GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop vs 4080 Laptop
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
AD103 (GN21-X11)
Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
AD104 (GN21-X9)
We compared two discrete laptop gaming GPUs: the GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile 16 GB with 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders against the RTX 4080 Mobile 12 GB that utilizes 58 pipelines and 7424 shaders. Here you will find complete details about specs, efficiency, performance tests, and more.
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Review
Gaming
Performance in DirectX, OpenCL, and Vulkan games
Workstation
Perf. in 3D modeling, video editing and rendering apps
AI/ML
Capabilities for machine learning and AI-related tasks
Energy Efficiency
Power consumption efficiency in different scenarios
NanoReview Final Score
Overall video card score
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
- Performs slightly better (up to 17%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 11% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 123 vs 111 FPS
- 17% higher maximum theoretical performance (39.7 vs 33.9 TFLOPS)
- Includes 4 GB more video memory
- Features 72 more tensor cores for effective ML and AI workloads
- Has 31% more shading units (9728 vs 7424)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 188 131 122 92 |
176 118 111 80 |
| The Witcher 3 | 211 176 132 67 |
196 168 117 62 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 277 217 158 82 |
276 204 146 83 |
| Far Cry 6 | 160 144 125 79 |
149 138 120 73 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 137 111 86 47 |
122 103 78 42 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 177 165 132 84 |
154 148 114 75 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 122 102 86 52 |
110 90 75 45 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 151 135 93 44 |
138 122 83 38 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 250 235 175 96 |
219 204 152 87 |
| 1080p High | 186 | 171 |
| 1080p Ultra | 157 | 144 |
| 1440p Ultra | 123 | 111 |
| 4K Ultra | 71 | 65 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 21388 | 18826 |
| Solar Bay | 96121 | 85393 |
| Port Royal | 13734 | 11838 |
| Fire Strike | 45207 | 41181 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 42501 | 36953 |
| Night Raid | 147911 | 147086 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 264 img/sec | 328.9 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 134.3 img/sec | 192.3 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9.27 Gpixels/sec | 6.51 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 12.7 Gpixels/sec | 9.11 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 13.2 Gpixels/sec | 10.1 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.92 Gpixels/sec | 1.56 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1060 Gpixels/sec | 660.7 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 29225.1 FPS | 20765.5 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 988 | 928 |
| DirectX 11 | 257 FPS | 241 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 106 FPS | 96 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 12157 Ops/s | 10995 Ops/s |
Blender
Blender GPU
Recent User Tests
GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 📘 2026-06-09 (Horikita) | Geekbench 6 OpenCL | 213782 |
| 📘 2025-11-03 (JJ) | Cinebench 2024 | 23277 |
| 📘 2025-11-03 (JJ) | Cinebench 2024 | 22714 |
GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop
No benchmark results yet
Artificial Intelligence Tests
Performance in machine learning and artificial intelligence tasksGeekBench 6 ML
GB6 ML Single Precision
GB6 ML Half Precision
GB6 ML Quantized
| Image Classification (SP) | 11346 | 10385 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 24625 | 25896 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 36874 | 27816 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 50088 | 51976 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 174844 | 142459 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3226 | 3405 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4905 | 4860 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 14667 | 13308 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 53868 | 49203 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 340056 | 262792 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop and 4080 LaptopGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | February 8, 2023 | February 8, 2023 |
| Case | Laptop | Laptop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD103 (GN21-X11) | AD104 (GN21-X9) |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 7900M |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop | - GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or above | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (4th and 10th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 930-1620 MHz (configurable) | 1290-1860 MHz (configurable) |
| Boost Clock | 1455-2040 MHz (configurable) | 1665-2280 MHz (configurable) |
| Shading Units | 9728 | 7424 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 304 | 232 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 80 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 76 | 58 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | 232 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 76 | 58 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | 48MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 163-228 GPixel/s | 133-182 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 442-620 GTexel/s | 386-529 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 80-175 W (configurable) | 60-175 W (configurable) |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 379 mm² | 295 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 45.9 billion | 35.8 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.11 MTr/mm² | 121.36 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6 |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 12 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 2250 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 18000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 192-bit |
| ECC | No | No |
Memory Bandwidth
API
| DirectX | 12 | 12 |
| Vulkan | 1.3 | 1.3 |
| OpenGL | 4.6 | 4.6 |
| OpenCL | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CUDA | 8.9 | 8.9 |
| Ray Tracing | Yes | Yes |
| DLSS | DLSS 3 | DLSS 3 |
| DisplayPort | 1.4a | 1.4a |
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