Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
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
132
85
77
55
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
152
123
91
47
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
226
170
122
67
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
114
104
81
47
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
86
70
55
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
109
99
69
45
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
82
66
48
30
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
92
83
51
23
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
139
129
97
52
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a126
1080p Ultran/a103
1440p Ultran/a77
4K Ultran/a44
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
11980
Time Spyn/a11708
Solar Bayn/a54344
Port Royaln/a6969
Fire Striken/a29561
Night Raidn/a109366
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
115518
Background Blur266.5 frames/s185.1 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s108.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec5.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec7.17 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec5.54 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.15 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec478 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps15183 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
20395
G2D Mark1199988
DirectX 11273 fps163 fps
DirectX 12142 fps79 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s10075 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
143 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps733.4 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps614.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps523.6 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps2676.1 fps
ALU 2n/a3657.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3670

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 December, 2, 2020
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA104
Price n/a 399

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1410 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 10496 4864
TMUs 328 152
ROPs 128 80
Execution Units 82 38
Ray Tracing Cores 82 38
Tensor Cores 328 152
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 4000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 194-276 Gpix/sec 133 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 253 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 16.2 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 200 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 17 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 43.37 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 14000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
448 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
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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6 (60%)
4 (40%)
Total Votes: 10

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