Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 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
192
132
123
94
The Witcher 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
212
182
128
68
Counter-Strike 2
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
278
215
153
84
Far Cry 6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
156
143
127
77
Hogwarts Legacy
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
133
109
89
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
177
168
129
88
Ghost of Tsushima
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
125
104
88
53
Cyberpunk 2077
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
155
137
95
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
250
233
181
95
Avg FPS
1080p Highn/a186
1080p Ultran/a158
1440p Ultran/a124
4K Ultran/a73
Deviationn/aLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
25741
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
22762
Time Spyn/a21485
Solar Bayn/a96951
Port Royaln/a13755
Fire Striken/a45288
Night Raidn/a148942
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
226752
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
203263
Background Blur266.5 frames/s264 frames/s
Face Detection196.9 frames/s134.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection10.6 Gpix/sec9.27 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection15.2 Gpix/sec12.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur14.4 Gpix/sec13.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching1.89 Gpix/sec1.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching1150 Gpix/sec1060 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics29783 fps29225.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
31796
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
27415
G2D Mark1199980
DirectX 11273 fps264 fps
DirectX 12142 fps107 fps
GPU Compute15940 Ops/s12395 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
266.7 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
254.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1121.9 fps1214.2 fps
Car Chase1058.2 fps1057.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)921.3 fps937.1 fps
T-Rex4280.4 fps4618.7 fps
ALU 2n/a7621.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2n/a295.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellationn/a7941

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 6, 2025 February, 8, 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 AD103 (GN21-X11)

GPU

GPU Frequency 990-1515 MHz 930-1620 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 1515-2160 MHz 1455-2040 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 163-228 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 497-708 GTex/s 442-620 GTex/s
FLOPS 31.8-45.3 TFLOPS 28.3-39.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 95-175 W 80-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 378 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 45.6 billion 45.9 billion
Transistor density 120.63 MTr/mm² 121.11 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 256 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 24 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop
811.5 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
512 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

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