Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 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
139
92
79
57
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
163
131
97
52
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
233
180
129
71
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
120
109
88
52
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
90
75
58
28
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
112
104
74
49
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
82
68
54
29
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
96
84
52
24
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
150
135
102
56
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a132
1080p Ultran/a109
1440p Ultran/a81
4K Ultran/a46
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
12551
Time Spyn/a12514
Solar Bayn/a54416
Port Royaln/a7379
Fire Striken/a29944
Night Raidn/a113930
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
115081
Background Blur266.5 frames/s158.5 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s116.5 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec4.35 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec5.67 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec6.44 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.36 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec528.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps16372.3 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
19587
G2D Mark1199759
DirectX 11273 fps179 fps
DirectX 12142 fps85 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s8386 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
135.5 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps799.4 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps702.5 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps560.4 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps3084 fps
ALU 2n/a4439.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a283.8 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a4604.7
Geekbench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
21186
GB6 ML Half Precision
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
34404
GB6 ML Quantized
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
16559
Image Classification (SP)n/a8642
Image Segmentation (HP)n/a20635
Horizon Detectionn/a26378
Face Detection (HP)n/a39776
Pose Estimation (Q)n/a105983
Text Classification (SP)n/a2995
Machine Translation (HP)n/a4507
Object Detection (SP)n/a10198
Depth Estimation (Q)n/a41078
Style Transfer (SP)n/a190315
Frameworkn/aONNX
Backendn/aDirectML

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop
3619.97

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 High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD106 (GN21-X6)

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 735-2070 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1230-2175 MHz
Shader Units 10496 4608
TMUs 328 144
ROPs 128 48
Execution Units 82 36
Ray Tracing Cores 82 36
Tensor Cores 328 144
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 59-104 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 177-313 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 11.3-20 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 186 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 22.9 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 123.12 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 4070 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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