Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop

Compared 2 processors: Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090, vs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 and Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 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
n/a
n/a
n/a
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The Witcher 3
366
338
234
127
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Counter-Strike 2
379
271
209
98
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Far Cry 6
235
202
198
124
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Hogwarts Legacy
244
210
167
96
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
COD Modern Warfare 3
337
333
269
184
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Ghost of Tsushima
221
190
170
114
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Cyberpunk 2077
259
231
166
77
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
334
306
238
128
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Avg FPS
1080p High301n/a
1080p Ultra258n/a
1440p Ultra209n/a
4K Ultra126n/a
DeviationLown/a

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
3DMark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
54096
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Time Spy47515n/a
Solar Bay213229n/a
Port Royal37529n/a
Fire Strike90200n/a
Night Raid209016n/a
GeekBench v6
GB6 Compute Score
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
419309
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Background Blur333 frames/sn/a
Face Detection298.5 frames/sn/a
Horizon Detection21.7 Gpix/secn/a
Edge Detection33.7 Gpix/secn/a
Gaussian Blur34.5 Gpix/secn/a
Feature Matching2.53 Gpix/secn/a
Stereo Matching2850 Gpix/secn/a
Particle Physics59146.9 fpsn/a
APIOpenCLn/a
PassMark
PassMark Graphics
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
40359
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
G2D Mark1444n/a
DirectX 11344 fpsn/a
DirectX 12195 fpsn/a
GPU Compute28243 Ops/sn/a
GFXBench 5
Aztec Ruins (High 4K)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
624.6 fps
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
n/a
Aztec Ruins (Normal)1397.2 fpsn/a
Car Chase1150.3 fpsn/a
Manhattan 3.1.1 (1440p)1178.2 fpsn/a
T-Rex4812.3 fpsn/a
ALU 25992.8 fpsn/a
Driver Overhead 2269.7 fpsn/a
APIOpenGLn/a
OSWindowsn/a
Tessellation5991.7n/a

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender GPU
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
n/a
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
2993.16

Tech Specs

Specs & test comparison

General Info

Manufacturer Nvidia Nvidia
Build Discrete Discrete
Announced January, 7, 2025 June, 24, 2025
Form Factor PC use Laptop use
Use case Gaming Gaming
Segment High-end Mid-range
Architecture Blackwell 2.0 Blackwell 2.0
Codename GB202-300-A1 GB207
Price 1999 n/a

GPU

GPU Frequency 2017 MHz 2235-2520 MHz
Boost GPU Frequency 2407 MHz 1500-2662 MHz
Shader Units 21760 2560
TMUs 680 80
ROPs 176 32
Execution Units 170 20
Ray Tracing Cores 170 20
Tensor Cores 680 80
L1 cache 128 KB/core 128 KB/core
L2 cache 88 KB/core 32000 KB/core
Instructions per Clock 2 IPC 2 IPC

Performance

Pixel Fill Rate 424 Gpix/sec 48-85 Gpix/sec
Texture Fill Rate 1637 GTex/s 120-213 GTex/s
FLOPS 104.8 TFLOPS 7.7-13.6 TFLOPS

Process

Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 IGP
TGP 575 W 35-100 W
Process TSMC TSMC
Process tech. 4 nm 5 nm
Transistor Size 750 mm² n/a
Transistor count 92.2 billion n/a
Transistor density 122.93 MTr/mm² n/a

Memory

Interface GDDR7 GDDR7
Memory Frequency 1750 MHz 1750 MHz
Bus 512 bit 128 bit
ECC support No No
Effective Memory Speed 28000 MB/s 24000 MB/s
Memory Size 32 GB 8 GB
Max Throughput
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090
1792 GB/s
Nvidia GeForce RTX 5050 Laptop
384 GB/s

API

DirectX 12 12.2
Vulkan 1.4 1.4
OpenGL 4.6 4.6
CUDA 10.1 12.0
DisplayPort 2.1a 2.1b
Ray Tracing Yes Yes
DLSS DLSS 4 DLSS 4

Results

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

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