Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop

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

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 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
332
242
231
183
192
132
123
94
The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
212
182
128
68
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
278
215
153
84
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
156
143
127
77
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
133
109
89
50
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
177
168
129
88
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
125
104
88
53
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
155
137
95
45
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
250
233
181
95
Avg FPS
1080p High301186
1080p Ultra258158
1440p Ultra209124
4K Ultra12673
DeviationLowLow

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
22762
Time Spy4751521485
Solar Bay21322996951
Port Royal3752913755
Fire Strike9020045288
Night Raid209016148942
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
203263
Background Blur333 frames/s264 frames/s
Face Detection298.5 frames/s134.3 frames/s
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/sec9.27 Gpix/sec
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/sec12.7 Gpix/sec
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/sec13.2 Gpix/sec
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/sec1.92 Gpix/sec
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/sec1060 Gpix/sec
Particle Physics59146.9 fps29225.1 fps
APIOpenCLOpenCL
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
27415
G2D Mark1444980
DirectX 11344 fps264 fps
DirectX 12195 fps107 fps
GPU Compute28243 Ops/s12395 Ops/s
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
254.9 fps
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fps1214.2 fps
Car Chase1150.3 fps1057.1 fps
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fps937.1 fps
T-Rex4812.3 fps4618.7 fps
ALU 25992.8 fps7621.1 fps
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fps295.6 fps
APIOpenGLOpenGL
OSWindowsWindows
Tessellation5991.77941

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 AD103 (GN21-X11)
Price 1999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 930-1620 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1455-2040 MHz
Shader Units 21760 9728
TMUs 680 304
ROPs 176 112
Execution Units 170 76
Ray Tracing Cores 170 76
Tensor Cores 680 304
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 64 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 163-228 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 442-620 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 28.3-39.7 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 4.0 x16
TGP 575 W 80-175 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² 379 mm²
Transistor count 92.2 billion 45.9 billion
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² 121.11 MTr/mm²

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR6
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 2000 MHz
Bus 512 bit 256 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 16000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 16 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 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

Results

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

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