Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
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
228
165
158
124
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
241
218
152
83
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
310
225
168
86
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
181
161
148
92
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
161
133
109
62
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
219
215
169
114
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
152
122
110
71
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
201
178
120
56
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
279
265
205
107
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a219
1080p Ultran/a187
1440p Ultran/a149
4K Ultran/a88
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
30716
Time Spyn/a28302
Solar Bayn/a138446
Port Royaln/a18312
Fire Striken/a63725
Night Raidn/a179276
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
250691
Background Blur266.5 frames/s279.5 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s220.1 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec11 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec15.2 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec16.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec2.08 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec1370 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps37199.7 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
34311
G2D Mark11991267
DirectX 11273 fps303 fps
DirectX 12142 fps133 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s19970 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
326.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps1384.7 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps1210.8 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps998.7 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps5172 fps
ALU 2n/a9885.2 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a282.1 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a9573.9

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 January, 31, 2024
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 999

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 2295 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 2550 MHz
Shader Units 10496 10240
TMUs 328 320
ROPs 128 112
Execution Units 82 80
Ray Tracing Cores 82 80
Tensor Cores 328 320
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 286 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 816 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 52.2 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 1438 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 23000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
736.3 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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3 (75%)
Total Votes: 4

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