Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
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
151
98
85
64
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
171
141
104
55
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
241
195
134
78
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
131
119
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
97
81
60
33
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
120
116
81
53
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
88
74
57
31
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
105
93
60
26
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
164
151
112
59
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a141
1080p Ultran/a119
1440p Ultran/a88
4K Ultran/a51
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
14125
Time Spyn/a13641
Solar Bayn/a64184
Port Royaln/a8309
Fire Striken/a34034
Night Raidn/a120956
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
126195
Background Blur266.5 frames/s161.6 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s117.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec5.89 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec8.05 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec6.65 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.25 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec550.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps17613.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
22252
G2D Mark1199998
DirectX 11273 fps181 fps
DirectX 12142 fps85 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s11282 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070
170.2 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps856 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps668 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps592.9 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps3078.4 fps
ALU 2n/a4531.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a4563.3

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 October, 22, 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 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1500 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1725 MHz
Shader Units 10496 5888
TMUs 328 184
ROPs 128 96
Execution Units 82 46
Ray Tracing Cores 82 46
Tensor Cores 328 184
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 166 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 317 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 20.3 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 220 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 3070
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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