29225.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
28502
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
27415
G2D Mark1139980
DirectX 11254 fps264 fps
DirectX 12116 fps107 fps
GPU Compute12703 Ops/s12395 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
254.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)n/a1214.2 fps
Car Chasen/a1057.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a937.1 fps
T-Rexn/a4618.7 fps
ALU 2n/a7621.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a295.6 fps
APIn/aOpenGL
OSn/aWindows
Tessellationn/a7941
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
25636
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
42495
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
19809
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
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 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 February, 8, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD103 (GN21-X11)

GPU

GPU Frequency 975 MHz 930-1620 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1500-2410 MHz 1455-2040 MHz
Shader Units 7680 9728
TMUs 240 304
ROPs 96 112
Execution Units 60 76
Ray Tracing Cores 60 76
Tensor Cores 240 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 144-231 Gpix/sec 163-228 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 360-578 GTex/s 442-620 GTex/s
FLOPS 23-37 TFLOPS 28.3-39.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 80-175 W 80-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 45.9 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 121.11 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop
896 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
512 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

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