Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
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
146
94
84
60
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
172
142
100
54
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
239
194
133
77
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
129
118
95
56
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
95
81
62
31
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
122
110
82
53
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
88
73
55
33
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
104
93
56
29
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
157
149
110
60
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a139
1080p Ultran/a117
1440p Ultran/a86
4K Ultran/a50
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
13577
Time Spyn/a13469
Solar Bayn/a62160
Port Royaln/a8112
Fire Striken/a34295
Night Raidn/a137720
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
135837
Background Blur266.5 frames/s232.6 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s138.4 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec4.68 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec6.06 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec6.99 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.6 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec652.6 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps19534.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
22761
G2D Mark11991067
DirectX 11273 fps201 fps
DirectX 12142 fps90 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s12216 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
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 July, 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 AD106
Price n/a 499

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 2310 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 2535 MHz
Shader Units 10496 4352
TMUs 328 136
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 82 34
Ray Tracing Cores 82 34
Tensor Cores 328 136
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 122 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 345 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 22.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x8
TGP 95-175 W 165 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 188 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 22 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 117.02 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 256 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16GB
288 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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