Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
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
231
164
156
120
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
248
214
157
81
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
312
227
166
84
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
182
160
145
90
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
164
137
106
61
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
215
211
172
115
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
145
126
109
69
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
198
171
122
57
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
287
267
200
108
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a220
1080p Ultran/a186
1440p Ultran/a148
4K Ultran/a87
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
30217
Time Spyn/a28170
Solar Bayn/a136727
Port Royaln/a17959
Fire Striken/a64703
Night Raidn/a183971
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
217712
Background Blur266.5 frames/s250.4 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s190 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec9.56 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec12.8 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec15.3 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.97 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec1130 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps28795.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
34516
G2D Mark11991236
DirectX 11273 fps316 fps
DirectX 12142 fps131 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s20847 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
320.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps1476.2 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps1250 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps1062.9 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps5492.1 fps
ALU 2n/a9330.7 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a291.3 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a9274.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 September, 20, 2022
Form Factor Laptop use PC use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB203-400 AD103
Price n/a 1199

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 2205 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 2505 MHz
Shader Units 10496 9728
TMUs 328 304
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 82 76
Ray Tracing Cores 82 76
Tensor Cores 328 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 64 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 194-276 Gpix/sec 281 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 762 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 48.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 320 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 45 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 118.73 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6X
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1400 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 22400 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080
716.8 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

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