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 15%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 10% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 123 vs 112 FPS
- 20% higher maximum theoretical performance (45.2 vs 37.6 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 | 186 131 123 92 |
177 118 109 81 |
| The Witcher 3 | 206 178 128 70 |
196 164 122 64 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 280 216 156 85 |
267 206 150 85 |
| Far Cry 6 | 156 145 128 78 |
153 139 120 73 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 136 109 87 47 |
122 103 79 42 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 177 163 129 84 |
156 148 116 77 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 122 100 87 54 |
112 93 76 47 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 157 139 91 42 |
141 123 81 38 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 248 234 178 93 |
216 208 156 84 |
| 1080p High | 185 | 171 |
| 1080p Ultra | 157 | 145 |
| 1440p Ultra | 123 | 112 |
| 4K Ultra | 72 | 66 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 21115 | 18906 |
| Solar Bay | 94447 | 85732 |
| Port Royal | 13982 | 11622 |
| Fire Strike | 46135 | 40892 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 41656 | 37661 |
| Night Raid | 148166 | 141522 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 263 img/sec | 330.2 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 135.1 img/sec | 191.5 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9.51 Gpixels/sec | 6.35 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 12.8 Gpixels/sec | 8.98 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 13.3 Gpixels/sec | 9.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.9 Gpixels/sec | 1.59 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1059 Gpixels/sec | 666.9 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 28710.6 FPS | 21242.1 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
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) | 11104 | 10620 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 25324 | 25704 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 36003 | 28115 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 49594 | 52086 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 179243 | 142015 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3214 | 3492 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4854 | 4961 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 14998 | 13243 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 54690 | 48395 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 342668 | 258186 |
| 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 6th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 1920 MHz | 2110 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 2325 MHz | 2535 MHz |
| 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 | 260 GPixel/s | 203 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 707 GTexel/s | 588 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 175 W | 175 W |
| 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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