Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
107
67
53
36
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
115
96
69
37
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
170
126
92
45
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
88
78
63
32
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
61
50
38
19
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
76
66
46
31
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
58
46
34
17
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
62
59
32
14
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
102
91
66
32
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a93
1080p Ultran/a75
1440p Ultran/a55
4K Ultran/a29
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
8193
Time Spyn/a8326
Solar Bayn/a37029
Port Royaln/a4708
Fire Striken/a20182
Night Raidn/a71905
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
94459
Background Blur266.5 frames/s153.5 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s90 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec4.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec5.77 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.01 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec385.9 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps12770 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
13262
G2D Mark1199589
DirectX 11273 fps110 fps
DirectX 12142 fps58 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s5759 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
100.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps537.5 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps465 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps398.2 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps1964.8 fps
ALU 2n/a2748.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a256.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a2932.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 January, 12, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA106 (GN20-E3)

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 816-1387 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1283-1703 MHz
Shader Units 10496 3840
TMUs 328 120
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 82 30
Ray Tracing Cores 82 30
Tensor Cores 328 120
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 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 62-82 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 154-204 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 9.9-13.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 60-140 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 300 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 13.25 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 44.17 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 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 6 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop
336 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.6
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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