Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
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
99
62
49
35
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
107
86
62
34
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
157
117
82
41
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
84
74
57
29
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
59
47
33
15
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
69
59
44
30
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
53
42
30
18
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58
52
32
13
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
92
85
58
33
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a86
1080p Ultran/a69
1440p Ultran/a50
4K Ultran/a28
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
7378
Time Spyn/a7571
Solar Bayn/a34179
Port Royaln/a4134
Fire Striken/a19768
Night Raidn/a84918
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
78934
Background Blur266.5 frames/s144.4 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s75.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec3.08 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec4.25 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec4.21 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec0.93 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec354.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps8559.4 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
14124
G2D Mark1199747
DirectX 11273 fps110 fps
DirectX 12142 fps53 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s5513 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
89.8 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps477.6 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps423 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps370.8 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps1884.9 fps
ALU 2n/a2192.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a281.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2405.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 January, 15, 2019
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Turing
Codename GB203-400 TU106
Price n/a 349

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1680 MHz
Shader Units 10496 1920
TMUs 328 120
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 82 30
Ray Tracing Cores 82 30
Tensor Cores 328 240
L1 cache 128 KB/core 64 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 3000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 194-276 Gpix/sec 81 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 202 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 6.5 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 3.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 160 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 12 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 445 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 10 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 22.47 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 7.5
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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