Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 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
177
117
109
80
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
198
164
117
63
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
274
206
149
81
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
151
139
118
74
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
122
98
78
44
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
161
151
113
75
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
109
91
75
43
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
136
122
81
36
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
218
203
156
84
Avg FPS
1080p High301172
1080p Ultra258143
1440p Ultra209111
4K Ultra12664
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
19053
Time Spy4751518871
Solar Bay21322985594
Port Royal3752911826
Fire Strike9020041295
Night Raid209016148912
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
170767
Background Blur333 frames/s328.9 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s192.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec6.51 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec9.11 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec10.1 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.56 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec660.7 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps20765.5 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
24961
G2D Mark1444929
DirectX 11344 fps246 fps
DirectX 12195 fps96 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s11246 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
213.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps1101.6 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps936.7 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps792.3 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps4060.5 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps6712.4 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps289.2 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.77042.8

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 February, 8, 2023
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end High-end
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Ada Lovelace
Codename GB202-300-A1 AD104 (GN21-X9)
Price 1999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 1290-1860 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1665-2280 MHz
Shader Units 21760 7424
TMUs 680 232
ROPs 176 80
Execution Units 170 58
Ray Tracing Cores 170 58
Tensor Cores 680 232
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 48000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 133-182 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 386-529 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 24.7-33.9 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 60-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 295 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 35.8 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 121.36 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2250 MHz
Bus 512 bit 192 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 18000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 12 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
432 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 the clear winner in this comparison.

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