Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 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
332
242
231
183
76
45
36
19
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
67
53
36
19
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
113
78
56
21
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
58
55
38
21
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
36
29
20
10
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
46
38
25
16
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
35
27
21
11
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
40
36
20
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
67
61
40
19
Avg FPS
1080p High30160
1080p Ultra25847
1440p Ultra20932
4K Ultra12616
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
4911
Time Spy475154880
Solar Bay21322921611
Port Royal37529552
Fire Strike9020012529
Night Raid20901653232
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
58733
Background Blur333 frames/s88.6 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s57.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec2.53 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec3.33 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec2.55 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec0.76 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec256.5 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps7465.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
9502
G2D Mark1444486
DirectX 11344 fps73 fps
DirectX 12195 fps46 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s3851 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
61.4 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps360.1 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps318.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps261.5 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps1272.8 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps1563.9 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps257.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.71731.1

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 January, 1, 2021
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ampere
Codename GB202-300-A1 GA107
Price 1999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 712-1530 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1057-1740 MHz
Shader Units 21760 2048
TMUs 680 64
ROPs 176 40
Execution Units 170 16
Ray Tracing Cores 170 16
Tensor Cores 680 64
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 2000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 42-70 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 68-111 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 4.3-7.1 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 35-95 W
Process TSMC Samsung
Process tech. 4 nm 8 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 200 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 8.7 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 43.5 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1500 MHz
Bus 512 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 12000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 4 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop
192 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12
Vulkan 1.4 1.2
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 8.6
DisplayPort 2.1a 1.4a
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 2

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 the clear winner in this comparison.

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