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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

73 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
VS
36 out 100
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

  1. Differences
  2. Review
  3. General
  4. Benchmarks
  5. Processor
  6. Memory
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Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
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
Processors:
GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
vs
GeForce RTX 4060

Games

FPS Table
Game title
1080p (High)
1080p (Ultra)
1440p (Ultra)
4K (Ultra)
Forza Horizon 5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
127
81
70
49
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
142
114
82
46
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
204
154
114
57
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
107
96
75
42
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
80
66
50
26
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
96
89
64
41
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
74
61
45
25
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
83
74
44
22
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
130
119
87
43
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a116
1080p Ultran/a95
1440p Ultran/a70
4K Ultran/a39
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
10688
Time Spyn/a10620
Solar Bayn/a49040
Port Royaln/a6050
Fire Striken/a28559
Night Raidn/a121867
Sources: 3DMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
106633
Background Blur266.5 frames/s186.9 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s112.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec3.92 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec5.16 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec4.94 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.34 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec446.2 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps14935.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
19712
G2D Mark11991080
DirectX 11273 fps174 fps
DirectX 12142 fps77 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s9311 Ops/s
Sources: PassMark [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
118.3 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps709 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps615.4 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps496.1 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps2635.8 fps
ALU 2n/a3284 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a280.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3372.6
Sources: GFXBench 5 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop], [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
17857
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
29214
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
14234
Image Classification (SP)n/a7696
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a13706
Horizon Detectionn/a23289
Face Detection (HP)n/a31126
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a78361
Text Classification (SP)n/a3315
Machine Translation (HP)n/a3491
Object Detection (SP)n/a9386
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a36778
Style Transfer (SP)n/a148120
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML
Sources: GeekBench v6 [Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060]

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
3174.4

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 May, 18, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD107

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1830 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 2460 MHz
Shader Units 10496 3072
TMUs 328 96
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 82 24
Ray Tracing Cores 82 24
Tensor Cores 328 96
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 24000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 194-276 Gpix/sec 118 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 236 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 15.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 95-175 W 115 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 159 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 18 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 113.21 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz n/a
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s n/a
Memory Size 24 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060
272 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.3
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.9
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 3

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop the clear winner in this comparison.

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