Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
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
188
127
118
90
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
207
175
126
67
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
280
212
152
82
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
155
145
126
75
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
131
107
84
45
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
172
161
124
80
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
116
101
82
51
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
145
131
89
43
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
242
218
170
91
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a182
1080p Ultran/a153
1440p Ultran/a119
4K Ultran/a69
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
21949
Time Spyn/a19900
Solar Bayn/a97504
Port Royaln/a13633
Fire Striken/a47520
Night Raidn/a139527
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
211669
Background Blur266.5 frames/s320.8 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s207.2 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec14.4 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec11.5 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.48 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec984.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps27764.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
26673
G2D Mark11991060
DirectX 11273 fps220 fps
DirectX 12142 fps110 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s15547 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
247.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps978.4 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps854.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps747.4 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps3732.1 fps
ALU 2n/a6650.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a6622.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 September, 24, 2020
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 1499

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1395 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1695 MHz
Shader Units 10496 10496
TMUs 328 328
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 82 82
Ray Tracing Cores 82 82
Tensor Cores 328 328
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 190 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 556 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 35.6 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 1219 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 19500 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090
936.2 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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