GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop vs 4080 SUPER
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Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop
AD103 (GN21-X11)
We performed a head-to-head comparison of the GeForce RTX 4090 Mobile with 76 pipelines and 9728 shaders against the 1 year newer RTX 4080 SUPER that utilizes 80 pipelines and 10240 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
The "Energy Efficiency" metric has less impact on the NanoReview Score for desktop GPU.
Key differences
Reasons to consider the GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
- Performs better (up to 37%) in 3DMark Steel Nomad Lite
- Shows 21% higher average frame rate in modern games at QHD resolution – 149 vs 123 FPS
- 31% higher maximum theoretical performance (52.2 vs 39.7 TFLOPS)
- Has 44% higher memory bandwidth: 736.3 vs 512 GB/s
- Achieves 23% more points in the GeekBench 6 Compute test (250K vs 203K)
Gaming Performance
Frame rate comparison across popular AAA titles at different resolutionsGames
| Forza Horizon 5 | 188 131 122 92 |
231 166 153 123 |
| The Witcher 3 | 211 176 132 67 |
242 215 158 83 |
| Counter-Strike 2 | 277 217 158 82 |
302 227 167 85 |
| Far Cry 6 | 160 144 125 79 |
182 162 146 92 |
| Hogwarts Legacy | 137 111 86 47 |
166 136 110 60 |
| CoD: Modern Warfare III | 177 165 132 84 |
216 208 168 115 |
| Ghost of Tsushima | 122 102 86 52 |
146 125 111 71 |
| Cyberpunk 2077 | 151 135 93 44 |
199 174 123 59 |
| Shadow of the Tomb Raider | 250 235 175 96 |
288 266 201 112 |
| 1080p High | 186 | 219 |
| 1080p Ultra | 157 | 187 |
| 1440p Ultra | 123 | 149 |
| 4K Ultra | 71 | 89 |
| Margin of Error | Low | Low |
Benchmarks
Graphics cards’ performance in recent benchmarking apps3D Mark
Steel Nomad Lite Score
| Time Spy | 21388 | 28271 |
| Solar Bay | 96121 | 139050 |
| Port Royal | 13734 | 18353 |
| Fire Strike | 45207 | 63706 |
| Wild Life Extreme | 42501 | 59996 |
| Night Raid | 147911 | 180569 |
GeekBench 6 OpenCL
GB6 Compute Score
| Background Blur | 264 img/sec | 279.5 img/sec |
| Face Detection | 134.3 img/sec | 220.1 img/sec |
| Horizon Detection | 9.27 Gpixels/sec | 11 Gpixels/sec |
| Edge Detection | 12.7 Gpixels/sec | 15.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Gaussian Blur | 13.2 Gpixels/sec | 16.2 Gpixels/sec |
| Feature Matching | 1.92 Gpixels/sec | 2.08 Gpixels/sec |
| Stereo Matching | 1060 Gpixels/sec | 1370 Gpixels/sec |
| Particle Physics | 29225.1 FPS | 37199.7 FPS |
| API | OpenCL | OpenCL |
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Cinebench 2024 GPU
Passmark Graphics
G3D Mark Score
| G2D Mark | 988 | 1278 |
| DirectX 11 | 257 FPS | 300 FPS |
| DirectX 12 | 106 FPS | 135 FPS |
| GPU Compute | 12157 Ops/s | 19597 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 SUPER
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 | 12453 |
| Image Segmentation (HP) | 24625 | 34467 |
| Image Super Resolution (Q) | 36874 | 43534 |
| Face Detection (HP) | 50088 | 70300 |
| Pose Estimation (Q) | 174844 | 242331 |
| Text Classification (SP) | 3226 | 3767 |
| Machine Translation (HP) | 4905 | 6614 |
| Object Detection (SP) | 14667 | 18301 |
| Depth Estimation (Q) | 53868 | 66477 |
| Style Transfer (SP) | 340056 | 417906 |
| Framework | ONNX | ONNX |
| Backend | DirectML | DirectML |
Specifications
Technical specifications of GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop and 4080 SUPERGeneral
| Vendor | Nvidia | Nvidia |
| Build | Discrete | Discrete |
| Released | February 8, 2023 | January 31, 2024 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | - | $999 |
| Case | Laptop | Desktop |
| Purpose | Gaming | Gaming |
| Segment | High-end | High-end |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| GPU Codename | AD103 (GN21-X11) | AD103 |
| Rival Equivalent | - | - Radeon RX 7900 XTX |
| Successor | - GeForce RTX 5090 Laptop | - |
| Recommended CPU | - Intel Core Ultra 9 185H or above | - Intel Core i7 14700K or above |
Laptop GPU ranking (#4th place)
Desktop GPU rating (#7th place)
Graphics Processing Unit
| Base Clock | 930-1620 MHz (configurable) | 2295 MHz |
| Boost Clock | 1455-2040 MHz (configurable) | 2550 MHz |
| Shading Units | 9728 | 10240 |
| Texture Mapping Units (TMUs) | 304 | 320 |
| Render Output Units (ROPs) | 112 | 112 |
| Compute Units (Pipelines) | 76 | 80 |
| Tensor Cores | 304 | 320 |
| Ray-tracing Cores | 76 | 80 |
| L1 Cache | 128KB per cluster | 128KB per cluster |
| L2 Cache | 64MB shared | 64MB shared |
| Instructions Per Cycle | 2 IPC | 2 IPC |
Raw Performance
| Pixel Fill Rate | 163-228 GPixel/s | 286 GPixel/s |
| Texture Fill Rate | 442-620 GTexel/s | 816 GTexel/s |
FLOPS (FP32)
Physical
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
| TGP | 80-175 W (configurable) | 320 W |
| Manufacturing | TSMC | TSMC |
| Fabrication Process | 5 nm | 5 nm |
| Die Size | 379 mm² | 379 mm² |
| Transistor Count | 45.9 billion | 45 billion |
| Transistor Density | 121.11 MTr/mm² | 118.73 MTr/mm² |
Memory
| Memory Type | GDDR6 | GDDR6X |
| Memory Size | 16 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory Clock | 2000 MHz | 1438 MHz |
| Effective Memory Speed | 16000 Mbps | 23000 Mbps |
| Bus | 256-bit | 256-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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