Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 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
196
139
127
96
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
218
185
131
70
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
290
218
161
86
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
158
148
129
81
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
136
113
91
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
181
173
136
89
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
124
106
91
55
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
163
146
98
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
261
238
186
101
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a192
1080p Ultran/a163
1440p Ultran/a128
4K Ultran/a75
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
24160
Time Spyn/a21841
Solar Bayn/a109151
Port Royaln/a14882
Fire Striken/a51985
Night Raidn/a155722
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
232083
Background Blur266.5 frames/s362.7 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s227.9 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec11.3 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec15.9 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec12.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec1080 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps31024.6 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
29499
G2D Mark11991227
DirectX 11273 fps241 fps
DirectX 12142 fps122 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s17022 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
249 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps1005.1 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps897.2 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps781.7 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps4109.9 fps
ALU 2n/a7102.5 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a274.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a7000.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 March, 29, 2022
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 1999

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1560 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1860 MHz
Shader Units 10496 10752
TMUs 328 336
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 82 84
Ray Tracing Cores 82 84
Tensor Cores 328 336
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 208 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 625 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 40 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 450 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 1313 MHz
Bus 256 bit 384 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 24 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
1008 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

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