Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 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
123
79
68
45
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
141
112
83
46
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
201
153
112
54
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
106
92
76
39
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
76
63
46
25
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
96
86
60
40
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
71
59
44
25
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
84
72
45
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
125
115
83
45
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a114
1080p Ultran/a92
1440p Ultran/a69
4K Ultran/a38
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
10202
Time Spyn/a10479
Solar Bayn/a45677
Port Royaln/a6250
Fire Striken/a26767
Night Raidn/a83274
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
118499
Background Blur266.5 frames/s170.3 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s113.6 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec5.59 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec7.94 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec6.19 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.16 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec467 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps15131.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
15373
G2D Mark1199644
DirectX 11273 fps138 fps
DirectX 12142 fps64 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s6902 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
121.6 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps644.4 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps565.3 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps483.8 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps2380.5 fps
ALU 2n/a3169.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a246.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3511.5

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 High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA104 (GN20-E5)

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 780-1215 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1290-1620 MHz
Shader Units 10496 5120
TMUs 328 160
ROPs 128 80
Execution Units 82 40
Ray Tracing Cores 82 40
Tensor Cores 328 160
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 103-130 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 206-259 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 13.2-16.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 80-150 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 392 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 17.4 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 44.39 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500-1750 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000-14000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop
448 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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