Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
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
170
113
105
79
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
191
160
114
61
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
262
207
148
82
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
148
135
112
71
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
120
96
78
43
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
154
141
110
72
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
104
87
74
40
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
133
115
78
34
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
209
194
148
81
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a166
1080p Ultran/a139
1440p Ultran/a107
4K Ultran/a63
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
18116
Time Spyn/a17825
Solar Bayn/a82645
Port Royaln/a11149
Fire Striken/a44109
Night Raidn/a152587
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
167522
Background Blur266.5 frames/s233 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s141.7 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec6.62 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec9.19 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec9.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.78 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec845.4 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps25043.9 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
26962
G2D Mark11991165
DirectX 11273 fps245 fps
DirectX 12142 fps102 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s14820 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
192 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps1039 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps900 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps761.2 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps3848.1 fps
ALU 2n/a5980.8 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a296.7 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a6200.7

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 April, 13, 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 AD104
Price n/a 599

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 1920 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 2475 MHz
Shader Units 10496 5888
TMUs 328 184
ROPs 128 64
Execution Units 82 46
Ray Tracing Cores 82 46
Tensor Cores 328 184
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 36000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 194-276 Gpix/sec 158 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 455 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 29.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 200 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 294 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 35 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 119.05 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1313 MHz
Bus 256 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 21000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070
504.2 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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