Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 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
124
78
64
44
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
135
114
80
42
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
201
148
110
55
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
104
95
74
41
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
76
65
45
23
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
93
84
61
39
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
73
56
43
25
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
82
73
42
18
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
123
112
81
45
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a112
1080p Ultran/a92
1440p Ultran/a67
4K Ultran/a37
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
10197
Time Spyn/a10423
Solar Bayn/a44973
Port Royaln/a5820
Fire Striken/a26478
Night Raidn/a98514
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
97986
Background Blur266.5 frames/s142.7 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s103.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec3.83 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec4.93 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec4.63 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.27 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec430.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps13519.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
17587
G2D Mark1199733
DirectX 11273 fps158 fps
DirectX 12142 fps73 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s6845 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
119.7 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps725.1 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps609.6 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps484.8 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps2723.3 fps
ALU 2n/a3299.3 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a272.9 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a3381.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 February, 22, 2023
Form Factor Laptop use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD107 (GN21-X4)

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1140-2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1470-2370 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 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 194-276 Gpix/sec 71-114 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 141-228 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 9-14.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 35-140 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 156 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 18.9 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 121.15 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop
256 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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