Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 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
257
182
175
135
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
The Witcher 3
270
243
168
91
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
317
236
175
87
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
194
173
160
97
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
181
154
122
69
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
247
234
192
136
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
165
141
129
80
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
213
189
135
62
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
302
273
213
114
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High238n/a
1080p Ultra203n/a
1440p Ultra163n/a
4K Ultra97n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
36014
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Time Spy33057n/a
Solar Bay154908n/a
Port Royal23163n/a
Fire Strike74994n/a
Night Raid200409n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
297747
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Background Blur319.6 frames/s266.5 frames/s
Face Detection225 frames/s196.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection13.6 Gpix/sec10.6 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection19.5 Gpix/sec15.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur20.4 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.33 Gpix/sec1.89 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1750 Gpix/sec1150 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics43676.6 fps29783 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
35999
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
G2D Mark13961199
DirectX 11322 fps273 fps
DirectX 12148 fps142 fps
GPU Compute21623 Ops/s15940 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
410.9 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1955.9 fps1121.9 fps
Car Chasen/a1058.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)n/a921.3 fps
T-Rexn/a4280.4 fps
APIVulkanOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
38994
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
66609
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
29206
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Image Classification (SP)15441n/a
Image Segmentation (HP)47173n/a
Horizon Detection43223n/a
Face Detection (HP)92863n/a
Pose Estimation (Q)202202n/a
Text Classification (SP)3701n/a
Machine Translation (HP)7905n/a
Object Detection (SP)20955n/a
Depth Estimation (Q)69068n/a
Style Transfer (SP)349205n/a
FrameworkONNXn/a
BackendDirectMLn/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
9041.36
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 6, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GB203-400 GB203-400

GPU

GPU Frequency 2295 MHz 990-1515 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2617 MHz 1515-2160 MHz
Shader Units 10752 10496
TMUs 336 328
ROPs 112 128
Execution Units 84 82
Ray Tracing Cores 84 82
Tensor Cores 336 328
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 293 Gpix/sec 194-276 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 879 GTex/s 497-708 GTex/s
FLOPS 56.3 TFLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
TGP 360 W 95-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 4 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 378 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 45.6 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 120.63 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1875 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 30000 MB/s 28000 MB/s
Memory Size 16 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080
960 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s

API

DirectX 12.2 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 12.0 10.1
DisplayPort 2.1b 2.1a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 the clear winner in this comparison.

Survey

Which GPU would you pick?
6 (37.5%)
10 (62.5%)
Total Votes: 16

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