Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 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
186
129
117
86
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
202
173
123
67
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
272
215
154
85
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
152
144
126
77
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
132
106
85
47
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
166
158
123
80
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
116
99
81
51
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
146
130
89
42
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
236
220
169
92
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a179
1080p Ultran/a153
1440p Ultran/a119
4K Ultran/a70
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
21408
Time Spyn/a19630
Solar Bayn/a96489
Port Royaln/a13261
Fire Striken/a47892
Night Raidn/a143788
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
196756
Background Blur266.5 frames/s239.8 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s156.8 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec10.8 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec14.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec11.9 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.53 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec889.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps26054.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
26944
G2D Mark11991088
DirectX 11273 fps223 fps
DirectX 12142 fps111 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s15428 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
227.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps860.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps743.2 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps3834.2 fps
ALU 2n/a6702 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 January, 3, 2021
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB203-400 GA102
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1365 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1665 MHz
Shader Units 10496 10240
TMUs 328 320
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 82 80
Ray Tracing Cores 82 80
Tensor Cores 328 320
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 6000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 194-276 Gpix/sec 186 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 533 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 34.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 350 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 628 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 28 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 44.59 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1188 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
912 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

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